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  1. If you are worried about whether or not progressive candidates can win in really important races in places like Michigan and Wisconsin (and really wish centrist pundits would just shut up about electability), give this conversation with Perry Bacon a listen. You'll be glad you did.

    #electability #michigan #wisconsin #politics

    Why Insurgent Candidates Are Thriving in the Midwest | The New Republic
    newrepublic.com/article/213922

  2. If you are worried about whether or not progressive candidates can win in really important races in places like Michigan and Wisconsin (and really wish centrist pundits would just shut up about electability), give this conversation with Perry Bacon a listen. You'll be glad you did.

    #electability #michigan #wisconsin #politics

    Why Insurgent Candidates Are Thriving in the Midwest | The New Republic
    newrepublic.com/article/213922

  3. Is questioning electability racism? Texas’ tense Dem primary comes to a head.

    misryoum.com/us/politics/is-qu

    DALLAS — James Talarico is fond of saying that the “closest thing we have to the Kingdom of Heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy.” But Texas’ battle royale of a Democratic Senate primary feels far from heaven. Talarico, a white...

    #questioning #electability #racism #Texas #tense #Dem #primary #comes #head #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  4. CW: Thoughts on US Prez Election

    That is still the case, but #Democrats came to realize in the past weeks (especially after a lackluster #debate performance), that #electability would be an issue if #Biden stayed in.

    They were seeing a situation where 2016 was repeating itself: a top of the ticket #candidate that would likely push enough people to not vote in the #election, opening the way for #Trump to win.

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  5. CW: US politics

    There is good reason to think the #Republicans can lose in 2024, and that some other candidate, cough #Youngkin cough, would be more electable. Reasonable people are baffled Republicans won't forsake #Trump.

    But #electability isn't a concern for #Repubican primary voters, who believe that Joe Biden is #demented and keeps falling down, and believe the #BigLie that Biden already lost to Trump in 2020.

    Hat tip to #PodSaveAmerica for giving me new ways to think about this.

  6. CW: US politics

    There is good reason to think the #Republicans can lose in 2024, and that some other candidate, cough #Youngkin cough, would be more electable. Reasonable people are baffled Republicans won't forsake #Trump.

    But #electability isn't a concern for #Repubican primary voters, who believe that Joe Biden is #demented and keeps falling down, and believe the #BigLie that Biden already lost to Trump in 2020.

    Hat tip to #PodSaveAmerica for giving me new ways to think about this.