Democrat Gina Hinojosa pulled off a stunning upset in the Texas governor’s race Tuesday, after three-term Gov. Greg Abbott ® conceded the race.
Democrat Gina Hinojosa pulled off a stunning upset in the Texas governor’s race Tuesday, after three-term Gov. Greg Abbott ® conceded the race.
The lineup is stacked for Democrats going into 2028. There are so many options – AOC, Talarico, El-Sayed, hell even Michelle Obama if we just want an auto-win. This midterm win sets the next Dem President up so well. I wonder if we could make Senate control filibuster-proof supermajority in '28.
I knew Talarico could do it the very first time I heard him speak over 2-years-ago. He has a solid platform and packages it in a way anyone can understand, including religious conservatives.
They can nuke the filibuster with a simple majority, and simply choose not to when the Dems are in “power”. Hopefully that changes with all the progressives that were on the ticket this year.
Why is Michelle Obama ever mentioned as a presidential candidate? She hasn’t been elected to any position yet. She’s completely unproven as far as being a politician.
Because she terrifies Republicans for starters.
To your points, I really don’t care about whether she’s held governor or Senate position, etc. – there have literally been over a dozen US Presidents who held neither. Being First Lady for 8 years, Running the East Wing, and having the counsel of her husband as First Gentleman would be more than enough experience — far more than any of the other candidates I listed I’d contend.
More importantly, I am looking for charisma and moral integrity, which she has both in droves. Expertise can be sought by her hand-picked cabinet of experts of course. That’s what her personal team is for.
Michele caved to the special interests just like her husband did for her “move” campaign.
The little she’s done has not been promising. And there’s no reason to believe “she terrifies republicans.” I don’t think they’re terrified of people who take bribes from the same companies they do.
Honestly, if that’s really all one has for dirt on her, that isn’t much to me. I think I’ll revert back to my aforementioned points as largely superseding.
Put another way, given her historical polling against Trump, I and any sane individual would’ve taken her over Trump or any Republican any time, any place.
they should just get rid of the fucking filibuster
It’s an effective tool, I think they need to dispense with the written filibuster and return to oral. If you are passionate enough that you want to stop a bill on your own, be prepared to blather
Agreed, I think this is the way. It’s also somewhat self-limiting of senile geriatrics, incapable of standing for sustained lengths of time.
The lazy filibuster must go.
And that may be in reach, given we’re past tie-breaking defecting traitors like Sinema.
We should require all filibusterers to first play Night Bird
I’m not sure Michelle Obama would be an auto win. I’d like to think America is ready to elect a woman to the presidency, but I wouldn’t bet my savings on it.
I don’t know if it’s something she has or would consider, but think she’d be awesome. However I also suspect after 2 failed female Presidential nominations the Dems are not going to be down for another so quickly.
Honestly, I think I would bet mine, or at least half of it. There is no figure more more popular in the Democratic tent than her, and nobody who ever polled higher against Trump’s 10 years in the spotlight than her. While sexism is sadly a thing in this country, I think the Venn Diagram of legitimate sexists who’d refuse to vote for a woman solely on that is a circle with those core maga Trumpers who refuse to defect to this day and thus wouldn’t for any Democratic candidate, even old white male Biden.
Not exactly my preferred pick in terms of policy, and it doesn’t seem like she wants it but who knows. Her husband made similar comments in 2006.
Hmm. Yeah, when you put it that way I can see you’ve got a point. She’s in her early 60s so that’s on her side. And her husband is a known quantity - rightly or wrongly, people are going to assume she would be on a similar path in terms of perspectives and policies. Anyone who can get the Dem voters out. . . well, some people are better than others, but they’re all better than trump.
My father just said he’s been a fan of his for about 2 years. What did he speak about, then?
I guess it wasn’t a full 2 years ago after reviewing the dates in my case. Talarico had some emergent viral moments on the national stage when he and other Texas state lawmakers protested Republican redistricting efforts to skew House race outcomes (and what set off the reactionary response from California).
He threaded the needle flawlessly in resonating between AOC/Sanders/Mamdani-loving progressives, as well as more rural religious conservative given his packaged folksy charm. If I was to ever run for office, my platform and communication strategy would’ve always mirrored his approach (though maybe with a tad bit more El-Sayed bullishness sprinkled in appropriately). He frames wealth inequality and corruption within biblical context, which even though I’m not religious I respect utilizing the rhetoric for good.