As a resident of MA, Healey is vulnerable. I just don't know if she's vulnerable to that collection of R mediocrities. She's definitely vulnerable, because she's pissed a lot of people off, but she's mostly* pissed off us lefties. The mishandling of the shelter system was bad enough; but she's gone all mealy-mouth on Trump since the elec…
As a resident of MA, Healey is vulnerable. I just don't know if she's vulnerable to that collection of R mediocrities. She's definitely vulnerable, because she's pissed a lot of people off, but she's mostly* pissed off us lefties. The mishandling of the shelter system was bad enough; but she's gone all mealy-mouth on Trump since the election.
*The other group she's pissed off are the gun nuts, but there's not enough of them in MA to make a difference.
Well, we have had quite a few R Governors here, but, no. As I said, she's pissing off the left. She's vulnerable to a primary challenger more than a Republican, IMHO.
The one R that can beat her? Baker, if he wants to go back. But that's not happening, and I don't see another Baker-type R running.
with Trump in power, no Republican will win Massachusetts statewide; even Baker; no viable alternative is coming from the left either; you are going to be dealing with Healey moving forward
Healey has solid approval ratings from what I was able to find. If she is vulnerable it will be over the shelter stuff, but I don't see it putting her in practical danger at the ballot box. No one with any traction will challenge her in a primary and republicans aren't going to try to find another Baker, who would struggle against an incumbent even if they could.
The shelter stuff is her biggest problem, yes, but there's been a lot of disgruntlement about her not being nearly as strong in decrying the administration as, say, Newsome or Pritzker. She did a lot of bipartisan braying, which didn't go over well with Trump-haters (which is still a majority of MA voters). She's gotten tougher about the tariffs, at least. As for primary challenge? Dizoglio might get a bit of traction. Enough? Good question.
Here's one of the big issues: based on her term as state AG, a lot of us expected an actual lefty. She hasn't proven to be that. Can she be primaried from the left? Probably not, but I wouldn't say definitely not.
As a resident of MA, Healey is vulnerable. I just don't know if she's vulnerable to that collection of R mediocrities. She's definitely vulnerable, because she's pissed a lot of people off, but she's mostly* pissed off us lefties. The mishandling of the shelter system was bad enough; but she's gone all mealy-mouth on Trump since the election.
*The other group she's pissed off are the gun nuts, but there's not enough of them in MA to make a difference.
to a Republican in that state?? C'mon man
Well, we have had quite a few R Governors here, but, no. As I said, she's pissing off the left. She's vulnerable to a primary challenger more than a Republican, IMHO.
The one R that can beat her? Baker, if he wants to go back. But that's not happening, and I don't see another Baker-type R running.
with Trump in power, no Republican will win Massachusetts statewide; even Baker; no viable alternative is coming from the left either; you are going to be dealing with Healey moving forward
Healey has solid approval ratings from what I was able to find. If she is vulnerable it will be over the shelter stuff, but I don't see it putting her in practical danger at the ballot box. No one with any traction will challenge her in a primary and republicans aren't going to try to find another Baker, who would struggle against an incumbent even if they could.
She's going nowhere; it is bordering on the delusional to think otherwise
The shelter stuff is her biggest problem, yes, but there's been a lot of disgruntlement about her not being nearly as strong in decrying the administration as, say, Newsome or Pritzker. She did a lot of bipartisan braying, which didn't go over well with Trump-haters (which is still a majority of MA voters). She's gotten tougher about the tariffs, at least. As for primary challenge? Dizoglio might get a bit of traction. Enough? Good question.
Here's one of the big issues: based on her term as state AG, a lot of us expected an actual lefty. She hasn't proven to be that. Can she be primaried from the left? Probably not, but I wouldn't say definitely not.