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118th Congress - Neutered Dog Attempts to Legislate

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Slotkin announces her run for Senate in 2024. Not a surprise, but now it’s official.

Michigan has a great roster of candidates (all women coincidentally) that could run, but this is definitely Slotkin’s race to lose. Only negative is she’s giving up her swing district.

John James says he’s out for the GOP this round (probably waiting to challenge Peters again in 2026, or just willing to stay in his House seat and be happy he actually won something), so I have no idea who they’re going to run. Everyone who wants to run statewide is full on MAGA which was just roundly rejected. Unless Peter Meijer decides to take a second shot at politics.
 
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Meijer may try to thread the needle, but ultimately the MAGAts will reject him. Slotkin is probably the safest, least controversial bet for Michigan Dems. She checks enough boxes (woman, Jewish, DC experience as a Rep, moderately left) but is not the sort of progressive firebrand who could scare off too many Detroit suburbanites. Other than her being one of (((THEM))), the worst attack the GQP will land on her is probably that she's ex-CIA/NSC and has her share of mil-industrial complex ties; we know how MAGAts have been conditioned like dogs to viscerally lash out at any mention of a letter agency.
 
As S4L says the only negative is giving up her swing seat. I don't see anything the GOP puts forward having a chance to win a Senate election.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Slotkin announces her run for Senate in 2024. Not a surprise, but now it’s official.

Michigan has a great roster of candidates (all women coincidentally) that could run, but this is definitely Slotkin’s race to lose. Only negative is she’s giving up her swing district.

John James says he’s out for the GOP this round (probably waiting to challenge Peters again in 2026, or just willing to stay in his House seat and be happy he actually won something), so I have no idea who they’re going to run. Everyone who wants to run statewide is full on MAGA which was just roundly rejected. Unless Peter Meijer decides to take a second shot at politics.
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Very happy Slotkin is going for it. Very good choice. McMorrow was asked as I understand it and she really wants to focus on the State legislature and getting things done there so good for her. Now Michigan just needs to find a suitable replacement for Slotkin on the Democratic ticket.
 
My SO interviewed him for the teachers union when he ran for his first term. She was impressed right away. A few days later he sent her a hand written thank you card for the opportunity to talk to her. Needless to say I was impressed.

We don't live in his district (we proudly vote for Omar) but my parents do and while my dad refuses to vote for incumbents anymore Phillips is one of two he supports.
 
Kevin McCarthy will make moderates 'walk the plank' to avoid 'massive embarrassment': report

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...void-massive-embarrassment-report/ar-AA18BNO4

According to a report from the Politico Playbook, because he has a slim 5-seat majority, the California Republican's best bet is to get members of the moderate wing to go along with some cuts to popular programs in their districts that could, in turn, impact their re-election chances in 2024.

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The alternative, writes Politico, is for McCarthy to suffer a "massive embarrassment" by not passing a budget at all.
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Let him say and vote as he needs to to keep the seat on things that have no way in hell of being signed into law. As long as he votes for judges, I don't care.
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Pretty much. His voters aren't watching MSNBC so let him say whatever on Faux.
 
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