President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

When 270 is your ceiling . . .

It's like being on defense, two minutes left, and Patrick Mahomes is at the 50.

 

Trump still hasn’t won a single state he wasn’t already virtually guaranteed to. Until he does…let’s all take a breath.

 

MSNBC did a good job of discussing the abortion measure in Florida where it carried 57-43 but still lost thanks to the tyranny of the minority.

 

Oh good God....

 

Started looking into Uruguay last week.

 

This is where decades of being a Pitt fan comes in handy. I’m used to watching with the expectations of defeat.

 

The NYT needle is giving Pennsylvania and Michigan to Trump. Not at all sure that's going to happen.

 

NYT is predicting Trump getting to 285.

I’m not liking it.

 

Finally home after dinner with a friend and a 30-minute drive that turned into a 90-minute detour thanks to a car fire shutting down the interstate.

And for the first time since I was a young kid, I don’t think I can bear to turn on the TV for election night. For the third time the people I’m surrounded by have proven what they are and it’s grotesque to behold. Every value I was ever taught was important and Godly has been prostituted to a magic bean salesman.

Even if she hangs on up north, my faith in this country is pretty much gone. My faith in Christianity might be. And if I lose that I honestly do not know what I have left.

 

The Needle fluctuates as results come in.