.@Rob_Flaherty says that Democrats need to suck it up and deal with what's in front of them with Graham Platner.
Flaherty: "If the person has serious baggage and you want Democrats to have good outcomes...you just have to deal with this."
"And the hits are gonna keep coming, and we gotta stare down death and grow a pair on this."
.@JesseLehrich says that leaking the Platner details was out-of-bounds.
"If you screw over all your, colleagues and bosses, you're probably gonna not get as many job offers in the future.
https://t.co/rv2GXrSJBx
As an oppo researcher who doesn’t even really like this candidate, I can say with 100% confidence this was a breach and violation in your job as the person handling the self vet. Anyone trusted with handling self should sign an NDA and be blackballed for this level of nonsense.
.@Rob_Flaherty says that it's on Graham Platner himself to chart a course forward from here.
Flaherty: "It is on Graham Platner. He has to chart a way forward that is honest and introspective."
.@Rob_Flaherty found the excerpt from Dr. Biden's book about Harris asking for an endorsement to be disappointing.
"This kind of framing saying 'look at this person who clearly wants us to endorse right away and make it about her' and its like...yeah she's totally right!"
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We talk about:
-@grahamformaine's latest big schukin' problem
-@jamestalarico's no-longer-secret girlfriend
-#CAGOV, LA Mayor, and Iowa Senate
-@DrBiden's book and more!
.@JesseLehrich says that he thinks Graham Platner is still going to win.
LEHRICH: "I think people care more about their material needs getting met than how Graham Platner is getting his sexual needs met."
Tonight at 8, we talk about Graham Platner's VERY BAD weekend: are Democrats going to regret this? Where do we go from here?
Plus: James Talarico's got a girlfriend and our WORST takes about the Tuesday primaries.
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.@IsaacDovere lays out the steelman case for Delaware as a Democratic early primary state.
Dovere: "It's about the small size of the state, which affects both the way that voters can see these candidates and also how much it costs to run in them."
.@IsaacDovere says he's heard from folks post-Autopsy article who have questions about Ken Martin's leadership
DOVERE: "What a lot of people that I talk to say is 'if this is how he manages something like this, then how are we doing to deal with bigger or tougher things?"
.@AliVitali says that anyone is electable if you vote for them.
"It's both understandable that voters who want to win are questioning who can, but you can't have that conversation without allowing for the fact that we lean into the potential of white male candidates."
.@rob_flaherty flagrantly rumor mongers two things he's heard about Dem early states:
1. Some Rules and Bylaws members are concerned that moving Michigan first might make Gaza more of a factor in the primary
2. Iowa might just try to go first anyway
.@alivitali says its interesting that the opening salvos in #TXSen are about masculinity.
VITALI: "It's not about politics conventionally, it's like: 'are you bro enough?"
.@IsaacDovere throws cold water on the idea that Ken Martin could be removed.
"There is not really a mechanism in the DNC rules for removing the DNC chair...the way Ken Martin would not be chair anymore is if he decides to resign."
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Today:
-@IsaacDovere on how his autopsy story came to be and what comes after
-@alivitali on #TXSEN and whether a woman can win in 2028
-@JakeAuch's flame war with @grahamformaine
-WOKE POPE
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