Agree with this, also there's an edge case no one considers where if for whatever reason her campaign flops similar to Harris in 2020, she would still have plenty of time to jump into the 2028 senate race. I don't expect that to be what happens, but it's within the realm of possible outcomes.

My main point of disagreement, and my main critique generally of the Harris campaign, is this notion that she was scrapping for attention in the final 2 months. How? Flaherty points out things the Trump campaign was doing, but just throws up has hands that the Harris campaign couldn't get attention.

My plan is to do the same thing I did when Biden was declared the winner in 2020: pour an entire bottle of prosecco into the largest water bottle I have and walk to the white house.

McMorrow missed so spectacularly in her attempt to throw a punch that she may inadvertently still hurt AES by self-immolating her campaign and allowing Stevens to consolidate some support.

El-Sayed is actually going to win this, huh? Seems like he only loses if there's consolidation but that's tough to coordinate if there's not meaningful polling separation between the others.

For a candidate like El-Sayed the trajectory matters a lot more than the specific number at this point. Voters like to have a sense that someone can win when choosing who to support, and there can be a snowball effect from there.

Glad to see AOC maneuvering towards a run. Certain moments call on certain people, and she's better suited for this particular moment than anyone else. The notion that waiting for some nebulous future is better for her career ignores the last few decades of democratic politics.

The thing is, the longer Republicans are allowed to structurally entrench bias in their favor, the fewer conventional options will remain for Democrats to claw back any kind of fairness and single party rule becomes increasingly ossified.

It doesn't matter what the generic ballot shows, this is a fundamental attack on our constitutional republic regardless of how many seats dems happen to pick up in this particular election.

People will always complain about anything snow related in DC, but the fact of the matter is a storm like this one is so infrequent it's worth just absorbing the cost and inconvenience when they occasionally occur.

Cubs are a fun watch right now

Funny moment now where the people on this site who berate anyone who ever criticizes Dems are simultaneously attacking Obama (most popular dem of this century) for being insufficiently "loyal" to Biden (incredibly unpopular dem) in 2024, while also wish-casting a republican win in Maine

For all the improvements in walkability and bikeability in DC over the past 15ish years, it is really striking how M St works for absolutely nobody regardless of mode. Can't bike, cars and buses are gridlocked, sidewalk narrower and more crowded than basically anywhere else in the city.

The people who handwave this fact away will absolutely not support democrats doing what needs to be done to directly address the structural constraints that hindered punishment. This will of course be an incredibly challenging battle, but making no attempt ensures the end of the republic.

While I'm not surprised, it's incredible just how willing congressional republicans are to march to their own demise in the midterms. Appealing to a constituency of one right up until the moment they lose control of congress.

There's a strain of defense of data centers emerging on here that treats any opposition as ridiculous hypocrisy given that people are actively using the internet. But the fact is there has been a significant change recently in the relationship between data centers and the localities where they exist

There are few things centrists hate more than politicians actually attempting to win elections. It's a good video, the policy incoherence of swingable voters means you can meet people where they are without actually conceding anything of value, which is what Platner does here.

The worst partisan hacks are the ones who vaguely imagine the next dem trifecta will actually prosecute the crimes of this admin and take steps to counter facism, but simultaneously get frothing mad anytime you acknowledge the failure of Dems to do anything of the sort in the Biden years.

I think it's more likely that Republicans end up pulling resources out of Maine well ahead of the election than Collins actually making a dent running the same campaign Mills lost with

Incredible logic here: insinuating Mills has damning information about Platner that's preventing her from endorsing but somehow didn't prevent her from dropping out of the race.

This has been a tedious series to watch as a celtics fan

I don't think people are fully appreciating that the democratic presidential primary will be in full swing within the next 8 months or so. There will be a whole new set of characters defining discourse, not the usual suspects of Schumer/Jeffries/Platner and whoever else.

It really is fascinating that, without algorithmic prodding, bluesky has created a version of Platner that is entirely unique to this platform.

I will say it's amusing to watch the smarmy, hectoring centrists of bluesky hype themselves up to support Susan Collins of all people.

People who were completely wrong about Mills' chances in the primary immediately pivoting to confidently asserting Collins is definitely going to win, without even pausing for a moment to reflect on what they got wrong

The next Democratic Congress needs to completely reevaluate how appropriations are written and be more prescriptive to bolster legal actions challenging impoundment of. Also need to be more prescriptive about staffing. Doesn't matter how much money you give State if there's no staff to program it

Having done the cross country train to DC, kind of remarkable this guy managed to make his transfer in Chicago and still arrive in time with only a one day buffer.

Mic cut out during O Canada and the Buffalo crowd brought it home

Great win for the DC local, had a nice run at the French Open last year, hopefully she can keep it rolling on clay into Paris this year.

As someone who walks along the reflecting pool a few times a week year round, there's pretty routine maintenance that occurs and I just can only imagine how frequently this surface would need to be repainted and what that will end up costing.

Pretty clear indicator that the Collins campaign believes the available polling showing Platner's strength in both the primary and the general. People still disbelieving the polling should reconsider.

One thing that's going to be annoying is when all the companies looking the other way now about things like this suddenly file formal protests of these no-bid contracts as soon as the next dem takes office.

A nice thing about leaving Twitter is I used to be mad at Malcom Harris and other similar people, then as soon as you nuke your account they functionally cease to exist. This option exists for everyone.

The way people on here talk about the Vrabel story is a real throwback to a different (and worse) era of sex scandal coverage.

Not only is it bad strategy, it's an argument based on a blatant lie about the 2024 election. 2024 was a high turnout election, people staying home wasn't why Harris lost.

Utterly depraved

Pretty disturbing that powerful people in the party like Booker believe a completely ahistorical lie about the 2024 election. Turnout wasn't an issue at all.

Quite a crowd for a Saturday night. Collins is toast.

I had been assuming she'd still break 40% in her primary loss, but that might be optimistic.

Every baseball game tonight has wild scoring, going out on a limb and assuming this is the most cumulative runs ever scored on a Monday night in MLB history

How am I to believe that the people concerned about making the case for impeachment now will suddenly find it within themselves to do what is necessary when they do have power in 2029?

People on this site love imagining Platner supporters in Maine as a coalition of all the people they find annoying online, but even in what is likely to be a high turnout year, a midterm senate primary at the start of the summer only turns out engaged party loyalists. These are standard issue Dems.

Rinse, repeat

Lest we forget Susie Wiles leaks like a sieve. Based on how she spoke to Vanity Fair I have to imagine she's on deep background for any number of books currently being written by political reporters

This is a parody of the distraction genre. Feel free to hit Trump on all points at all times, but when you call something a distraction you're telling voters it's not important and something they shouldn't pay attention to.

Of course everyone who just assumed Mills would be a strong candidate based on ??? will do no reflection on what they got wrong

Nats gotta find a way to lock up Wood long term

Ratification of the Rome Statute needs to be a priority for the next Democratic president in 2029

Set aside the standard blame game that gets played on this site: when Democrats have majorities next year what changes do they intend to make to appropriations language to counter illegal impoundment? The court cases of the past year provide a straightforward template for what needs to happen.

Genuinely funny to blame the election calendar, just another way of being mad that the council is actually being more responsive to what DC residents actually want. The only DC resident Bowser cares about lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.