President Kennedy poked fun envisioning Maggie coming to the Senate floor late in the afternoon, mumbling about offering an insignificant amendment, “and Grand Coulee Dam gets built.”
What I know, from some decades of observing such “triumphs,” is that the triumph phase tends to be short-lived, while the subsequent phase(s) are long-lived and tragic.
Washington’s march from Independent swing state to solidly Democratic is well known. We have not voted for a Republican for President of Governor since the mid-80s. Less frequently discussed is the sorting that has driven this growing Democratic majority.