I have my preference, but I would like some solid polling to tell me who has the best chance of winning. A great policy proposal means nothing if Tiffany wins. I would love the luxury of voting with my heart, but the Walker years are still haunting me. Nopeity nope nope nope. Who can carry this purple state?
This doesn't make any sense for either Evers or Crowley unless there was some promise made for Roys and Brennan to get out. And Kelda seems to have a virtual rally scheduled for tomorrow night, so I can't think she's leaving. Barnes still seems to be staying in the race even though no one seems to really want him to, apparently because he refuses to get the hint about losing?
The math still ain't mathing here. Does Evers or Chris Abele have millions to dump in these last 3 weeks for Crowley? Otherwise this seems to be a self-absorbed move that could well INCREASE the chances of Hong winning, since the non-Hong vote gets split 4 ways.
Dan - do you have anything from the side deals that have to be part of this for it to work?
This move angered me. It's obvious he mainstream, establishment, (shall we say corporate type) Democrats are terrified of Hong winning, but DSA and WFP candidates have been winning across the country. When she announced I never thought Hong would ever be where she is now. That tells me something about her work ethic and her ability to reach and persuade voters. She has a message that people are embracing. I don't see her as a disaster. I think she can win.
You’d think die-hard Hong supporters would welcome both Crowley’s reentry and Evers’ endorsement of him; given that if she wins the primary it will make her look like a stronger candidate than it would have otherwise as a result of these events.
If she loses the primary now, especially to Crowley, it’ll show she wasn’t as strong a candidate as they thought, which means she would have been a weak general election nominee too.
You can’t create a movement by backing Crowley because he is NOT Hong. Moderates failed ro create excitement for their candidats and that is on THEM. This election is screaming for progressive ideas, and moderates still wanting us to vote for them because progressives would bring electoral disaster. That is literally their argument to vote for them everytime. Tony stopped a lot of bad policy…sure. But Dems have got to stop thinking that will be enough.
I have my preference, but I would like some solid polling to tell me who has the best chance of winning. A great policy proposal means nothing if Tiffany wins. I would love the luxury of voting with my heart, but the Walker years are still haunting me. Nopeity nope nope nope. Who can carry this purple state?
This doesn't make any sense for either Evers or Crowley unless there was some promise made for Roys and Brennan to get out. And Kelda seems to have a virtual rally scheduled for tomorrow night, so I can't think she's leaving. Barnes still seems to be staying in the race even though no one seems to really want him to, apparently because he refuses to get the hint about losing?
The math still ain't mathing here. Does Evers or Chris Abele have millions to dump in these last 3 weeks for Crowley? Otherwise this seems to be a self-absorbed move that could well INCREASE the chances of Hong winning, since the non-Hong vote gets split 4 ways.
Dan - do you have anything from the side deals that have to be part of this for it to work?
This move angered me. It's obvious he mainstream, establishment, (shall we say corporate type) Democrats are terrified of Hong winning, but DSA and WFP candidates have been winning across the country. When she announced I never thought Hong would ever be where she is now. That tells me something about her work ethic and her ability to reach and persuade voters. She has a message that people are embracing. I don't see her as a disaster. I think she can win.
I think this is all a big mistake. Could they have found one still the race to get behind? Leave it to the Democrats to shoot themselves in the foot.
Crowley is a wonderful man. I have nothing against him. He’s great, but this is causing a lot of confusion for people.
You’d think die-hard Hong supporters would welcome both Crowley’s reentry and Evers’ endorsement of him; given that if she wins the primary it will make her look like a stronger candidate than it would have otherwise as a result of these events.
If she loses the primary now, especially to Crowley, it’ll show she wasn’t as strong a candidate as they thought, which means she would have been a weak general election nominee too.
You can’t create a movement by backing Crowley because he is NOT Hong. Moderates failed ro create excitement for their candidats and that is on THEM. This election is screaming for progressive ideas, and moderates still wanting us to vote for them because progressives would bring electoral disaster. That is literally their argument to vote for them everytime. Tony stopped a lot of bad policy…sure. But Dems have got to stop thinking that will be enough.
Terrific work, Dan. As a relative newcomer to Wisconsin, I appreciate how thoughtfully you cover our politics.
Evers going out on a massive backstab of everyone who ran or supported someone who ran for governor rings very tacky. Good riddance Tony.