Friday Night Facts and Opinions

 

• As of this morning (12/4), according to the Cook Political Report, Biden's lead over Trump now exceeds seven million votes: 81.27 million vs 74.21 million (51.3% - 46.9%). For persepctive, this is a slightly larger margin of victory than the 2012 Obama/Romney contest.

• Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is not a hero. He is performing his job and his duties exactly as he should be--nothing more, nothing less. The fact that this behavior is labeled heroic is a very sad commentary of what has become of the Repubs and this country. Raffensperger was and is a Trump supporter. He was a supporter though some awful times, but Trump's behavior didn't trouble him then. Don't get me wrong. I'm very glad that Raffensperger did the right thing. That doesn't make him a hero. (I have singled out Raffensperger here, but the same applies to all the other Repubs who simply did their jobs correctly.)

• A good headline I spotted today in The Post (from November 27), from an opinion piece by Lyz Lens. (The article is pretty good, too.)
  
  White Women Vote Republican. Get Used to It, Democrats
  
  The problem is that they don't "get used to it". They'll continue to chase those votes and then blame someone else's slogan when they lose.