I’m of the firm belief that money is not the sole, or even the most important, factor in winning elections. Still, it’s telling that Democrats are thumping Republicans in fund-raising for the midterms. Politico found that 43 Democrats have out-raised their incumbent
Republicans.
Remember when some people thought Trump’s constant flip-flopping meant he was playing some kind of eleventy-dimensional chess? No, he was just doing what people with adult ADHD often do — winging it minute by minute because he can’t concentrate on a subject long enough to do any strategic thinking about it. The latest example: Trump said that’s how he’ll handle his maybe-not-fictional meeting with Kim Jong Un. I imagine that will work out about as well as the Trump Taj Mahal.
Cue the Jethro Tull. The woman who’s now governor of Alabama, Kay Ivey, is running for re-election on the issue of — you guessed it —Confederate statuary. Losers worshiping losers.
Think all the Clintonistas have gotten over it, considering that their avatar remains just as unpopular as the turd she lost to? Think again, and have a look at this savage attack on James Comey by one of the sore losers at Daily Kos. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure Comey is a sanctimonious prick. But then, so is Hillary Clinton, and that goes double for those who are still carrying her water.