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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

No kidding! The Republicans have been off the rails since well before MAGA -- Nixon's "southern strategy" drove most of the sane Republicans out before Gingrich came along, and Reagan sure didn't help. And too many Democrats have been too nice, i.e., gutless. IMO the increasing number of women and people of color in Congress from the Reagan years onward has been a factor. They tend to be more in touch with how real people actually live, and more responsive to constituents because they're not from gerrymandered districts.

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Annie D Stratton's avatar

Well, most of them. A few have been real doozies. Did nobody any favors, just distracted media attention from real news.

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Elise Stefanik just came up in a book I'm copyediting. IOW -- yep.

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