I have not been on the site in a while, for personal reasons. But it is now time to re-engage.
This is not a diary so much as a quote from Matthew Dowd’s opinion piece on MSNBC.
This election is likely to be one of the most important in at least a generation. And we need to free our analysis from old mantras that are no longer applicable.
4 polling takeaways ahead of the 2022 midterm election
and the money quote:
This midterm election is likely to be one of the most important in at least a generation. It will determine who are the guardians of our democracy — governors, secretaries of state, attorneys general and state legislatures — as the country heads into what is likely to be a very hard-fought presidential election in 2024. And at this definitive moment, we need to free our analysis from old mantras that no longer apply. Similarly, candidates should not let consultants revive old myths and fight wars of the past. As President Abraham Lincoln said: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”