re: #38 KGxvi

My point is that it’s getting harder for Republicans to win in places where they used to win in a walk. They don’t seem to have much of an incumbent’s advantage either unless they’ve been there forever. Rubio (and he may simply be not very well liked by anyone) only saw his percentage go from 49% to 53%. Same with Rand Paul, he only saw a 2% bump to 57%.

If your goal is to push Republicans out of power, you have to have some optimism and stuff like this is a good basis for optimism.

True, the optimistic argument is their win percentages are dropping or rising minutely. But the cynical argument is they’re still winning in spite of actions that should be making them political pariahs. How much of Little Marco not gaining much is people in his district waking up and how much is his receiving backlash for the Gang of Eight business? Or feelings that he was a liar for running after he’d pledge not to do so to devote his time to a presidential campaign? The Devil is always in the details.