Wednesday, December 07, 2022
Warnock wins!
The results are in from the run-off election for U.S. Senate in Georgia, and Raphael Warnock defeated Herschel Walker, albeit by less than four points. The election really mattered, even though the Democrats already controlled the Senate with a 50-50 split (the Vice President breaks ties) for two reasons.
First, a lot of proposed legislation has been blocked by WV Senator Joe Manchin and Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema. This give a little more leeway on that, even while allowing deeply partisan legislation to struggle.
Second, this allows the Democrats to truly control committees-- without this win, membership on committees would be split 50-50.
Finally, I want to note one thing. A lot of my friends have said that Walker doesn't seem very smart, that he doesn't seem to understand the Senate, and that he only got this chance because of football. Mostly (maybe all) true. BUT... all those things are certainly true of Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who is White (and famous as the former coach of Auburn). Perhaps it is the prominence and importance of the Walker race that pointed more attention on him than Tuberville faced-- or maybe race still matters.
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Totally understand that Tuberville does not appear to be dealing with a full deck - anothetmr case of name recognitions star power. Senator Kennedy of Louisiana didn't sound much better the other day. Walker owns property in Georgia but he has not lived in the State for years. It is/was a rental property per a family member. Sadly his bizarre comments are just that, bizarre. None of my friends pulled the race card, kind of hard when both candidates are African American. Most questioned whether he might have a brain disorder from too many concussions and that he was being used because of his football name recognition. People like to meet successful athletes. I met Rowdy Gaines last week and was giddy.
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