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11 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

You'll have to forgive Stassney. He's the one person on the planet who took Biden being pushed to drop out harder than Joe Biden.

This is inaccurate: Donald Trump clearly took Biden dropping out harder than Joe Biden.

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6 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

So you plan to start one 46 months early? Are you sure that’s an effective strategy to demonstrate how inappropriate you think it is to start an election thread 10 months early?

And why would we need another thread? Why not just ask to have the title of the 2024 thread changed?

literally read what I wrote above this. 5 hours before you posted.

3 hours ago, aggie08 said:

You'll have to forgive Stassney. He's the one person on the planet who took Biden being pushed to drop out harder than Joe Biden.

You'll have to forgive @aggie08. He follows me around thinking my internet posts are super cereal and gets defensive about hyperbole. Landing an insight straight was proof positive that the dem strategy of abandoning candidate incumbency will EVISCERATE DONALD TRUMP!

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3 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

literally read what I wrote above this. 5 hours before you posted.

You'll have to forgive @aggie08. He follows me around thinking my internet posts are super cereal and gets defensive about hyperbole. Landing an insight straight was proof positive that the dem strategy of abandoning candidate incumbency will EVISCERATE DONALD TRUMP!

Don't be so damn sensitive. I love your usual positivity and schtick around here. You're wrong (sadly) about Biden still having a chance had he stayed in the race, and that's okay.

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6 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

In fairness to this congressman, he saw a comment on a X post that stated that the Biden Admin is pumping up EV sales with taxpayers dollars. Perfectly reasonable to use that as evidence against the secretary of transportation in a hearing.

 

hmmm

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maybe this goes without saying, but I hope he has a spot in the Harris admin. do they keep him in his current spot or propel him into a larger role (although, I'd argue his is one of the most important cabinet spots we have). without internal infrastructure that keeps the cogs turning. this country stops in its tracks. puns intended

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7 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

maybe this goes without saying, but I hope he has a spot in the Harris admin. do they keep him in his current spot or propel him into a larger role (although, I'd argue his is one of the most important cabinet spots we have). without internal infrastructure that keeps the cogs turning. this country stops in its tracks. puns intended

I’d tell him to take his pick.

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I think Democrats need to understand that a great many stupid people will watch that and come away angry at the smart person who made the dumb person look stupid because they sympathize with the dumb person. Most people didn’t like and resented the smart kids. 
 
I’m convinced that the real damage caused by social media and the 24/7 news cycle is allowing so many dumb people close access to other dumbs that they can identify with instead of letting journalists filter that stuff through a more neutral lens.  

Add the dumb people can gather together to gang up against any rational thoughts.
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4 minutes ago, Woland said:


Add the dumb people can gather together to gang up against any rational thoughts.

Which also happens in junior high to smart kids.  
 

Take this written exchange: “Rep. Burlison asked if the Secretary was concerned about electric vehicle fires that are difficult to suppress. The Secretary pointed out that gasoline vehicles also have a significant fire risk while also emitting deadly pollutants that impact Americans.” 
 

Cool. Reasonable discourse.  Sec. Pete seems right, no one is embarrassed, we got to the facts. 
 

But on tv or social media every dumb person is remembering a time a teacher or some smart kid made them feel dumb and how awful it was to stammer and stutter and realize you’re being embarrassed.  And they’re moving to Team Dumbass Burlison out of spite. 

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18 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I think Democrats need to understand that a great many stupid people will watch that and come away angry at the smart person who made the dumb person look stupid because they sympathize with the dumb person. Most people didn’t like and resented the smart kids. 
 

I’m convinced that the real damage caused by social media and the 24/7 news cycle is allowing so many dumb people close access to other dumbs that they can identify with instead of letting journalists filter that stuff through a more neutral lens.  

Most people don’t watch Congressional testimony. The shit that moves the needle almost never happens in Congress or on a 24 hour news set. 
 

The stupid people you’re referring to, the ones that mattered in this election, were affected mainly by Israel/Gaza and/or inflation. Another bunch of dumb shits listened to Joe Rogan. None of those folks have their votes swayed because of a bit of snarky back in forth from the Capitol.

