attention? well, it is really both. this wasn t a five alarm fire for democrats, nothing will be. this was, of course, local in the sense that you have local issues that make a difference and stir the party base on both sides. particularly republicans. but the national dimension is impossible to ignore. the fact is that president biden, with a 54% win last year manages to get below 45 and approval and as a result and a result also of the inaction of the house and the senate democrats on the two big proposals that president biden has on the table, democrats weren t excited. i saw that in going through all the votes. the republican turnouts were unbelievable, particularly in rural counties. it wasn t just the absolute number. a lot of them were small counties without a lot of votes. but when you add them together, and the republican nominees were