Brian Beutler is no fan of the fossilized aspects of the Democratic party, though like so many of us, he knows Democrats are the force we've got to prop up in the fight against radical Republican authoritarianism.
He suggests, and I agree, the last week has been good for the Dems. He lists what he thinks are the elements of a Democratic surge:
• Republican anti-abortion extremism;
• The looming enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act ... in contrast to the listlessness of the past year;
• Republican culpability for January 6 and subsequent efforts to cover it up.
"By dint of circumstance—the abolition of the right to abortion, the securing of votes for the IRA, the process of January 6 investigation and discovery—Democrats began acting like a party that fights for things its supporters care about, and against forces that threaten to harm them. "
Many of us want to see out candidates fight for us. If you haven't seen it, enjoy this clip of Democrat Beto O'Rourke, running for governor of Texas, dispose of a pro-gun heckler.
"It may be funny to you motherf---er, but it's not funny to me": Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke snapped at a man during a town hall on Wednesday who started laughing as O'Rourke discussed the gun used in the deadly Uvalde mass shooting.
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