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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter

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all of this sound and fury can just as easily represent the dying gasps of the republican party as a national institution, if we make it so

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meddle's avatar meddle @meddle98.bsky.social
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Corner the animal and kill it instead of letting it find respite

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waxmonkey's avatar waxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social
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what even is the republican party any more post trump win the election, send trump to prison, watch the gop implode

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Reply Guy's avatar Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Reply Guy @elandobbs.bsky.social
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If you can keep it, etc.

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bela's avatar bela @jaql.net
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but like pelosi always says, we need a strong Republican party for the health of our democracy yadda yadda

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Ralf W's avatar Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social
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Indeed, they likely represent about a 35-38% position in the country writ large. They have outsized power, but that makes them fundamentally unstable.

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XaiaX ̆̈'s avatar XaiaX ̆̈ @xaiax.net
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A phenomenon more people should know about, just in general, but also I think applies here.

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I want to believe

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chatham harrison is tending a new garden's avatar chatham harrison is tending a new garden @chathamharrison.bsky.social
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Right now we are hamstrung mainly by comfortable people who cannot believe these are the stakes, & I dread what it might take to wake them up

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Asher Elbein's avatar Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social
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It's a hell of a gamble on the Supreme Court's part, and I can't tell if it's coming because they genuinely think they're going to get their thousand year reich or because they're terrified they won't

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BluesHiroshima's avatar BluesHiroshima @blueshiroshima.bsky.social
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This!✊🏿

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Mike Rodriquez's avatar Mike Rodriquez @allthepages.org
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If Roe isn't enough (anti-abortionists LOST in Kansas of all places) then nothing will be. But if it is, yes, absolutely, they are history and will have to form a new (somewhat) sane party after a 49 state loss!

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RainSurname's avatar RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social
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I still think it's possible for a Reagan-style landslide, tbh. Of course at this point, an assassination and/or domestic terrorism is also possible.

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New Leaf's avatar New Leaf @newleaf.bsky.social
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It will only be so if the D nominee wins. Anyone advocating a vote that isn't for the D nominee in November is, if not a fascist cheerleader then a fascist booster selling fascist popcorn in the concession stand.

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