Upon reflection, the GOOD I can see coming out of this, is maybe the whole “coattail” thing - maybe people would vote for OTHER (R)s on the ballots for other offices, and we could get congress back.
THAT would be nice.
/Silver Lining
If you run a liberal to win liberal votes in liberal states, you won’t get people out to the polls who will vote for “R”s downticket, you will draw out new voters who will for for democrats downticket.
Rudy worked hard to get republicans elected in 2006. His coattails can be seen in the losses we suffered.
And if you want more evidence, Arnold is seen as a “rudy” prototype in california, and you will see that Arnold didn’t help a single republican get elected in 2006. Republicans suffered greatly with Arnold at the head of the ticket.
BTW, putting new york “in play” just means democrats in new york will be encouraged to show up, which will endanger other republicans running for office.