People shouldn’t shy away from primarying unpopular incumbents. If the Republicans nominate a remotely normal candidate, they can probably beat Hochul next time, and we can’t let that happen.
I’m from Illinois, and I keep thinking of 2014, when Pat Quinn was the least popular governor in the entire country but received no serious primary …
People shouldn’t shy away from primarying unpopular incumbents. If the Republicans nominate a remotely normal candidate, they can probably beat Hochul next time, and we can’t let that happen.
I’m from Illinois, and I keep thinking of 2014, when Pat Quinn was the least popular governor in the entire country but received no serious primary challengers and then lost to a Republican in the general who destroyed our state for 4 years. That could easily happen in New York, and we can’t risk it.
Could be I’m way off base, but I’ve always thought of Kathy Hochul and Eric Adams as semi-Republicans. Still, that’s a helluva lot better than the real ilk, especially the current MAGA mutations.
completely disagree with you; Trump will kill most '26 Republican governor nominees in almost all blue\purple states(watch Virginia in '25 for the swing)
I hope you’re right, but then in that case we should primary out Hochul because she’s bad at her job and shouldn’t be governor, and Torres (and most other Democrats in New York) would do a better job as governor and would win the general anyways. Either way, I can’t think of any reason why we shouldn’t try to primary her out.
People shouldn’t shy away from primarying unpopular incumbents. If the Republicans nominate a remotely normal candidate, they can probably beat Hochul next time, and we can’t let that happen.
I’m from Illinois, and I keep thinking of 2014, when Pat Quinn was the least popular governor in the entire country but received no serious primary challengers and then lost to a Republican in the general who destroyed our state for 4 years. That could easily happen in New York, and we can’t risk it.
Could be I’m way off base, but I’ve always thought of Kathy Hochul and Eric Adams as semi-Republicans. Still, that’s a helluva lot better than the real ilk, especially the current MAGA mutations.
Hochul is a Democrat no doubt. Adams seems like a secret Maga, only ran as a Democrat to get elected
Well, must admit I really started wondering when I saw who Governor Hochul first wanted to appoint to her State Supreme Court.
That's new York transactional stuff, you scratch my back I'll scratch yours.
completely disagree with you; Trump will kill most '26 Republican governor nominees in almost all blue\purple states(watch Virginia in '25 for the swing)
I hope you’re right, but then in that case we should primary out Hochul because she’s bad at her job and shouldn’t be governor, and Torres (and most other Democrats in New York) would do a better job as governor and would win the general anyways. Either way, I can’t think of any reason why we shouldn’t try to primary her out.
I am perfectly fine with a primary but I seriously doubt Torres ability to actually win against hochul
I wouldn't assume that Torres would win the general election.
I don’t believe that he would do worse than Hochul.