I remember being optimistic about him after 2014 as well.
I don't feel bad about it though. There are a lot of flaws with the dem establishment so a rising anti-establishment person showing up, ousting an known corrupt incumbent in a primary, and in all likelihood preventing us from losing a blue seat in a red wave, is going to get people…
I remember being optimistic about him after 2014 as well.
I don't feel bad about it though. There are a lot of flaws with the dem establishment so a rising anti-establishment person showing up, ousting an known corrupt incumbent in a primary, and in all likelihood preventing us from losing a blue seat in a red wave, is going to get people excited for that person's future.
Unfortunately in Moulton's case I think his ego got the better of him. He's problematic and we can and should do better, but he's not problematic in the same vein as someone like Gottheimer, who seems almost gleeful in his shittiness.
I give Gottheimer credit for one thing - He unseated entrenched incumbent Republican Congressman Scott Garrett, one of the few House wins Democrats got back in 2016.
I remember being optimistic about him after 2014 as well.
I don't feel bad about it though. There are a lot of flaws with the dem establishment so a rising anti-establishment person showing up, ousting an known corrupt incumbent in a primary, and in all likelihood preventing us from losing a blue seat in a red wave, is going to get people excited for that person's future.
Unfortunately in Moulton's case I think his ego got the better of him. He's problematic and we can and should do better, but he's not problematic in the same vein as someone like Gottheimer, who seems almost gleeful in his shittiness.
I give Gottheimer credit for one thing - He unseated entrenched incumbent Republican Congressman Scott Garrett, one of the few House wins Democrats got back in 2016.
That's it.