<![CDATA[Whether it is the persistent denial phase of the 5 stages of Kubler-Ross grief, or whether it's a quick turning of the page on 2024 and beginning the rhetorical march to the 2026 Midterm Elections, most progressive Democrats in the Manhattan-Beltway bubble have yet to fully realize not enough people are willing to buy what they've been selling. Take CNN, for example. You might think they would bring on a panel of experts to do a little navel gazing, trying to figure out why their ratings tanked, why people trust Congress more than they trust media, and why the attempt to put all their collectivist weight on the scale this past election cycle didn't work. Maybe bring in Chris Wallace to chew it over. Oh, wait, I guess that couldn't work. CNN fired Chris Wallace on Friday.The Republicans in the Senate gained a net four new seats, but there are a total of six members of the incoming GOP Senate freshmen class - Jim Justice of West Virginia, Bernie Moreno of Ohio, Tim Sheehy of Montana, Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania are ones you know about. But they're joined by John Curtis of Utah, replacing the retired Mitt Romney, and Indiana's Jim Banks, replacing the retired Mike Braun, who will make a wonderful new conservative governor for the Hoosier state. CNN, I'm sure, could have convinced one of them to come on and talk about the way forward, and the possible bumps in the road, over the next two years. Nope. ]]>