Jamelle is correct that decisions like this need to be made rationally. At votemaximizer.org, we used data to identify Louisiana as a top opportunity for giving, even greater than GOTV. For 2028 we will need to rely on hard information to maximize impact.
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 4h agogiven the extent to which the florida media market is a total resource sink, i think the DSCC made a defensible decision in putting its resources elsewhere. louisiana is a big whiff though. that is a race where a little money would have gone a long way.
![The United States Constitution gives the Senate the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote.[1] This is distinct from the power over impeachment trials and convictions that the Senate has over executive and judicial federal officials: the Senate ruled in 1798 that senators could not be impeached, but only expelled, while debating the impeachment trial of William Blount, who had already been expelled.[2] Expulsion has not occurred since the Civil War.[1]
Censure, a lesser punishment which represents a formal statement of disapproval, has been more common since the start of the 20th century. Although censure carries no formal punishment, only one senator (Benjamin R. Tillman) of the nine to be censured has ever been re-elected. Unlike the House of Representatives, which also disciplines by reprimand, a censure is the weakest form of discipline the Senate issues.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y4vk2n4vk4ppcderc75uenhh/bafkreigz6cwhrr7cyvbow3a3vu3j6whjfjcxdimqliy6closfvgpo53khq)
