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Re: A Warning Shot for the Democratic Establishment

rovingstorm — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:46:19 -0000

She was already losing. I actually think its the reverse - she vetoed it knowing she was dropping out soon, and wanted to cash out with industry.

Re: What Democrats Can Learn from Hungary

rovingstorm — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:54:43 -0000

If people want an analysis from a Hungarian-American who follows the politics of both countries closely, I wrote this up yesterday: https://janosmarton.substack.com/p/six-takeaways-from-sundays-hungarian?r=rnot

Re: Trump Could Have Two More Supreme Court Picks

rovingstorm — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:30:16 -0000

As much as I'd abhor Trump having another appointee, it would be hard to replace Alito with someone as bad or worse. Once Justices get on the SC they can't be controlled.

Re: When the Guests Become the Speech

rovingstorm — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:45:59 -0000

It is hard to imagine what Democrats have to gain by attending next year. The State of the Union is a proud American tradition that he has sullied with his boorish behavior. No Democrat has to sit there silently while he lies and insults them. Just don't attend. Counter-program. Or ignore.

Re: The Worst Job in Politics

rovingstorm — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:36:31 -0000

The key question is whether they idealistic people who want to change the world, or people who want power and attention. Congress is way better for the latter than working as a state regulator.

Re: Democrats Must Cancel the Language Police

rovingstorm — Thu, 29 May 2025 12:38:26 -0000

Well said!

Re: Cuomo Leads Among New York City Democrats

rovingstorm — Wed, 28 May 2025 23:19:19 -0000

Zohran is in a very strong position. Closing the gap. Still people getting to know him for the first time. By far the biggest field operation in the city's history, or at least since we had real machines. I'm predicting a Mamdani win on primary night, and a wild but close win in the general as well.

Re: Obama World Loses Its Shine for Democrats

rovingstorm — Tue, 27 May 2025 10:22:56 -0000

And who made Rahm one of his first hires?

Re: 18 Hours of Watching MSNBC

rovingstorm — Sat, 17 May 2025 16:58:49 -0000

It's all unwatchable. I put on MSNBC some times at my hotel when I'm traveling, and he's right - it's just people trying to one up each other on anti-Trump talking points. It's super boring, I never learn anything. There's little actual "reporting", just tired takes I saw on X or BlueSky hours ago.

Re: $40,000 SALT Offer Discussed with Holdouts

rovingstorm — Fri, 16 May 2025 15:31:01 -0000

It's very strange, it's a small number of rich suburbanites who benefit from this. When the cap was set at 10k that did affect me, as a New Yorker with a middle class salary, but 40k?? Even 30k...that's not a mainstream constituent issue.

Re: Supreme Court Seems Torn Over Judges’ Power

rovingstorm — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:52:58 -0000

During COVID, when the SC switched to going down the bench one at a time, he started asking questions, and he's been asking questions since.

Re: Stephen Miller Is Untouchable

rovingstorm — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:51:14 -0000

That's smart. Also worth noting that in authoritarian structures people in indispensable until they aren't. He may be all-powerful now, but the day he becomes a liability to Trump, he's no different than the rest.

Re: Josh Hawley Is Opposed to House GOP Tax Bill

rovingstorm — Wed, 14 May 2025 14:47:28 -0000

Can't speak to that, but man did the ACA drag on...it wasn't signed until March 2010. Obviously a complicated bill and complicated politics, but as someone watching from the outside, it seemed like an eternity...

Re: Cuomo’s Very, Very Super PAC

rovingstorm — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:57:15 -0000

Our campaign finance system and ranked choice voting systems both discourage consolidation, unfortunately.

But then, as a former candidate, I've also seen that it takes a lot to push someone out of a race they've entered, since you invest so much of your time, money, and network into a candidacy, even one that has little to no chance of winning.

Re: Cuomo’s Very, Very Super PAC

rovingstorm — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:55:26 -0000

Staten Island is 4% of NYC's population. Democrats here are more conservative than Democrats elsewhere, but plenty of progressives live and work here too. It's also a labor-friendly borough.

Re: Cuomo’s Very, Very Super PAC

rovingstorm — Tue, 13 May 2025 12:54:22 -0000

If you're one of those people who call progressives, the kind of people who usually spend their lives working in local government or for nonprofits that help people, "far left" and "woke", then you're probably similarly blaming the left for all the Democrats' problems nationally. That's not a path to building a winning coalition for the future.

Cuomo is a corrupt, venal person. I personally have the scars to show for it as a whistleblower. We have plenty of better choices to select from this primary.

Re: Democrats Could Take Control of the Senate by 2028

rovingstorm — Mon, 12 May 2025 13:37:27 -0000

I agree - she seems genuinely concerned with the direction Trump is taking the country and is already good on certain issues like climate. It's still hard to picture her being the decisive flip, but if Dems got to 51, I could picture her signing up to be 52 for a committee chair position.

Re: White Smoke Signals That a Pope Is Chosen

rovingstorm — Thu, 08 May 2025 12:26:28 -0000

I heard that Francis appointed 80% of the voting cardinals, so hopefully they'll be supportive of that mold.

Re: Trump Boxes In Mike Lawler

rovingstorm — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:38:56 -0000

Everything you said is true, and yet Lawler would still be more dangerous than Stefanik as a general election candidate. He's been speaking to swing voters the last few years, Stefanik is completely MAGA-pilled.

Re: Brian Schatz to Run for Democratic Whip

rovingstorm — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:27:14 -0000

Who else is running?

Re: Democratic Incumbents Face Primary Challenges

rovingstorm — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:50:09 -0000

Wild that in the primary there was such a clear choice between Fetterman (progressive) and Lamb (centrist), and now it feels like the two of them have switched. (Both in part out of self interest, I'm guessing.)
Shows how hard it is for even informed voters to get what they vote for.

Re: Trump Claims He’s Made ‘200 Deals’ on Trade

rovingstorm — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:35:38 -0000

Obviously he's lying. I really really hope political journalists can just start saying that and calling him on the ridiculousness of his lies, daily.

Re: Trump Would ‘Love’ to Send Americans to Foreign Prisons

rovingstorm — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:23:03 -0000

In seriousness, this is an issue I work on deeply, including with people across the aisle, and all responses have been in one of two categories:
* It's all bluster, he'd never do it
* He might want to do it, but conservatives are strongly against it

Do I wish they would speak out publicly? Of course. But it gives me confidence that there would be a very strong bipartisan push against it if they really tried it.

Re: Tommy Tuberville to Run for Governor

rovingstorm — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:27:49 -0000

Is Doug Jones not a possibility for one more lap around the track?

Re: Columbia Promises Swift Crackdown on Planned Protests

rovingstorm — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:14:52 -0000

Here's an example: I went to Dartmouth, where by far the biggest protest on campus during my time there was a pro-fraternity/Greek protest after the administration released a policy deemed to be anti-Greek. It was loud, rowdy, not violent, but still on level with most Palestine protests I've seen.

It's inconceivable that such a protest would have been heavily policed, leading to arrests and school suspensions.