Notations From the Grid (Special Mid-Week Edition): #RandomThoughts On the US Political Scene

While Out & About this Week on the US Political Scene, our team captured selections courtesy the team at the Bulwark as the Georgia US Senate Elections heats up: 

  Burn It All Down

Certified Good Republican Larry Hogan—who courageously wrote in “Ronald Reagan” on his ballot—now says:

Carly Ortiz-Lytle @intlcarly

MD Gov. @LarryHogan endorses @KLoeffler & @Perduesenate in today's Washington Examiner: "For the sake of our nation, I urge Georgians to uphold America’s mandate for moderation and compromise by voting to keep David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler..." Gov. Larry Hogan: Vote Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue to uphold moderation and compromise in the US SenateAs a Republican governor in a deep-blue state, I know firsthand how one-party monopoly can wreak terrible consequences. In 2014, I ran for governor because I was fed up with career politicians in my state who had unchecked power to raise taxes and destroy our economy.washex.am

November 30th 2020

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Some questions:

• Why does Larry Hogan need to issue an endorsement in Georgia Senate races?

• Is Kelly Loeffler a champion of “moderation and compromise”?

• If the goal is to have a Republican-controlled Senate so as to force Democrats to compromise, then why endorse both Loeffler and Perdue, since Republicans only need to win one of those seats?

The answer to all three of these is: Because Larry Hogan is trying desperately to preserve viability in the Republican party.

We also have done a selection of the discourse as President-Elect Biden chose his top Economic Team which drew a reprimand from Senator John Cornryn who criticized one of the nominees for tweets attacking Republicans--as it appears he and others forgot about the President of the United States: