Jeff Jackson - Future of the Democratic party

Dan Bishop’s attack ads against Jackson were child’s play compared to what Republicans would do if they thought he were a serious threat to win federal office. He will be the most liberal socialist son of a bitch since Ilhan Omar.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
And then in 2022 Schumer apparently supported Beasley over Jackson because he thought that NC's black voters would prefer a dull as dishwater black candidate over a more dynamic white male candidate.
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If you think that Jackson has a great future, then keeping him away from the 2022 campaign was a great idea. Before Dobbs, 2022 was shaping up to be a bloodbath. Beasley was a sacrificial lamb. Beasley is the type of person you run in elections that you don't think you can win, to build cred with the party base.

If you have a star in the making, don't blow him on unwinnable races. Otherwise you end up with Beto and Stacey Abrams, neither of whom have any future in American politics. Mayor Pete was smart enough to know he had to get out of Indiana. He's used his time in DC to relocate to Michigan and he will be running either for gov or Senator there in short order. I think (though am not sure) that Big Gretch is term limited. Expect Pete to make a push.

Run the future stars in good national environments to give them a track record of success and some incumbency. Running Jackson in 22 would have been a mistake.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
Jackson is the unicorn that rises above that, for me at least. Won’t speak for callatoroy.
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Bullshit. No way in hell MAGA will ever vote against MAGA. If you could stomach a vote for someone like Trump, I'm 1000% convinced that you'd happily yank that lever for someone like [racks brain for a sec] Kid fucking Rock before you'd ever cross the aisle. Cool story tho. (y)
 
Healing said:
Pete is my favorite politician. Unfortunately, this is a deeply bigoted country, and if we are fortunate enough to actually have free and fair elections again, we need to play by the demands of the market. Run a charismatic, quippy, no shits to give populist with white skin, testicles, and under 65 (preferably under 55, but I made this concession because I think the Dems need John Stewart or his near direct analog).
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"...if we are fortunate enough to actually have free and fair elections again.."
Realistically this is likely in near future only if hell opens up and swallows the entire Republican Party. At this moment the USofA is a one party nation. Now if the current POSOTUS f's up and sticks his tool in a meat grinder, enough of us may be alarmed or mad enough to flip the status. Hope!
 
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BlueSteel said:
It's the black vote. They will not vote for a gay candidate. Which really sucks, because Pete is probably America's absolute best and brightest person for the job.
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Black vote? More like the idiot white Christian Right. The GOP got religion and the Christian Right swallowed the bait like a carp taking a dough ball.
 
tarheelbillie said:
Black vote? More like the idiot white Christian Right. The GOP got religion and the Christian Right swallowed the bait like a carp taking a dough ball.
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I’m pretty sure his point is that it would be tough for Pete to win as a Dem if the Black vote is lower due to his sexuality. The Christian rights wouldn’t vote for anyone without the magic R.
 
BlueSteel said:
Bullshit. No way in hell MAGA will ever vote against MAGA. If you could stomach a vote for someone like Trump, I'm 1000% convinced that you'd happily yank that lever for someone like [racks brain for a sec] Kid fucking Rock before you'd ever cross the aisle. Cool story tho. (y)
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I voted for Jeff Jackson on the same ballot I submitted for Trump this November. Jeff Jackson is the man!
 
tarheelbillie said:
Black vote? More like the idiot white Christian Right. The GOP got religion and the Christian Right swallowed the bait like a carp taking a dough ball.
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Also true. My point, however, was that if you nominate Pete, you lose the black vote, a voting block that is essential to winning an election.
 
BlueSteel said:
Also true. My point, however, was that if you nominate Pete, you lose the black vote, a voting block that is essential to winning an election.
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Exactly. Pete polled extremely poorly among black voters when he ran for president in 2020. He will not win a national general election.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
I voted for Jeff Jackson on the same ballot I submitted for Trump this November. Jeff Jackson is the man!
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But you won’t vote for Jeff for Senate, you’ll vote for the next Ted Budd type with an R beside his name.
 
farce© said:
But you won’t vote for Jeff for Senate, you’ll vote for the next Ted Budd type with an R beside his name.
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Correct. Power in the senate is too important and too close to 50/50 in current environment. I’m almost always voting party (not person) in Senate races in this climate. The only exception would be if it was Jeff Jackson against like a Mark Robinson type. But Jeff Jackson against Tillis or Budd for US Senate and I would likely go Tillis or Budd

I would vote for Jeff Jackson for the House, hypothetically, where the chances of that single race impacting the overall power is remote.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
I voted for Jeff Jackson on the same ballot I submitted for Trump this November. Jeff Jackson is the man!
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On a ballot for Federal office (POTUS, Senate, House), you are NOT voting for Jeff Jackson.

Today? You’ll say you will.

When push comes to shove in a Senate race, you’ll say, “I’d love to vote for Jeff, but doing so might make Chuck Schumer (or another leftist) majority leader.

POTUS? You’ll use whoever is the VP nominee as an excuse.

You are NOT voting for a Democratic nominee for a Federal office.
 
Zoo_View said:
On a ballot for Federal office (POTUS, Senate, House), you are NOT voting for Jeff Jackson.

Today? You’ll say you will.

When push comes to shove in a Senate race, you’ll say, “I’d love to vote for Jeff, but doing so might make Chuck Schumer (or another leftist) majority leader.

POTUS? You’ll use whoever is the VP nominee as an excuse.

You are NOT voting for a Democratic nominee for a Federal office.
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Somewhat correct but not fully.

Senate I would be highly unlikely to vote for him. Senators are just numbers towards a majority.

House I would have no issue at all voting for him.

POTUS it would depend on his opponent. More likely to vote for him for POTUS than Senate because he would be the one in power as POTUS instead of just a number towards a majority.
 
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