This is definitely a great series! In this “episode,” I appreciated particularly learning of Alkhatib’s essay, and even more, of Chris Arnade’s paean to the Midwest. (Can’t imagine why the latter might be, says this woman who was born and raised in Illinois and was a union organizer and Rep for 6 years, traveling all across the state of Iowa.:))
If the Swingometer is correct, the Budgeting Process may become much more interesting. DSA members and DSA adjacent Dems may have de facto control the Budget process. What would the US budget contain, if Dems are unable to pass a budget or even a CR, without DSA support, and they also hold the Senate?
A refusal to pass any budget lacking funding for Medicare for All, nationwide subsidized childcare or a Green New Deal 2.0, is not out of the realm of possibility. Not just DSA candidates support those ideas, but many Dems, who refuse to be labeled as actual DSA members.
Dems cannot realistically kill the Electoral College, without torching the entire Constitution. Budgets are different. Budgets do not require Presidential signatures. Biden rather famously took the US annual budget from $4.5 trillion to $7 trillion, annually. Now imagine a $12-$15 trillion annual tab.
One problem with the Swingometer is that it doesn't move the already decided TOP2 races that are all one Party like CA 40. That is a Safe Republican Seat because both candidates are Republicans. Also remember that Valadao lost his Seat in 2018 & its now Bluer.
This is definitely a great series! In this “episode,” I appreciated particularly learning of Alkhatib’s essay, and even more, of Chris Arnade’s paean to the Midwest. (Can’t imagine why the latter might be, says this woman who was born and raised in Illinois and was a union organizer and Rep for 6 years, traveling all across the state of Iowa.:))
Chris is one of my favorite writers on Substack!
If the Swingometer is correct, the Budgeting Process may become much more interesting. DSA members and DSA adjacent Dems may have de facto control the Budget process. What would the US budget contain, if Dems are unable to pass a budget or even a CR, without DSA support, and they also hold the Senate?
A refusal to pass any budget lacking funding for Medicare for All, nationwide subsidized childcare or a Green New Deal 2.0, is not out of the realm of possibility. Not just DSA candidates support those ideas, but many Dems, who refuse to be labeled as actual DSA members.
Dems cannot realistically kill the Electoral College, without torching the entire Constitution. Budgets are different. Budgets do not require Presidential signatures. Biden rather famously took the US annual budget from $4.5 trillion to $7 trillion, annually. Now imagine a $12-$15 trillion annual tab.
One problem with the Swingometer is that it doesn't move the already decided TOP2 races that are all one Party like CA 40. That is a Safe Republican Seat because both candidates are Republicans. Also remember that Valadao lost his Seat in 2018 & its now Bluer.