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Metaphorical

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9. Potential Primary Candidates
Wed Jul 13, 2022, 01:43 PM
Jul 2022

If Biden doesn't run for a second term (and while I think he is doing a very good job, I'm also increasingly nervous about his age), I think there are some potentially very good candidates out there, especially on the gubernatorial side. Jay Inslee of Washington, Newsome of California, Al Franken (yes, I would vote for Al Franken in a heartbeat), Kathy Hochul of New York, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Kate Brown of Oregon, Janet Mills of Maine, Laura Kelly of Kansas. We need to get out of the mold of going to the Senate every time we're looking for a presidential contender.

I think the biggest problem that Harris faces right now is that she's being Hillaried. The VP is seldom glamorous, and it makes it easy to throw mud at her even when she's doing her best. Having said that, I think that she should run in the primary but not unopposed.

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