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David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social

I understand this impulse, but what I’d like to remind my fellow Democrats is that we are very bad at assessing electability. Kerry vs. Dean? I don’t know that Dean wins in ‘04 but Kerry’s chief attribute over Dean was electability and he lost.

aug 30, 2025, 2:37 am • 1 0

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David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social

Barack Hussein Obama. The one time nervous Dems nominate someone widely perceived by conventional wisdom as less electable goes on to a landslide win.

aug 30, 2025, 2:39 am • 1 0 • view