re: #225 Dopamine Fish
Let’s just face it: The GQP were never a serious challenge in CA. The polls looked close at one point, and that was scary, and that was good for the media horse race narrative; but really, we all knew (or should have known) that the question wasn’t if Newsom would hold the gubernatorial seat, but by how much. That it wasn’t even close is a resounding condemnation of the horse race narrative that the media keep pushing with every single political screwball that comes down the pike. I am so tired of everything being treated as, ZOMG DEMS IN DISARRAY REPUBLICANS COULD END AMERICA IF THEY DO THIS THING. The GQP is a threat to our existence, yes - but they’re in the minority, and if we keep showing the fuck up, we win. That’s all there is to it.
The only real question was whether Democratic voters would show up or not. And they did.