Media personalities are mostly self-important hacks playing to the lowest common denominator for clicks. This gets clicks from the relatively informed and curious. Those folks aren’t going to change their vote because of this. They’ll amplify it to their teammates as either “owning” the other team or spin it as out of touch.

This is theater. Don’t overthink it. 

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Buttigieg Says Maybe, Whitmer Says No Way to Michigan Senate Race
The suddenly open seat in a top-tier battleground has several Michigan politicians taking a serious look.

Senator Gary Peters’s decision to retire has opened up a marquee Senate race in Michigan, a pre-eminent battleground state that President Trump flipped in November.

The announcement this week from Mr. Peters, a Democrat, set off a flurry of political activity in Michigan — especially among his party’s deep bench of ambitious politicians, some of whom are also considering a run for governor.

Here’s a snapshot of some of the people who might jump into the Senate contest:

Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary
Mr. Buttigieg, the former presidential candidate and transportation secretary, is a relatively recent Michigan transplant, growing up in Indiana and becoming a Michigan resident in 2022, moving to Traverse City.

“I have a lot of humility about having only moved to Michigan a few years ago,” he said in an interview last month, asked at the time about a run for governor. “Although, of course, I did grow up in the neighborhood.”

Mr. Buttigieg is taking a “serious look” at a Senate bid, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking who insisted on Tuesday on anonymity to discuss the private deliberations, adding that he was “exploring all of his options.”

Mr. Buttigieg is also seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2028.

What about Gretchen Whitmer?
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who is term-limited in 2026, quickly and colorfully took herself out of contention for Mr. Peters’s seat on Tuesday.

“Three letters: N.F.W.,” she said on “The View,” using an abbreviation for “no way” with an expletive in the middle.

“I’ve got a lot of things I want to get done as governor. What comes after that? I don’t know yet, I really don’t,” said Ms. Whitmer, who is also seen as a potential presidential candidate.

“I will never totally check out, but I might want to walk the earth for a little while and get reacquainted with my family and myself,” she added.

But her lieutenant governor, Garlin Gilchrist II, who has been looking at a bid for governor, is now also “seriously considering” a run for the Senate, according to two people with knowledge of his thinking.

The Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association will commit to spending seven figures on Mr. Gilchrist’s behalf if he runs for Senate, Kevin Holst, the group’s executive director, said in a statement.

The state attorney general, Dana Nessel, is also subject to term limits and cannot seek re-election in 2026, and she is mentioned by some Democrats as a potential contender.

A Lineup of Democratic Lawmakers
Plenty of other Democrats, including federal and state legislators, are mulling the race.

Mallory McMorrow, a state senator who won national Democratic acclaim in 2022 with a speech defending liberal values while identifying herself as a “straight, white, Christian, married suburban mom,” said she had not ruled out a run for either governor or the Senate.

“I’m taking a serious look at both the governor and Senate seats, and plan to have many conversations over the coming days to see where I might be best suited to serve Michiganders,” Ms. McMorrow, who lives in suburban Detroit, said in a text message on Tuesday.

House members who have won difficult races in the past are also looking at the Senate race, including the moderate Representatives Haley Stevens, of suburban Detroit, and Hillary Scholten, from the Grand Rapids area.

Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Wayne County health director who ran unsuccessfully against Ms. Whitmer in the 2018 primary, could also look at a bid.

What About Republicans?
Senator Tim Scott, who is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, had been recruiting for the Michigan seat for weeks ahead of Tuesday’s announcement.

“My phone continues to ring,” he said in an interview.

Among those considering a run is Representative Bill Huizenga, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking. Representative John James and former Representative Mike Rogers, who narrowly lost a Senate race last fall, are also drawing mention as possible candidates.

Tudor Dixon, who ran unsuccessfully against Ms. Whitmer in 2022, is also a potential candidate for Senate or the governor’s race. On Tuesday, she wrote on social media that she was “considering our future very seriously.”

Kevin Rinke, a former auto dealership owner who lost to Ms. Dixon in the primary that year, could also jump into the race.

“One thing is for sure,” he wrote on social media on Tuesday. “Michigan is open for the taking. Stay tuned.”

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