I should have known that that being a day late would be way too late to post that good an ad on QT3.
Just about perfect
Banzai
3607
More like her please. Although I doubt there are any more like her. She’s a force of nature in the best possible way.
Well, here’s one way to tie your campaign to current events.
I liked that old guy that showed up asking if he needed any help.
Since this has been our catch-all for various midterm election news, a few health reports.
Two weeks ago, Katie Arrington surprised a lot of folks by beating incumbent Mark Sanford in the Republican primary for his House seat in South Carolina. Over the weekend she was in a very serious car accident and is in serious condition and has had multiple surgeries already. She’s expected to recover eventually, but she’s going to need a few weeks or even months to be back at it. For the time being, her Democratic opponent has also suspended his campaign in deference to the Republican candidate’s injuries.
And…Missouri senator Claire McCaskill gave everyone a scare at a senatorial luncheon in DC this past week when she started choking on something she ate. Luckily, Senator Joe Manchin knew the Heimlich and helped clear the blockage. McCaskill got a cracked rib for the trouble, but was back campaigning in Missouri this weekend, joking that hugs were off limits for her for a couple of weeks.
What?! That’s nice and all but c’mon. Wonder for how long.
Menzo
3612
I would say until her condition becomes less critical would be appropriate. I can’t imagine people expecting him to stop campaigning while she convalesces at home, for example.
Ex-SWoo
3613
Seems like a dumb political move on his part unless he’s pretty confident on winning.
Silly Democrats haven’t learned. You tweet, “I like candidates who don’t get in wrecks.”. Then you announce a kickstarter campaign to help her to get a defensive driving course. Finally, you start referring to what a car-wreck, the country will be if she gets elected and the Republican maintain control of the House.
Campaigning for a House seat isn’t like campaigning for a national office or even state-wide one. They’re very local races, and there are only so many times you can visit the same 8 libraries/Kiwanis Club Luncheons, etc. within a single district.
This time of year, the real focus is on fundraising. And I’m not sure if it wasn’t clear from “Mark Sanford incumbent” and “South Carolina”, but this is a Likely R district even so. Arrington’s opponent going around campaigning while she’s in an ICU is probably suuuuper bad optics, especially when his main job right now is more geared to behind the scenes fundraising he can still do while maintaining a veneer of suspending his campaign as a goodwill gesture.
Jason Kander is running…
…for mayor of Kansas City. He’s in a crowded field right now to replace current mayor Sly James. Kander’s entry has already chased one entrant out. Interesting career strategy.
Oghier
3617
That is a surprise.
Still, assuming he wants to run for President eventually, it could make sense. Being mayor of a mid-size, red-state city is an interesting thing to have on the resume. Mayors have to get shit done, and a Democratic mayor of KC would have to work with Republicans on some issues.
I hope that’s not his destination job ;) I know we’re both fans. But the dude’s all of 37 years old, so it makes sense to be building the resume rather than hoping to be POTUS in two to six years.
He clearly needs more on his resume than “former SoS of Missouri”. The CD where he has been living is in a pretty red district, even in any kind of a wave election year. Kander being the loser in two consecutive elections against a tough map probably takes him out of the conversation.
Still, being a mayor means making some necessarily unpopular decisions, in much the way being a prosecutor meant making necessarily unpopular decisions for Kamala Harris. He’ll come out of the job having provided his future political enemies with some ammo.
Of potential interest: the mayoral race general is in 2019. His first term would be ending in 2023, making him a potential candidate for Senate in 2024.
Sharpe
3619
On the topic of Democratic mayors, here’s an excellent Ezra Klein interview with LA mayor Eric Garcetti. Being mayor of LA, a city with 4 million population, more than 23 of the 50 states, is a different job than being mayor of KC.
That interview is very interesting to me. A lot of platitudes but also a fair amount of pragmatism and hands-on approach.
My current most preferred potential candidate for President in 2020 is still Kamala Harris but Garcetti has just put his himself on my radar.
Well, shit day all around, but here’s something.
First good pollster to poll this race since the Virginia Primary earlier in the month.
Same poll has Corey Stewart trailing in Virginia by 18 to Tim Kaine.
Why do you say that? The dreadful SCOTUS rulings?
Ooh, I’d better check out that interview.
We’re getting what I presume are new senate polls in Arizona, Ohio, and Florida from Marist/NBC at 5pm ET. I’m guessing Florida will be bad news, hoping Arizona will be good news and that Ohio can be retired as one not to worry about.
