I’m not averse to some form of this argument — though I’d argue this has been the case as far back as the 1994 midterm election — but this article is just a mess. Democrats look to preserve their gains, but they’ve won their battles already. LGBTQ issues have broken for the Democrats, except for the backsliding in the states and at SCOTUS this year. The drive to be conservative is being pushed by working-class whites and Blacks, but also by upper-class white professionals. And a day “probably” won’t come where the Republicans end up to the left of the Democrats on economic issues, despite some “promising” noises (which are pure posturing) from some unnamed politicians (I’m going to say likely Hawley and Vance, which, LOL).
It’s like David Graham is so intent on not giving a single point to the Democrats/being fair to the Republicans that he tendentiously reads everything in the most ludicrous possible light. I’m aware of the establishmentarian bent of The Atlantic, and normally I can read around it, but this is just weaksauce.
I’m not averse to some form of this argument — though I’d argue this has been the case as far back as the 1994 midterm election — but this article is just a mess. Democrats look to preserve their gains, but they’ve won their battles already. LGBTQ issues have broken for the Democrats, except for the backsliding in the states and at SCOTUS this year. The drive to be conservative is being pushed by working-class whites and Blacks, but also by upper-class white professionals. And a day “probably” won’t come where the Republicans end up to the left of the Democrats on economic issues, despite some “promising” noises (which are pure posturing) from some unnamed politicians (I’m going to say likely Hawley and Vance, which, LOL).
It’s like David Graham is so intent on not giving a single point to the Democrats/being fair to the Republicans that he tendentiously reads everything in the most ludicrous possible light. I’m aware of the establishmentarian bent of The Atlantic, and normally I can read around it, but this is just weaksauce.