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short thread on #KYSen. Look, I want to #DitchMitch as much as any other progressive. But the way to do it is NOT for a white progressive to run against a black progressive to run against a centrist. https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1263865934265159681
Yeah, McGrath has made statements on the trail that might be gaffes or might be her running to the center in Trump country. ("I'd vote to confirm Kavanaugh")
but KY is a hard state for Dems despite that shiny voter registration number. Lots of people in KY registered Dem but vote GOP.
(and it's especially hard for climate-focused Dems. Coal country, and all that.)
so in #KYSen, we have three leading candidates and enough fringe candidates to start a Wildcats team: (see next tweets)
1. Amy McGrath, DSCC-backed centrist who's raised millions while aggravating progressives; (I have to do this in 3 tweets) #KYSen
2. Mike Broihier, who touts a Marines/ white working class/ farmer background, supported by Indivisibles (a sign of support among white suburban women), who's raised (barely) enough money to be competitive; #KYSen
3. Charles Booker, who's African American, touted by Sunrise and endorsed by colleagues in the state legislature, and who's raised enough to be viable but still woefully behind McGrath. #KYSen
that's my prediction of the finish order in the primary, fwiw. Sorry, progressives! I have not surveyed in #KYSen yet. but, this is important and see the next tweet....
everything I've seen, every survey I've run in other must-win Senate seats is that Dems are going to go for the most electable, not the most progressive. That means McGrath in #KYSen. And whoever the DSCC tells them in IA, ME, etc.
to repeat: the same kind of Dems who chose Biden over many other (IMO better) choices are going to elect McGrath in #KYSen primary over (arguably better) progressive Dems.
meanwhile, and this is why I'm ranting, do you have any idea how likely it is that #KYSen will flip before Iowa, Georgia, Maine Arizona, and more?!?
answer to FAQs, and you should know this by now: Arizona. Colorado. Maine. North Carolina. Pick one: Iowa/ Georgia x2/ Texas/ Montana/ Kansas/ defend Doug Jones in Alabama. That's how we flip the Senate. #KYSen
I genuinely don't understand why so many Dems are prioritizing #KYSen, and the clusterf*ck of a primary that will lead to bruised feelings all around, over these eminently more winnable races.
and IMO the best progressive-vs-centrist race, the most winnable, the best chance to say F*ck the Establishment, is #COSen. Support @Romanoff2020, pls. Frackenlooper isn't just a centrist -- he's an impediment to progress in a blue state.
So. You want to #DitchMich? Reduce his power. Make him a minority leader. Flip the Senate through AZ, CO, ME, NC, and 1 or more of the "reach" states I mentioned supra in this thread. But pls folk, be smart with your resources.
#KYSen thread, snipped (for now).
#KYSen thread, snipped (for now).
