Imagine a candidate asking "Why aren't I 50 points ahead?"
But, like, really asking this. Like, they're actually interested in an answer.
2025-03-13 11:39:26
What does the future of the Democratic Party look like?
Is it skilled members of the Professional Managerial Class who demonstrate the best ability to act like a Project Manager able to herd the cats of all of the bureaucrats?
Is it a firebrand capable of whipping up the masses?
Is it Kamala Harris? I understand that she made zero mistakes in her last campaign for president (outside of the "nobody's perfect" level nitpicks that are inevitable) and the only problem was that she didn't have enough runway and Trump has demonstrated that you can win an election after losing one.
In 2012, Romney was a pretty good candidate and might have been a perfect candidate if you could drop him in the middle of 1996.
But all of the names listed above strike me as having a similar problem. Newsom would have been perfect in 2016! Pritzker? Perfect in 2016! Buttigieg doesn't strike me as presidential quite yet... He might make a perfect VP, though. (Of course, maybe he's paper-thin and would just be a gay Dan Quayle... at least he'd have the press on his side.)
The big problem the dems have is that they're trying to go through their bench and find the guy best suited to win in 2016 and not the best guy for 2028.
But Pritzker, out of all of those, strikes me as the most capable of taking on Vance.
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Oh yeah! That's the one where she had Beyonce speak!!!
I remember that.
Hey, the mistake there was not "doing it", it was asking Beyonce to speak.
When was the last 50 state presidential campaign?
Trump campaigned in New York, New Jersey, and California.
For what that's worth.
I agree 100% that the House is too small.
Imagine a candidate asking "Why aren't I 50 points ahead?"
But, like, really asking this. Like, they're actually interested in an answer.
What does the future of the Democratic Party look like?
Is it skilled members of the Professional Managerial Class who demonstrate the best ability to act like a Project Manager able to herd the cats of all of the bureaucrats?
Is it a firebrand capable of whipping up the masses?
Is it Kamala Harris? I understand that she made zero mistakes in her last campaign for president (outside of the "nobody's perfect" level nitpicks that are inevitable) and the only problem was that she didn't have enough runway and Trump has demonstrated that you can win an election after losing one.
In 2012, Romney was a pretty good candidate and might have been a perfect candidate if you could drop him in the middle of 1996.
But all of the names listed above strike me as having a similar problem. Newsom would have been perfect in 2016! Pritzker? Perfect in 2016! Buttigieg doesn't strike me as presidential quite yet... He might make a perfect VP, though. (Of course, maybe he's paper-thin and would just be a gay Dan Quayle... at least he'd have the press on his side.)
The big problem the dems have is that they're trying to go through their bench and find the guy best suited to win in 2016 and not the best guy for 2028.
But Pritzker, out of all of those, strikes me as the most capable of taking on Vance.