Republican Senate Candidates Dumping Trump
I don’t impute any moral goodness to Sasse for what he said here, because it’s no more than politically expedient. As someone said in response, “If you want to show that you’re not a hypocrite, vote against the confirmation of the religious fanatic Trump nominated to the Supreme Court.
There is, however, something to note about this: Trump’s support in the U.S. Senate is foundering, as anyone could have predicted it would at election time with Trump 11% down in the national polls.
Another one of those “would be funny if it weren’t so tragic” posts.
Speaking strictly for myself, I won’t be tuning in because I can’t stand the sound of his voice, and my wife goes into seizures whenever she hears him speak. We also abhor watching the hateful idiots in his audiences.
Though the question posed here is obviously rhetorical, let me take a stab: the Vietnam era.
Regarding the meme here, a reader notes: You could make a case that any Republican would have failed at a second term. Republicans fight to eliminate budget stuff like FEMA and Pandemic Response teams. They are not planners, so all of them would likely have failed COVID response. 
It’s been so long since the Democratic primaries that I forgot how ferociously intelligent Pete Buttigieg is–until I saw him hand this lady her head on live television (see below).
From a reader:
For the months running up to the presidential election, the great American pastime has become predicting its outcome. In the case of Trump and Biden, perhaps it is a good idea to remind ourselves of the adage above. Young people have energy, enthusiasm, and, in general, liberalism. By contrast, old people have slowed down, but have rambled around this planet long enough to have learned a great deal by way of the variety of their lived experiences. 
Amy Barrett, Trump’s pick to replace Justice Ginsburg, has implied that she opposes the landmark 2007 decision 
The lady here makes a good point; people wouldn’t be coming out of the woodwork to vote if things were rolling along just fine.
