Stacey Abrams gave the SOTU rebuttal. I found parts compelling, but the heat over her naive trucking comments left me wondering.
Both she and Beto lost state races, why are they national faces? They are certainly local phenoms. And should keep pushing that. But national faces? No.
Beto lost to Ted Cruz. Yes, it’s Texas, he did a wonderful outreach. But he lost to Ted Cruz. My politics are mixed, I actually prefer candidates true to their values — I’m not a pelosi supporter, but she rocks it. Feinstein is all about herself and not her supporters. Ted has his supporters, Beto has his but a lot of people hate Ted. Stacey lost a governor race, likely rigged, that was local. We should support both in local endeavors, including senate races, but beyond their love state/region, the celebrity status is undeserved.
Here in CA, we have Kamala at the forefront of running. She ran against an AG in sF known for compassion. She was mixed in the state. And honestly, when she was representing herself/position at events like fallen PD she treated those things like a political rally — mannerism, decorum, dress. She, like Newsom, are in the CA entitled political set that have no competitors. They look mice on paper. But take them outside that, unless (in the case of Kamala) she plays the gender card or (hopefully not) race card (much interpretation on Jamaica born status) they have no real leverage or legacy compared to the other candidates.
Kamala has hard on crime and sentencing and then wasn’t.
this blog is rambling, but the point is — a local phenomenon — presidential is not.