The Night Thanksgiving Was Saved

These polls suck! What’s going on with the polls! We at The Bulwark are demanding a complete and total shutdown of polling1 until we can figure out what’s going on. Happy Wednesday.Join Mark Hertling and Ben Parker for Command Post at 10:30 a.m. EDT today on Substack and YouTube.Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley greets supporters at a campaign rally on August 10, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)by William KristolOne week ago, after Abdul El-Sayed had beaten back a late surge by his moderate opponent, Haley Stevens, to eke out a 1-point victory in Michigan’s Democratic senate primary, I wasn’t a particularly happy scribbler. But as dawn broke, and I sipped my coffee and braced myself to attack my keyboard, I recalled the words of the