Obviously we are not going to turn back the clock

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5. Thank you for this. The party needs to prioritize the expertise of Democratic governors.

I committed to Governor Inslee first, just for the reasons you give; to add, because he knows mind/skill/heart professional commitment, a trait of good governors. AND because he knew that climate crisis should be this nation's top manhattan project priority, in order to avert so many other crises.

If the Democratic Party is willing to learn, gubernatorial executives who come out of this era should be promoted, donated to and fought for, not treated like just another horse in the political stable before a national race.

Silently russianazi rethugs thank god they'll never find another Trump. Yet because of Trump they're more lost than ever about what constitutes good governance. Because all their current Senators -- and governors, too -- are tainted by submission to Trump's scummy stupidity, and so our party will stand out.

William Wells is a good Republican reminder to us that we should get out ahead of Republicans and, as soon as possible -- say, 2024 -- change the way we see our presidential candidates -- that we should value solid accomplishment, not looks, not entertainment value, and not whatever political pundit media drama tells us "sells."