College Football Nerds did their preview and said that Texas and Georgia mirror each other. Texas with good defense and suspect offense and Georgia being the reverse. In the end they used common opponents and that clearly favored UGA, so both picked Georgia (which is the safe pick.)
However, one did point out that Texas has only played one home game against a P4 opponent this year and all the rest have been on the road or neutral. The lesson he took from it was that if Texas struggled with places like Starkville and Lexington at night then they should struggle even more in Athens. While I think that take has merit it also might be the wrong lesson, as also you could say that Texas has a lot of experience this season playing P4 road games against equally talented teams (Ohio State and Oklahoma) and at night (Kentucky and Miss State) and as a result may be more battle-hardened than everyone expects.
That said, I don't disagree with them both picking Georgia.
could be, but there's still more to release (hence the discharge petition and associated vote.) The House GOP has released stuff before and it's only fanned the flames.
IU's overall SOS is lower than aggy but they have better wins. IMHO IU has a stronger case for #1 over Ohio State than aggy does for #2 over IU.
That said, aggy might have an argument that they should be ranked ahead of Ohio State - their resume' is certainly better. Ohio State's win over us is doing all of the heavy lifting for them right now (that and being undefeated defending champs.)
I agree actual pain is what will make people learn (well, not MAGA because they are brainwashed beyond hope thanks to the conservative media sphere.)
Democrats basically said "ok GOP you win! everyone enjoy your higher medical premiums. see you in January."
This is a case of over-promising and then under-delivering.
Democrats needed to realize that extending the ACA subsidies was never going to happen. But they pushed that narrative anyway as if it was achievable. This fired up the base thinking that they could hold the line indefinitely. This was a miscalculation as the GOP doesn't give two shits that people's insurance premiums are about to skyrocket and were willing to hold out indefinitely in order to appease Trump and their misinformed base. So this was never going to happen - at least right now.
The irony is that this might get us Medicare for All sooner rather than later.