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Apr 8, 2022·edited Apr 8, 2022

Re: the Jackson nom, Warnock is precisely correct (although I wish he had made this point while wearing a mask…)”The people of Georgia made this appointment possible.” Here in Georgia, some conservative strategists are now privately freaking out that Herschel Walker is going to skate through the primary and then create a lot of baggage running against Warnock as a completely untested candidate. To date, Walker hasn’t given a single mainstream media interview or held anything resembling a presser. Not sure how long that’s going to be sustainable for his team after the primary.

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Normally, you would need to appeal to everyone, not just a narrow base. I think part of the answer will all depend on how things are going with the Republican Party in Georgia. If the Perdue-Kemp race turns bitter and divisive, that could depress turnout in November among Republicans - the exact type of voters that Walker needs. OTOH, if it's a really bad year for Democrats, it might not make much difference what Walker does. The tide might just carry him to victory no matter how badly he runs his campaign.

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Georgia had nothing to do with Jackson confo. The vote was 53 - 47. She didn't get confirmed by two. Please, math matters. d

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Hi Dennis. I will argue that Georgia did matter - and Georgia has mattered to everything that Biden has done. If either Warnock or Ossoff lost, Biden might not have been able to get any nominee through the Senate. And Biden certainly would not have been able to get his legislative agenda moving either.

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RBG was 97-3. It matters that 3 from the GOP didn't just vote the party line. I was proud of them, even though I am conservative. d

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