2022: What Does All This Energy Suggest?
At least we're not calling it an "off-cycle" anymore. This is way more than just deciding who controls Congress for the "next two years" because it's going to actually determine a whole lot more
Publisher’s Riff
This is more than just another average midterm election cycle. Thank goodness, it's safe to assume that this particular cycle also forced us to do away with that dastardly "off-cycle" brand that's infected public conversation for so many generations around what a midterm election is and how important it always was. And it is way more than just deciding who controls Congress for the "next two years," because it's going to actually determine a whole lot more: from whether or not white nationalists get to solidify their hostile takeover of government (manifested by a failed coup attempt on that same Congress over a year ago) to the trajectory of critical decisions needed to save the planet from complete climate-collapse destruction.
Don't let them tell you this is another midterm or that it's, simply, checking off boxes to determine the next cycle. This is classic good vs. evil. If you haven’t voted, yet, vote like you’re on the good side … and we all know what side that is: Democrat. If we don't get this right, there may not be another election, at least not one that's fully democratic or representative. Get this wrong, we officially slide into autocracy and thereby set the stage for a fully fascist, multi-generational white nationalist junta in the 21st century. We shouldn’t reward Republicans - anti-Black & anti-Earth folks who attacked the U.S. Capitol just a little over a year ago - with an election win. That makes no sense. We should be prepared to answer that with an electoral punishment of epic proportions. As historian William Horne recently notes ...
It will be important then to keep this type of energy today and, perhaps, all throughout the week ...
There are a lot of questions about today's outcome. What does all the early vote enthusiasm suggest? Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg believes it suggests a lot ...
With all this energy and early vote enthusiasm, do Democrats have a shot at defying conventional wisdom and keeping steady control of the House and the Senate? What will be the outcomes of Senate races in states like AZ, FL, GA, NC, NV, PA, WI and gubernatorial races in places like FL, MI, NY, WI. We should also be watching key Secretary of State races in AZ, MI, NV. Watch those closely …
Attorney General races will be hotly contested, too …
What is driving people to the polls in these states? Which voting blocs are going to play the most pivotal roles? What kind of suppression tactics will cause the most trouble? How much of a role will election subversion play? It’s safe to say that many of these elections will not be over on election day. What kind of stop the steal nonsense should we expect to see after the election? Do we think these attempts will be successful? And will there be violence (on top of the criminal violence spiking in major cities and battlegrounds like Philadelphia)? One wonders how planned or staged some of that violence is so close to and on the day of a such crucial, down-to-the-wire races in states like Pennsylvania. Leave nothing to chance.