>>2584063>>2584120fetterman 2 is optimistic, he's contesting a republican stalwart from the bush era. he's probably going to lose. in light of this there would be no material consequences to staying the course even if he's scuffed, in practice of course he's seriously alienating to idealists, and it doesn't make intuitive sense to run such an obvious wrecker.
the unions in maine like him. this is not unexpected because they represent automotive and shipyard workers primarily employed making military vehicles and boats. this is also why he's a china hawk and playing up his veterancy.
electoral politics, representative democracy, the party machine, everything is obviously rigged against the left. it's still a game that needs to be played, if only to dispel the illusion of consent. every seat denied to trump makes the road to dictatorship in 2029 a little bit harder.
>>2584134the dems can either sell a clawback of trumpist policy or get owned by greens and PSL. the play for the repubs is to illegally run trump to galvanise the dem vote and block left populists from gaining a balance of power position that would quickly expose the defacto coalition of dems and repubs.