Dan Rather: Wow. Kansas. Might be time to reshuffle the conventional wisdom deck for the midterms.

[kpete]

Kansas Comes Through
Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner
Among things I have learned over a lifetime of trying to remain steady is to take note of the successes as well as the setbacks. ..............

It is clear that the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling has altered our political landscape dramatically. But it isn’t the only factor that could
swell Democratic turnout. There is also the lingering animosity for Donald Trump and the party that still embraces him. There are the outrageous findings of the January 6 committee, whose public hearings will resume. There is the continuing gun violence. Our climate crisis. And a host of other urgent issues that could spur more voters to pull the lever for Democratic candidates. Maybe.

When you look at states that are more purple than Kansas and have key races this fall, the tally isn’t small. There are Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and even maybe Ohio and Texas. Now that isn’t to say that Democrats are favored or that a blue wave is likely. But it is true that our political climate is more volatile than some might have supposed. And thus the range of possible outcomes is much greater.

There is a lot of unrest in this country, on both sides of the political divide. Republicans like to lecture Democrats that they live in liberal bubbles far different from the “real America.” Well, by their definition, you can’t get much more “real” than Kansas. And the message from the Sunflower State is perhaps it is the GOP that is about to get its bubble popped.

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https://steady.substack.com/p/kansas-comes-through

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[onecaliberal]

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