Hard words but necessary: both Booker and McGrath are great candidates, I wish them the best, but they have both raised far more than they can possibly use. If you want to help secure a Senate majority, give in marginal races and downballot in competitive states, not in Kentucky.https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1276171967226396674 …
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Many people use donations as a form of political expression—you give to AOC or against McConnell to register your strong feelings. But that money gets trapped in campaigns where it can't be put to use. Pelosi does not need your money. J. Random Candidate in a rural district does!
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Remember how people gave Randy Bryce (the 'Iron Stache') $8M in 2018 on the strength of a viral video and the fact that he was running against Paul Ryan. He burned it all up on consultants and fundraising, then lost by 13 points. Give with your head, not your heart, in 2020.pic.twitter.com/z4a8wKoC2i
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Want to help a real sleeper Senate race we can win? Donate in Alaska, where a medical doctor is running in a state whose economy is crushed by COVID-19. And give to Alyse Galvin, running statewide for House there! I did a whole cool interview with her:https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1275911963558555649 …
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Pinboard @PinboardLast week, I had a video chat with@AlyseGalvin about the impact of coronavirus in Alaska. Just like in my April conversation with@JDScholten, I learned so much I had no idea about! You can read the full transcript here: https://idlewords.com/2020/06/alyse_galvin_on_coronavirus_in_alaska.htm … pic.twitter.com/dLnKeGy6VSShow this thread1 reply 13 retweets 21 likesShow this thread -
McGrath especially is a politician we need to stop giving money to. She had a 45-1 fundraising advantage over Booker this spring and yet is struggling to just win her primary. Like Bryce, she burned through $8M for a 2018 House race on the strength of a video. Enough of this.
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The Democrats still won't admit they're carrying a rapidly extinguishing torch of bullshit corporate appeasement. They could be spending half the money and winning twice as much with progressives. But, lobbies, and donors, and glad-handing, and post-office lecture tours.
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We tried this and all the progressives were obliterated at the polls.
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Obliterated is also a strong characterization of an increasingly robust progressive movement in government. For 30ish years we only had Sanders; now we're approaching dozens of progressive candidates making legislative headway. Establishment support is dwindling, not expanding.
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We had those dozens of new progressive voices in 2018 with the Our Revolution slate, which lost almost all its House races and flipped no districts.
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We tried running a neolib in 2016 and she lost every state that mattered, including a couple that Obama won twice....
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We're talking about congressional elections here, so please stay on topic.
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