"James Talarico PACKS VENUE in deep-red Texas"

He can pack whatever he wants. Texas Republicans are counting the votes.

My prediction...a "squeaker", but Paxton wins.

Quelle suprise!

"So it was the middle of the road Dems who forced the laundry list of social wedge issue compliant, entirely useless candidate onto the Dem electorate in 2020 as VP?"

No, it was bean counters who knew black women had put Biden over the line, and without black women, Biden didn't stand a chance to win Georgia, Michigan, or Wisconsin.

Biden's choice was a political and electoral one. Like most of the VP picks in history. Frankly, that was probably the difference in GA, which also led to a pair of (D) Senators.

"it was Hillary's turn"

It takes a real mysogynist to downplay the fact HRC was the most qualified Presidential candidate of our lifetimes.

She was also, as her adversaries on the committees will attest, always the most informed and most prepared at committee meetings.

You know, someone who offered basic good governance. The yawning, boring type.

Instead, we got President Prevaricator and The Chaos Circus.

Lfthndthrds,

Again...where do you and the author disagree?

"Duh, (everyone) knows the Elites in the Democrat party choose their candidates"

Some black guy with the middle name of Hussein on line #1 for you, sport. Says he's a community organizer from Chicago.

"Bernie would have beaten Trump in 2016."

Nonsense.

Bernie was barely polling above Trump, and that was without a single negative ad.

Had Sanders been the nominee, he would have been (wrongly) attacked for being a Communist, and (rightly) attacked because he wanted your taxes to go up A LOT.

It would've been a Mondale-scale wipeout.

"My first guess was "Rolling Stone""

What do you disagree with in the article?

" You are incapable of finding any fault with anything a Democrat does"

What a riot.

You'll take the "they take too long to count" side if they don't finish that day, and the "you're clearly not checking signatures" side if they do, all depending on what partisan hack point you're trying to make.

You can't even admit Republicans in Wisconsin PURPOSELY denied processing before Election Day FOR THE PURPOSES OF EQUATING DELAY WITH DOUBT.

If you have any actual EVIDENCE, present it. All you've got is stale peanuts to throw from the gallery.

"But then, there is this Special Grand Jury. What might its purpose be?"

Well, there's a saying a Grand Jury will indict a ham sandwich.

Pickled Pirro tried, and failed to get a Grand Jury to indict what was clearly baloney.

So this time she's trying a steaming pile of doggschittt.

"What the hell is the SDS?"

In his case: Stupidity Disorder Syndrome.

Wouldn't it be weird if Leavitt's baby was the spitting image of little Donnie?

"She is leaving because..."

...because Trump chose the OTHER blonde strumpet for his Catering Cart. And that's when she realized...she just wasn't cart-worthy in His eyes.

Duh!

"But Dems get things wrong too"

What a riot.

If California had their results on election night, you'd complain there must've been sloppy signature matching to finish that fast.

You're not here to make an honest argument.

"But you are acting like the GOP is the reason why it takes weeks after Election Day to count all of the votes in Cali and certify the outcome."

Nobody is complaining about CA except you.

It takes longer to count if the legislature forbids processing absentee ballots until Election Day.

Meanwhile, Trump complains of "horrible" voter fraud in Michigan (Detroit, of course), despite the fact he can't find any to speak of: six TOTAL CONVICTIONS in MI in the last 10 years ... and half of those weren't voters.

" Gore kept suing until he got the outcome he wanted."

Well THAT's a lie for the ages.

" Danforth blaming the GOP for delayed vote counting in states like California is hilarious."

No one in charge in CA is making the rule one day, then complaining about the rule the next, dumfuq.

Meanwhile, the GOP in Wisconsin refuse to count absentee ballots until Election Day, and then complain when the largest precincts take longer to finish.

Then liars like you show up, to conflate DELAY with DOUBT.

Pure DISHONEST BROKER manure.

" In a way, Pres Trump did get his way: tariffs "

If Gyna paid the tariffs, like Trump claimed, how come American companies got the tariff rebates???

" Trump promised to eliminate the national debt"

He'll do it ... by eliminating the Nation.

"(Trump) has created a cottage industry of election deniers."

It's the price of admission to MAGA. And any current (R) who tells the truth is banished.

"the bankruptcy-prone chomo who hides in catering carts."

I don't remember who wrote it, but here's my favorite headline proposal:

Orange Chicken Ducks in Turkey

"43.4% to 32.5%."

Since those are percentages, I only lost by .109! I demand a recount!!!
~Myke Pillow

He's got a point, there!
~R. Math

"...the Mosquito State..."

Years back, the bride and I wanted to explore Minnesota, and had a basic itinerary for a sojourn. The night before we left, a friend-of-a-friend called and said our plan was NG, and we should instead start at Duluth, and drive the North Shore.

He was right. It was VERY cool, with lots of great scenery and waterfalls. When we got way North, within a few miles of the boundary waters, I kept expecting the Hamm's Bear to come around the corner, canoeing in the land of sky-blue waters!

We stopped at a Swedish resort, and couldn't figure out why NO ONE was outside. When we asked, we got a one-word answer: Flies.

I thought, how bad could it be?....and then I walked outside...and was swarmed immediately. Back inside within 10 seconds.

The next morning, we had the Nordic Buffet, including my first and last taste of lutefisk.

"X has failed you."

It's the Republican algorithm: Believe your audience can't handle the truth.

I never seem to get an answer to my question:

Regarding the 2020 election...Why has Team Trump NEVER uttered the word "fraud" INSIDE of a courtroom?

My theory is because a lawyer needs PROOF before being allowed to claim fraud. And now, almost six years later, and after A LOT of screaming...

...still no proof entered as evidence in a court of law. NOT. ONE. IOTA.

" In simpler terms, COVID era government spending triggered 50-year inflation causing people to go into massive debt."

And, if Trump had his way, the inflation would've been worse: Trump wanted a third stimulus that was 42% larger than Biden's.

Any honest broker would admit as much. Why can't you?