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In reply to the discussion: A Major Democratic Donor Is Reconsidering Support For Senators Who Pushed For Al Franken's... [View all]regnaD kciN
(26,050 posts)Minnesota, like Wisconsin and Michigan surrounding it, are formerly solid-blue states that have been moving toward the Republicans over the past few decades. Even Walter Mondale, emerging from retirement after Wellstone's death, lost to Norm Coleman. And let's not forget that HHH's son, considered a shoo-in for governor, lost to Jesse Ventura. For that matter, recall what has happened with both Michigan and Wisconsin in recent years (not just going for Trump, but electing and re-electing hard-line Republican ideologues as governor). For that matter, Minnesota only barely fell into the Democratic column in 2016.
(Probably the most dispiriting thing is that, should this cost Democrats that Senate seat -- and, possibly, recapturing the Senate as a whole -- it's easy to predict the ensuing circular firing squad: Franken fans will blame Gillebrand and the centrists, while those in the party establishment will be quick to deal full responsibility to those "purist" Stein-loving patriarchal BernieBros who are really motivated entirely by sexism and who are just fine with sexual assault against women. )