CA-GOV: Katie Porter calls on Swalwell to resign from Congress

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46. He has never gained any traction in the polls. He and other low low pollers need to drop out as they dilute the Dem

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vote enough that there is a (granted, small) chance that with our stupid (I hate it) jungle primary system, that we end up with 2 Rethugs in the general.

Swalwell going down hopefully reduces that '2 Rethugs 1 Cup' nightmare.

I have zero problems with Becerra as our US Senator. I am just trying to be pragmatic.

IF Beccera was in the top 2 or 3 in terms of support, I would vote for him over all the rest, but alas, he is not (atm) nowhere near that level.

I REALLY wanted Kamala Harris to run for CA Gov.

2 birds, 1 stone.

She would have won it in a cakewalk, AND she then would not run again for POTUS in 2028. She likely will now run for POTUS in 2028, and it will, IMHO, set up the possibility of 1, or 2 bad, bad things to happen. The 2nd bad thing has 2 bad ways it could go.

1. IF she runs for POTUS in 2028, and her KHIVE crew goes scorched earth, the Dem primary could turn into a true shitshow.

2 A. If she loses the primary yet her campaign went scorched earth, that is going to hurt party unity and quite possibly turnout in the general.

2 B. She wins the Dem primary, and then, due to racism and misogyny, we lose the 3rd POTUS election out of the last 4, with all 3 being Dem women, and 2 of the 3 being a PoC.