As I just argued here, I think one of the big reasons Democrats got blown out last night is that they spent two years telling a big lie to the American people which blew up in their face. They tried to recover by installing Kamala Harris as Biden’s replacement, but it didn’t work because a) their credibility was shot and b) they were still lying.
In my view, this was the big problem which doomed their efforts, but there are arguably other problems which also led to last night’s defeat. Over at the NY Times, Bret Stephens looks at a few of them.
Why did Harris lose? There were many tactical missteps: her choice of a progressive running mate who would not help deliver a must-win state like Pennsylvania or Michigan; her inability to separate herself from President Biden; her foolish designation of Trump as a fascist, which, by implication, suggested his…
