We can certainly celebrate Senator Warnock’s victory over the former football player. The country has come to a bad place when a major political party sees fit to nominate someone who is obviously brain damaged, in addition to all his other issues.
There is yet another bright side to Warnock’s victory, besides the political. At least it’s a bright side for those of us who contribute to political campaigns. I would estimate that for the past 6 months or so I received about 30 emails and texts a day soliciting money on Warnock’s behalf. It takes time to delete them all, so over that time period I’ve probably spent a couple of hours doing exactly that. In the process, from skimming the subject lines (I never read the emails) I learned that 1) things were looking terribly down from the Senator, and 2) things were looking great for the Senator. I also learned that he was being outspent by a lot, even though the newspapers seem to say that the reverse is true. I understand that they do what they think they have to do to raise money, but it is some time a little irritating to see emails on the same day with contradictory subject lines.
Don’t get me wrong, I contributed to the guy several times, which is probably why I received so many emails and texts. It does get a little over the top, though.
I do think that a little too much has been made of the fact that his victory assured the Democrats of an expanded majority. My guess is that Sinema and Manchin will now be even worse, though it’s possible that Sinema will mend her ways a bit to stave off a primary challenge, but not until the current Democratic House majority is gone, so she can make sure that the Republicans in the House can hold the debt ceiling hostage.
Postscript: Looks like PZ Myers, over at Pharyngula, had a similar reaction.
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