TheLeviathan

And lest we forget - Hillary won the popular vote. She just decided Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were either locked in or irrelevant and lost all of them by less than 2%. We need to stop characterizing the problem as impossible task of needing to get tens of millions of people to change their minds or register. The margin is much, much smaller than that. (And the available voters more than able to cover the gap)

Haunting Hill is good. Daredevil is probably among the last of the Netflix Marvel shows (One more Punisher and Jessica Jones too) and it's ending with a bang. I haven't finished, but Fisk is still the best villain in any Marvel property and Bullseye has been well done too.

I agree, points against matters a lot. It was a strength last year. They were really bad most of the first 4 games. The last three have shown a step in the right direction IMO. They played well against Philly, they shut AZ down (not saying much, I grant), and for most of the game had the Jets reeling. I see more of the kind of play that made them great last year the last few weeks. I'd like to see more pass rush without blitzing and there are still too many wheel routes (or out and ups) going for big plays, but it's been a big step forward. Next week though.....that'll be the real test.

To be frank Mike - your comment was exactly the same. I returned that favor, in part, because I really felt like htat was unfair. You were mocking me for my genuine effort previously to answer your question. Meanwhile, you've been stomping your feet about a completely ludicrous idea of dividing the nation. That's really unfair - I made an attempt (a legitmate one IMO) to answer your question. So save the potshots or quit pretending you have some kind of high ground please. Now, you keep asking, but you don't seem all that interested in listening. I've seen more than a handful of legitimate attempts to answer your question and you just dismissed them all again. So I'll try....again. Why I'm not sure, but here we go: Just ten years ago Republicans were playing the "Electoral College Woe is Me Game" themselves. Why? Because with the Dems spotted California and New York before the votes are counted it gave them a gigantic advantage. "In the driver's seat" - cried the Republicans of 2008. It was BS. What you're complaining about is BS too. The EC is not the problem, it's just a friendly scapegoat. Same with the Senate. In the last ten years the Democrats have soundly defeated the Republicans in 2 out of the last three presidential elections. Your characterization in that final paragraph is nothing new. It's been around forever. That voting bloc is not some insurmountable juggernaut. They were whooped, handily, just 6 years ago. The problem is voting turnout. The votes are there to elect Obama twice. They were there to turn the tide in Roy Moore's election. They were to nearly flip several hard-red districts in special elections. The key is enthusiasm and turnout. I'm sorry that is not as sexy of an answer as "Civil War and New Countries!", but sometimes the right answers aren't flashy. They're just the truth. They might be truths hard to attain, I won't deny that. But it can (and has) been done.

It's a numbers game, but it also matters where those seats come up. No reasonable person is going to think, even in a blue wave, that Lindsay Graham could be taken out. Unfortunately for the Dems, just holding some of these seats may take a blue wave. But hey, if we can't turn out the vote we still have that totally reasonable Plan B of all deciding to dissolve the US into separate nations. So we're set!

Hopefully Rhodes is healthy, NO would be a tough team to face with Alexander as a starting CB.

I wonder how much advertising even matters anymore. I know there is a lot of established belief about their value and role in a campaign, but I feel like the media age we're in and the bitter divide in politics renders those beliefs dubious.

It is in the sense that it's too simplistic. Three turnovers and pretty much total dominance in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

I would not agree that points are the only thing that matters in assessing the way they are playing.

If you've been watching the game, they've shut them down for the vast majority of the game. Two drives have scored points and one was with protecting a 17 point lead. Darnold is 11 for 28 for 133 yards...it's not like he's been allowed to play well. The defense has had a good game.

Another thorough win, this time on the road. The defense is starting to look like what we thought it should.

The wind is really making this an ugly game. Vikes need to try less trickery and get to some shorter throws the rest of the way.

MLB has to like the big markets.....how are the ratings? I never thought a long series favored Milwaukee, not with their lack of high-end SP.

Yeah, there are some serious coaching issues. Coughlin looks like a possible talent on Sunday though, man is he good. Also....the Wildcat needs to go. Running the same option dive to the left every freaking play is just stupid. That's ridiculous.

On the road and outdoors is always a struggle for the Vikings. Need to win, go into a big game at home against NO next week. Jets are pretty banged up too, especially in their secondary.

I appreciate Sasse for his willingness to speak out, but it’s sounding more and more calculated as his actions do nothing to back it up.

Playing guys at random middle infield positions in case of a worst case scenario sounds like a good way to create that scenario. If you believe defense matters, throwing guys randomly around the field is very contradictory. Kepler should play 1B when it creates an advantage for the Twins. Which could happen in splits opportunities when deciding between a Cave and Austin. I could see that being beneficial at times if the Twins don’t upgrade 1B.

Maybe we could get rid of this awful stain too?

I would bet in two years that contract looks awful. I still don't believe he'll be that significant a player with his slow foot speed.

Things change quickly in the NFL. You're reading way too far into a week to week outcome.

They won 27-17. And 7 of those points were a flukey fumble bounce and another 7 were garbage time. I have no problem with the team resting regulars up 27-10 at home against a bad team.

Or a few non-dump passing routes. He was part of it, but they are also worried about Nkimdeche and a few others. We won 27-17, but defensively we had guys like Wilson and Harris in on a regular basis as early as the second quarter. The Vikings didn't take them very seriously.

Arizona spent this week trying a bunch of new personnel. I think we pretty thoroughly dominated them, even if the scoreboard didn't show it at times.

I'm not sure it matters how liberal a candidate is or isn't...they'll get painted as a pinko liberal regardless.

This just screams of a golden opportunity. I really hope the Dems on the ground are getting people ready to vote. Flipping this one would be huge. This one too. They could permanently plant the purple flag in two formerly deep red states.