Gina, it sounds like you haven’t yet read the article. There is absolutely nothing in it that tries to elevate Gallego as "the next Democratic messiah"! (your phrase)
Jennifer Rubin offers an informative nuts-and-bolts description of Ruben Gallego’s messaging and what he did to win. In my opinion, that is very interesting.
Gina, it sounds like you haven’t yet read the article. There is absolutely nothing in it that tries to elevate Gallego as "the next Democratic messiah"! (your phrase)
Jennifer Rubin offers an informative nuts-and-bolts description of Ruben Gallego’s messaging and what he did to win. In my opinion, that is very interesting.
As for Mark Kelly, he won a special election during far less challenging times.
I'm not saying you or the article did elevate him, but I've read endless comments here since the election jumping on his bandwagon.
If the election taught us one thing it's that just because Gallego is a Hispanic man who won a senate seat we shouldn't run based off of demographics. Watch his debate with Lake. He was not great.
Sorry if it came off as my takeaway from that article. But the Downballot is notorious for literalism. I am referencing past comments, not yours. Sorry for the confusion.
I think it's important that when on The Downballot that you should not take comments that anyone says about Gallego "winning because he's Latino" literally as full analysis. Not everyone here is a political analyst. We all have different trains of thought and know certain things here and there based on what we read at a given time.
No one here is arguing Gallego is a messiah. When I'm arguing that he's in the same boat as Senator John Fetterman, it's that Gallego is in fact being blunt and truthful while at the same time running his own Senate campaign in a state that Trump won. Both he and Fetterman happen to be Democrats who are in fact talking about bread and butter issues that matter instead of trying to be like Gavin Newsom and others who want to be "hip in the crowd" and go for headlines. It's more that more of these Democrats can get elected in states like AZ and PA. There are voters who like politicians like Gallego and Fetterman instead of ones who always try to polish their speeches.
Also, Fetterman didn't win by a large margin as well in his Senate race. Dr. Oz, like Kari Lake, was also a very flawed candidate. However, Fetterman won the Senate election by just 4.92% points. It may be in this current political environment that these margins may have to do for now in Senate elections in states like AZ and PA.
FYI, how a candidate is at a debate isn't always full-proof of the campaign being run.
Gina, it sounds like you haven’t yet read the article. There is absolutely nothing in it that tries to elevate Gallego as "the next Democratic messiah"! (your phrase)
Jennifer Rubin offers an informative nuts-and-bolts description of Ruben Gallego’s messaging and what he did to win. In my opinion, that is very interesting.
As for Mark Kelly, he won a special election during far less challenging times.
I'm not saying you or the article did elevate him, but I've read endless comments here since the election jumping on his bandwagon.
If the election taught us one thing it's that just because Gallego is a Hispanic man who won a senate seat we shouldn't run based off of demographics. Watch his debate with Lake. He was not great.
Sorry if it came off as my takeaway from that article. But the Downballot is notorious for literalism. I am referencing past comments, not yours. Sorry for the confusion.
Yea he had a great opponent, and he didn't hemorrhage Hispanic voters, for obvious reasons, like Harris did. Can't really bottle that.
I think it's important that when on The Downballot that you should not take comments that anyone says about Gallego "winning because he's Latino" literally as full analysis. Not everyone here is a political analyst. We all have different trains of thought and know certain things here and there based on what we read at a given time.
No one here is arguing Gallego is a messiah. When I'm arguing that he's in the same boat as Senator John Fetterman, it's that Gallego is in fact being blunt and truthful while at the same time running his own Senate campaign in a state that Trump won. Both he and Fetterman happen to be Democrats who are in fact talking about bread and butter issues that matter instead of trying to be like Gavin Newsom and others who want to be "hip in the crowd" and go for headlines. It's more that more of these Democrats can get elected in states like AZ and PA. There are voters who like politicians like Gallego and Fetterman instead of ones who always try to polish their speeches.
Also, Fetterman didn't win by a large margin as well in his Senate race. Dr. Oz, like Kari Lake, was also a very flawed candidate. However, Fetterman won the Senate election by just 4.92% points. It may be in this current political environment that these margins may have to do for now in Senate elections in states like AZ and PA.
FYI, how a candidate is at a debate isn't always full-proof of the campaign being run.