Yeah I think that is in the job description.Flex wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 2:01pmYeah, I think it's three things: 1) complacency during the good times (particularly the obama years), 2) a gerontocracy that has kept its grip on power past the expiration date, 3) thermostatic midterms that keep wiping out younger potential stars in the party.
This midterm may help take care of all three to some extent. It was a great result and Dems held a lot of ground, but still lost the house. Perfect time for a reshuffling in leadership but you have a pretty deep bench of Dems who have had to run competitive races and build networks of support. And Dems are anything but complacent right now.
Now, the Republicans actually have this problem too, it's just papered over by the fact that their base actually enjoys nominating the most insane, unqualified people possible for top jobs.
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I know zilch about her politics or skills as a campaigner, but I wonder if Whitmer could stand out. In the most superficial ways, she checks off a lot of good boxes.
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I don't think Trump will win in 2024 but I also can't think of a possible Democratic candidate that I'd be particularly enthused by.
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Yeah, I agree with this. Her wins this year and how she helped downballot races were actually much more impressive than DeSantis (who is getting fawning media attention) and as an exceedingly general rule governors are both better campaigners and administrators than senators.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 2:05pmI know zilch about her politics or skills as a campaigner, but I wonder if Whitmer could stand out. In the most superficial ways, she checks off a lot of good boxes.
I think she's a pretty normie progressive Dem, politically. Tho I'm sure folks can dredge up the good and bad.
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Sorry, never seen that so I don't get the reference.
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Hoy and Kory both wondering if she would consider wearing glasses.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 2:05pmI know zilch about her politics or skills as a campaigner, but I wonder if Whitmer could stand out. In the most superficial ways, she checks off a lot of good boxes.
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There was talk last year(?) about McConnaughey being a Dem candidate for governor of Texas. Just another dumb "let's find a celebrity of our own!" idea from liberals.
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Goddammit, Hoy (and Kory)!revbob wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 2:14pmHoy and Kory both wondering if she would consider wearing glasses.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 2:05pmI know zilch about her politics or skills as a campaigner, but I wonder if Whitmer could stand out. In the most superficial ways, she checks off a lot of good boxes.
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Ah gotcha. I saw some of that mentioned around the time of Uvalde too.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 2:24pmThere was talk last year(?) about McConnaughey being a Dem candidate for governor of Texas. Just another dumb "let's find a celebrity of our own!" idea from liberals.
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I mean, fuck it, half the professional politicians are incompetent too.
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Poor, Kamala.
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Is there special significance to the colour variations in the flags?
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