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MineralMan

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25. Running for the Senate

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 04:32 PM

12 hrs ago

Is very different from running for President. Kamala lost because too many people stayed home on election day. Shame on them. Not on her! We failed her and ourselves

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I see that James Talarico is doing something that Kamala did not [View all] senseandsensibility 14 hrs ago OP

Yes! leftieNanner 14 hrs ago #1

Yes, he must do many things at once senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #3

It's a big ask of anyone peggysue2 11 hrs ago #41

Kick dalton99a 14 hrs ago #2

It is also important he confronts MAGA christianity about their bastardization of Christianity. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #4

I'm not particularly religious so maybe I'm not a good judge senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #5

The distinction is between Christian Nationalism and Christianity. pat_k 11 hrs ago #30

That is a must-see for clarity. Festivito 9 hrs ago #65

That sermon put him on my radar at the end of 2023. pat_k 7 hrs ago #67

My thoughts exactly. That's why I've thought that Talarico was particularly needed at this time. summer_in_TX 11 hrs ago #42

Trump needed no defining leftstreet 13 hrs ago #6

Magas are and were a lost cause senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #7

No. "MAGA" is mainly about 30 million Bluetus 13 hrs ago #11

Good points senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #12

I would say Obama was elected to bring us a public option in healthcare questionseverything 12 hrs ago #22

But he hedged so much about it that he had no mandate. Bluetus 11 hrs ago #33

That's not true Mad_Machine76 10 hrs ago #50

That is not my recollection Bluetus 9 hrs ago #58

Here's a link from Wikipedia that appears to support my recollection of events Mad_Machine76 9 hrs ago #59

I don't deny that Lieberman screwed the pooch Bluetus 9 hrs ago #62

I believe, however, that it was near the end of the passage of the ACA Mad_Machine76 9 hrs ago #64

I am sure the truth lies somewhere in that region. Politics can be very ugly Bluetus 7 hrs ago #66

Disagree questionseverything 9 hrs ago #61

I still genuinely believe if the Dems had RAMMED Medicare for all Americans through in 2009, we never PatrickforB 11 hrs ago #36

The biggest problem is that we pay into Medicare throughout our spooky3 6 hrs ago #72

Nah, with all due respect, your post would have us all dancing at the end of the same string. PatrickforB 4 hrs ago #76

I suggest that you do some reading on the problems in our health care spooky3 4 hrs ago #78

+1 leftstreet 12 hrs ago #23

Not this again... lame54 11 hrs ago #43

+a zillion nt spooky3 6 hrs ago #71

Opportunity economy, middle class, small business, first-time house buyer subsidy, corporate price gouging, betsuni 4 hrs ago #77

I thought Kamala ran an excellent campaign PatSeg 13 hrs ago #8

I remember marveling at how good Kamala was during the debates senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #10

I agree that gender was against her PatSeg 10 hrs ago #52

You have to draw contrasts Bluetus 11 hrs ago #35

Except I would get rid of the 'fight hard' clause. My email box and mobile text fills up every day with dozens PatrickforB 11 hrs ago #40

Good point. Bluetus 9 hrs ago #56

Sorry for,having to say this, but.... reACTIONary 7 hrs ago #70

Step one for Congress is heal thyself (insider trading is legal?!) Soul_of_Wit 10 hrs ago #48

Yes, as long as the examples are totally legitimate PatSeg 10 hrs ago #55

IDK Lemon Lyman 13 hrs ago #9

They needed to speak more about what what people needed wnylib 12 hrs ago #24

Picking a convicted felon over competency is entirely because of not solving issues like housing and affordability (n/m) Soul_of_Wit 10 hrs ago #49

There's a bit more to it. wnylib 10 hrs ago #54

Here is exactly what I was talking about. wnylib 9 hrs ago #63

do not forget the double standard Skittles 13 hrs ago #13

Yes, in many ways that is the elephant in the room senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #14

she always had to avoid looking like the "angry black woman" Skittles 13 hrs ago #17

It is a fact. Do we want to have our principles or do we want to win some elections so we can make these things right? Bluetus 11 hrs ago #38

The one (principles) does not deny the other (victory) Torchlight 10 hrs ago #47

It has so far. Bluetus 9 hrs ago #57

Three key failures that were incredibly frustrating to watch. pat_k 13 hrs ago #15

Kamala's problem was she was a woman. Just saying, people. Joinfortmill 13 hrs ago #16

Like it or not, negative ads and action works. Good for him. NNadir 12 hrs ago #18

Kamala should have challenged TSF to a polygraph test in the debates. Rhiagel 12 hrs ago #19

I worked for an attorney The Wizard 11 hrs ago #34

Research on polygraphs shows they are not sufficiently reliable, eg, see spooky3 6 hrs ago #74

Nailed it orangecrush 12 hrs ago #20

The only reason Harris lost is that she isn't a white male. ananda 12 hrs ago #21

Thank you. /nt spudspud 12 hrs ago #26

Yeah. I can hear the complaints from the always anti-Democrat morons: Zelda_Orchid 12 hrs ago #27

Running for the Senate MineralMan 12 hrs ago #25

He is also being a white male... displacedvermoter 12 hrs ago #28

Every Democrat running for office needs to blast the republicOn party KS Toronado 12 hrs ago #29

Can we please not do this? Politicub 11 hrs ago #31

In LBJ's first run for Congress he The Wizard 11 hrs ago #32

Wow senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #37

More corrupt than Trump? lame54 11 hrs ago #39

You don't define an opponent with a single interview. RandySF 11 hrs ago #44

I am not sure one can ever define an opponent especially one as creepy as his. Best to just constantly define yourself. efhmc 6 hrs ago #73

what she absolutely did not do that cost her votes yobrault1 11 hrs ago #45

Democrats need to be better at multitasking Soul_of_Wit 11 hrs ago #46

The DNC could learn something from this guy gay texan 10 hrs ago #51

Last night, Paxton broke out every stereotype from the Trump book he could find. ificandream 10 hrs ago #53

I see.... sheshe2 9 hrs ago #60

Ummm... Unca Jim 7 hrs ago #68

She called Trump an "unhinged and unstable" fascist ... oh wait, it's Kamala the Invisible, like all the betsuni 7 hrs ago #69

Lawrence asked a repuke style question painting Rep Talarico with the pro trans kids brush. Tbear 5 hrs ago #75