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Henrik's avatar

Figured this would be the outcome. Love him or hate him, Moskowitz is not dumb

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Anonymous's avatar

I wonder if there's any chance we can convince Gwen Graham to run for either the senate seat or the governorship. She and Danielle Levine Cava should be at the top of the list. I'd love to see Cava run for the Senate against a random white guy, may be able to make significant inroads in Miami while the suburbs will swing against the GOP because of Trump.

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Mike in MD's avatar

I wonder if Gwen Graham would have won in 2018 if nominated, or been reelected in 2022. I can't help but think that nominating Andrew Gillum was such an own-goal, and that's before we get to the messes he's been in since.

Of course it could be that Florida is too far gone by now for any Dem to win barring epic GOP fuckups or division, but we'll never know if we don't try.

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AnthonySF's avatar

Yes she would've won, but re-election would've been iffy

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Anonymous's avatar

incumbent governors tend to do fine even in hostile environments.

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Henrik's avatar

Depends on how she handled COVID I guess; a not-insubstantial part of the post-2018 shift in FL was “COVID refugees” from states with stronger distancing/vax requirements even as early as mid-2020. Sans RDS, a lot of those migrants may have gone elsewhere to Tennessee or Texas or wherever. Hell, aggressive anti-public health posturing may not have been as popular a stance without RDS’ demagogy

That said, a lot of that trend was still already baked in with or without COVID

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Mark's avatar

Right. I suspect she'd have lost re-election in 2022 if she was deemed too rigid with COVID protocols and the refugees never came. And I suspect she'd have lost re-election in 2022 if she was relaxed with COVID protocols and the refugees came....because the refugees are very conservative Republicans.

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Kildere53's avatar

Yup, Florida is becoming increasingly full of people who literally don't give even the tiniest shit about how their actions affect anyone other than themselves. It should change its motto from the Sunshine State to the Selfish State.

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Mike in MD's avatar

I hate to personally attack an entire state, but many of Florida's migrants do seem unusually self-centered, ranging from seniors who want less spending on anything for anyone under 65, to those taking advantage of the "homestead exemption" to avoid taxes (watch as their home insurance costs explode), to the Cubans who think they're forever entitled to dictate foreign policy decades after the end of the Cold War.

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Mark's avatar

Florida seems likely to go the road of Tennessee. Gwen Graham running would be the equivalent of Phil Bredesen's attempted comeback and would probably end just as badly.

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Anonymous's avatar

It's about 20 points less red than Tennessee and he lost by 10 in a senate race.

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Mark's avatar

Hence my qualifier "seems likely to go the road of Tennessee".

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bpfish's avatar

Not sure how to feel about a Dem who "appreciates" being considered for this incoming regime.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Lina Khan, Chair of the FTC, is keenly appreciated by many Republicans, including Josh Hawley and Matt Gaetz. If Trump invites her to continue (a long-shot, admittedly), then I firmly believe Khan should stay on!

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Paleo's avatar

There’s a better chance of hell freezing over.

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