Even when it dawned on us that it is likely that Biden defeated Trump and rid us of the Trump stain for at least 4 years (Trump talks about running again but we’re not sure felons are allowed to run), we were already down in the dumps about the fact that we somehow didn’t win the U.S. Senate, which was actually more of a sure thing than Biden winning, especially had one given us a biden win, we’d only need 2 wins – Tillis was supposed to lose NC easily (that’s one) and Susan Collins was supposed to lose Maine (2), and that’s all we would’ve needed to oust McConnell from our lives, too.

Now we’re down to hoping hoping hoping that one of the two Georgia candidates doesn’t quite get to 50% (he is right at 50% right now), so that there are 2 run-offs in Georgia in January. If there are two run-offs in GA in January, the Republicans will be expected to win both, but even winning one will not do enough good. It would take winning both.

In other words, if we somehow get a situation (and we’re close) to where there are two runoffs in GA in January, to get the senate to 50-50 and Kamala Harris breaking a tie, then – we’re sorry, President Obama, but you must move to Georgia for two months and personally speak to every democratic voter and personally ask them to vote for a Democratic senator candidate. Then Michelle – the big Obama, the world’s most liked person – must go down and finish the deal.

Because if they do not, Mitch McConnell is already talking about his plans for interrupting a Biden administration. According to Axios:

Republicans’ likely hold on the Senate is forcing Joe Biden’s transition team to consider limiting its prospective Cabinet nominees to those who Mitch McConnell can live with, according to people familiar with the matter.

Why it matters: The new Senate political math could dash the ambitions of some Democrats, including those who have clashed with Republicans.

• It could push Biden to go with more centrist options, like Lael Brainard for Treasury or Tony Blinken for State, sources tell Axios.
• Susan Rice and Stacey Abrams could be early casualties, depending on McConnell’s posture.
• But it could also open paths for others, like Sen. Chris Coons, who could benefit from a tradition of senatorial courtesy for quick confirmations of nominees within its ranks.

A source close to McConnell tells Axios a Republican Senate would work with Biden on centrist nominees but no “radical progressives” or ones who are controversial with conservatives.

• The Biden agenda would be severely restricted by GOP control, the source added: “It’s going to be armed camps.

Trust us, we do not want McConnell to start to feel his majority oats. It is going to be hard enough to get a judge past McConnell who has abandoned all sense of democracy and gone full autocrat.

Pray for two run-offs and then big the Obamas – they are the only people who can get enough Georgian Democrats to the polls to get a Democratic Senate sweep.

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Peace, y’all
Jason
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