2022 midterms
Where Things Stand: Blake Masters Wipes Extreme Abortion Views From Campaign Website
Blake Masters has long embraced one of the most extreme anti-abortion positions out there. And in this post-Roe America, that’s saying a lot.
Read MoreA new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate analyze a batch of primary races, and what they indicate about the midterms.
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Where Things Stand: Ohio Newspaper Refuses To Cover DeSantis-Vance Rally Over Absurd Press Restrictions
Let me just start out by saying this pair deserves each other — truly a dynamic coupling.
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Where Things Stand: McConnell Admits Dems May Hold Senate Because He’s Bad At His Job
It’s political canon that the president’s party does poorly in the Midterms — especially if it’s said president’s first term. But the Senate minority leader is tossing bits of that conventional wisdom out the window as we get closer to the general election. And it’s not even the first time Mitch McConnell has preemptively winked in the direction of things not going super well for Republicans this fall — at least when it comes to control of the Senate.
During an event in Kentucky on Thursday McConnell suggested that it was far more likely that Republicans are able to flip the House than take back the Senate. That’s because the Senate is “different.”
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