Mindless devotion to a form is all the libs have left at this point. A while ago, the Democratic candidate for governor in Colorado did a televised debate against no one, because his Republican opponent decided not to show up.

They have been referring to the "Mississippi Miracle" since Mississippi has skyrocketed through the education rankings in the past few years, but they aren't doing anything different, everyone else has just gotten WAY worse at education. Schools have been getting shut down left and right across the country, teachers are all burnt out, parents don't care, and the districts just want to pass everyone on to the next grade to avoid looking bad. It's cooked

Years of republican demonizing teachers and cutting school funds. I am really surprised no one brought up Betsy DeVos - Republican megadonor and Trump's Secretary of Education - to blame, neglecting her home state. It's such an easy target and Benson had to go all on story time tangent.

Bit idea: Washington state attack ad: [democrat] is too Washington for Washington