Jon Stewart torched the DNC and Democratic leadership as "lost" after learning from a candidate with a massive lead that he's heard zilch from the party.
No way will America vote a latina or a woman, or both.
America elected an African American Man, because he had a 1000 watt smile and knew how to talk pretty on TV.
This 1000 times. People need to stop listening to Democratic consultants who regularly lose elections for the wisdom of who Americans ‘will’ or ‘will not’ vote for.
The biggest issue AOC has and its a liability she hasn’t overcome, and which has actually gotten worse in her tenure, is her political instincts. And I think your point about the hug of death she got from Pelosi speaks volumes. Pelosi took her aside from the rest of the class and basically told her she needed to play ball. And since then AOC has been late-to-the party wayyyy too often. She is regularly getting outlflanked and outplayed on issues she truly, truly should never be vulnerable on.
Two huge red-flags for me: When she got her ankles broken on the court by MTG on weapons to Israel, and her more recent failure to endorse the chief of staff who ran the campaign that got her into office. Not to mention her perpetual machiavelian calculating she does. Its wayyyyyy too similar to Pelosi, and I’m losing faith in her.
People need to stop listening to Democratic consultants who regularly lose elections for the wisdom of who Americans ‘will’ or ‘will not’ vote for.
It really is mind-blowing. If you asked a DC consultant whether Donald Trump could win the Presidency in 2016 - much less 2024 - I gotta wonder what they’d tell you. Hillary Clinton thought her biggest competition was going to come from Jeb Bush. They didn’t even see Ted Cruz coming, nevermind Donald Trump.
Two huge red-flags for me: When she got her ankles broken on the court by MTG on weapons to Israel, and her more recent failure to endorse the chief of staff who ran the campaign that got her into office. Not to mention her perpetual machiavelian calculating she does. Its wayyyyyy too similar to Pelosi, and I’m losing faith in her.
She’s got Beltway Disease. It comes for a lot of inexperienced and naive outsider candidates.
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington isn’t fictional because it presupposes a Joe Everyman disgusted with the sausage making of politics. It’s fictional because it presumes Mr. Smith wouldn’t be easily seduced and incorporated into the sausage-making process.
This 1000 times. People need to stop listening to Democratic consultants who regularly lose elections for the wisdom of who Americans ‘will’ or ‘will not’ vote for.
The biggest issue AOC has and its a liability she hasn’t overcome, and which has actually gotten worse in her tenure, is her political instincts. And I think your point about the hug of death she got from Pelosi speaks volumes. Pelosi took her aside from the rest of the class and basically told her she needed to play ball. And since then AOC has been late-to-the party wayyyy too often. She is regularly getting outlflanked and outplayed on issues she truly, truly should never be vulnerable on.
Two huge red-flags for me: When she got her ankles broken on the court by MTG on weapons to Israel, and her more recent failure to endorse the chief of staff who ran the campaign that got her into office. Not to mention her perpetual machiavelian calculating she does. Its wayyyyyy too similar to Pelosi, and I’m losing faith in her.
It really is mind-blowing. If you asked a DC consultant whether Donald Trump could win the Presidency in 2016 - much less 2024 - I gotta wonder what they’d tell you. Hillary Clinton thought her biggest competition was going to come from Jeb Bush. They didn’t even see Ted Cruz coming, nevermind Donald Trump.
She’s got Beltway Disease. It comes for a lot of inexperienced and naive outsider candidates.
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington isn’t fictional because it presupposes a Joe Everyman disgusted with the sausage making of politics. It’s fictional because it presumes Mr. Smith wouldn’t be easily seduced and incorporated into the sausage-making process.