Underappreciated how bleak the talent pipeline on the right is.
Behind Ossoff there are a dozen other emerging pols who are charismatic and have wins in swing states. Shapiro, Peltola, Beshear, Cooper, Buttigieg, Talarico, even second tier folks like Whitmer or Kelly or Pritzker or Warnock.
Who is out there on the right? It's basically Rubio or bust? Bleak.
Today's results are better understood as a left-center wave, not a woke one. Trump lost big but so did a lot of far left ideas.
- Billionaire tax failed in CA
- Transgender school sports restrictions passed in WA
- Increased penalties for fentanyl dealing and even possession passed in CO
- Wiener won over Chan in SF
Nationwide the electoral mood was normie lib wine mom, not far left. A victory against the horseshoe.