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Is that the milktoast Christian centrist who went on Colbert?
Milquetoast, and you are correct.
Anyone got a link to these candidates platform websites?
Long as they help promote each other after this election, it is good for them to compete. IMO, a good election is like a good game show: it gathers people together, and makes them feel excited about the possibilities. We need that energy from our good politicians, it makes people say "these folks can do stuff!"
Whoever wins this election, should help their opposite number get into a high office. Simple as that.
Just saw another poll yesterday, giving Crockett a double digit lead. You can't trust polls, you have to vote.
Never trust polls! Go vote!
Weird. Yesterday's polls had Crockett ahead by 12 points.
I think a lot of those polls predate the FCC meddling which gave Talarico a lot of coverage and support. This might be the first port Colbert poll.
Yup. After re-reading the article I read yesterday, that's exactly what happened. The one I was thinking of, was taken just before his interview with Colbert.
There aren’t a lot of polls for this race, but there was a recent one that had Talarico at +12. Here’s a polling average
Was it the same poll, or a different one?
I read about it here.
But, after reading it again, it does say this poll was taken just before Talarico's interview with Stephen Colbert aired. I guess not many people knew about him before that. That's quite a boost.
Streisand effect strikes again
I've been very supportive of him. I truly hope he's the real deal and don't get burned like we did with Sinema or Fetterman. What he says is dead-on.
What's his most progressive agenda item?
I just can't with religious people any more. If they fervently believe in that stuff what other nonsense have they bought in to?
Fuck MLK, right?
What about him do you like more than Jasmine? She's a fuckin firecracker. I love her. Never heard of this other dude.
He says Israel has committed war crimes. Crockett has said that Hamas committed war crimes, but I have never heard her actually say that Israel has committed war crimes. She's aggressive, but what does she actually stand for?
I have an instinctual dislike for any candidate that is an enthusiastic religion freak. I also like Crockett a lot. So it seems like my choice would be easy, but it isn't.
Democrats have been getting closer and closer to winning with every Senate election. Republicans used to win by double digits, now they are barely winning by very small margins. Beto O'Rourke probably could have won, if he hadn't stupidly gone on the radio, and arrogantly declared that he would take their guns. In Texas. He might as well have taken one of those guns and shot himself. I wasn't shocked he lost after that, I expected a blow out loss, but I didn't expect how close he would still come.
If Beto could get that close after announcing his gun confiscation dreams, then a proper candidate could probably win it. So in TEXAS, which candidate can realistically flip that seat, the white preacher, or the loud black lady?
Viewed through the lens of the average Texas voter, the choice seems obvious.
I'm split evenly on them. Republicans want Crockett because she's a woman and black and they think that'll make it easy or something. I think she's a more dominant opponent to the Republican party in sheer strength. Her rhetoric hits like a sack of nickels.
Talarico on the other hand is a bigger threat to Christian nationalism. That what I think they fear in him. He is a very mild mannered, straight white Christian man. He knows the Bible and he is politely reminding Christians that the Jesus in the Bible would have never worn a maga hat, and would have opposed those that do.
So I see why Republicans prefer Crocket, but I think it's bad news for them either way.
I do, or did too. But I frankly like how Talarico packages his points much better and in a way that reaches "moderate" or Independent swing-voters more effectively.
I also saw Crockett took a $25k trip paid for by AIPAC and that's a deal-breaker alone for me. Though Talarico took took money from Adelson's pac before he went viral, it seems that was related to casinos. Both imperfect, I guess.
Watch some of his recent speeches, or the videos that made him viral this past year. He has fully embraced the Fight Oligarchy strategy of AOC and Sanders.
We need to give Mr. Talarico a helmet to prevent concussions, TBIs, or IDK brainworms or something.
Now the media engineering starts. Polls, sure. "Science" at it's best.