re: #16 Targetpractice

Much like the ‘16 primaries, the media has tried to maintain the “horse race” narrative long after it became obvious that Nancy is the only game in town. The only real race now is against McCarthy for the gavel and if any Blue Dogs are stupid enough to give it to him, they’re gonna be out on their asses in two years.

Not unrelated, I’m sure, to the fact that the Republican “frame” on most things political has been the default setting for most “MSM” political punditry for many decades now: and a decisive Democratic election victory is still seen (AFAICT) as somehow being “abnormal” - and hard to deal with except by rote repetition of a few trite memes:

“Dems in Disarray”
“Dems Veer Hard Left”
“Nancy Pelosi: political demon, or merely hated?”
“Why can’t Democrats be bipartisan?”
“Why ‘Real Americans’ still love Trump”

etc. etc. I’m sure we can come up with a few more: or just tune into the Sunday-morning MSM gasfests, and hear them straight from “real politicians” (i.e. GOPers)