The Future of the Country Comes Down to These Senate Races

2. Georgia (both races)

One state, two races, one entry.

A lot of ground to cover here, so we can’t waste time: What did you all make of Clare on The Bachelorette on Tuesday? Was she spending too much time with Dale?? Ugh, sorry, sorry, we got distracted … In Georgia, we have two races: Sen. David Perdue is facing a stiff reelection challenge from Democrat Jon Ossoff. It’s essentially a tie and if no candidate can cross 50 percent next week, it will head to a runoff in January. The more tragic/fun race, though, is the special election, in which the top two candidates in a much broader field will also advance to a runoff in January if no one hits 50 percent next week. There’s a lot of frustration on each side. For Democrats, pastor Raphael Warnock has been trying to consolidate the Democratic vote so he has a chance at 50 percent on Election Day, but a couple of other, definitely losing Democrats, including Joe Lieberman’s bad son, refused to quit. For Republicans, Sen. Kelly Loeffler—who was selected to serve temporarily and run in the special because she might appeal to suburban women—is going to wild lengths to wrest conservative votes from the other major Republican in the race, Rep. Doug Collins. She solicited and touted an endorsement from extremist House nominee Marjorie Taylor Greene, a person on whom the real Loeffler would call the cops if she ever came anywhere near her named estate, Descante. Loeffler has released multiple ads saying she’s more conservative than Attila the Hun? And most recently, she has been denying knowledge of the Access Hollywood tape. If Loeffler gets into a runoff with Warnock, the pivot is going to be unreal.

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