"Galaxy-brained" is the tell....

Sometimes doing the just and right thing is better than making galaxy-brained political calculations that rest on a load of dubious assumptions https://t.co/zfm9P7N2ZL

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 21, 2019

In other words:

(Let us note Aaron never addresses the substance of Silver's argument, just asserts a superior moral posture, usually identified as "holier-than-thou.")

I will carry this on a bit, because no horse is dead until I stop beating it:

Exactly because doing the right thing got Republicans two Supreme Court justices.

— Nathan ‘Midnight Leader’ Harris (@NathanIHarris) September 21, 2019

One could, after all, recall all the people who "did the right thing" by refusing to vote for Clinton on 2016. Things are always more complicated than you want them to be.

(And the REAL issue is not defeating Trump, (the nominee has that job), but holding at least one house of Congress. GOP retirements don't mean automatic Dem pickups. Besides, Clinton's impeachment didn't hurt him, despite his lies, and Scott Walker's recall rendered him invisible and bulletproof. So Nate has a point.  Again: more complicated than you want it to be.)