* “My experience in politics has been that the way you earn trust with voters is based mostly on what they think you’re going to do for their lives, not on categories.” That was Pete Buttigieg. He is the Dems’ well-informed, most impressive-speaking candidate–from town halls to debates–for 2028. His ideology is spot-on progressive. But in this era of hateful MAGA pushback, that “category” still matters a helluva lot more than it should.
* Signs of the times:
^ “Vaginas Brought You Into This World. Vaginas Will Vote You Out.”
^ “In America, We Should Not Have To Protect Democracy From the President.”
^ “Our Children Deserve Better Than Our Silence.”
^ “Keep The Immigrants; Deport The Racists.”
^ “This Is The Government The Founders Warned Us About.”
* In 2008, John McCain ran an ad disparaging Barack Obama for his large, rock-star crowds, as a “celebrity.” That was then. Some “celebrities” can actually be presidential.