She will have no problem emphasizing her prosecution background. It’s who she is and the space in which she is most comfortable. If she fails at that, she will lose. I think Mark Kelly is great and would be a safe, traditional choice. I don’t look at appealing to a demographic that compromises over half of the population as identity poli…
She will have no problem emphasizing her prosecution background. It’s who she is and the space in which she is most comfortable. If she fails at that, she will lose. I think Mark Kelly is great and would be a safe, traditional choice. I don’t look at appealing to a demographic that compromises over half of the population as identity politics. By definition, it is not identity politics. It is an appeal to the majority. Unfortunately, as we are painfully aware, women candidates with the “bona fides” don’t always get the votes from women who should be receptive to the messaging.
Yeah I just don't believe a decent percentage of women are receptive to the we are falling ever deeper into a misogynistic pit right now messaging. So I guess I don't believe it will appeal to a majority. I definitely believe we are (getting more misogynistic by the moment), which is why, with Trump on the board, I would take the more pragmatic approach and stick with the messaging that we know is a winner (which includes abortion).
I wish Mark Kelly was from an eastern swing state but otherwise I think he is perfect. Yes I get why you call him traditional, but between being an astronaut and having actual combat tour experience, I would argue those are 2 huge selling points that we have not seen in a long time (if ever regarding the astronaut part). At this point traditional in the White House seems to mean Ivy educated, maybe a military desk job, maybe practiced as a lawyer. I have no problem with any of those things (and would argue the legal education part is important also) but military experience seems to have fallen by the wayside. One more point about Mark Kelly: he believed in his wife's work so much that he left his own super cool heroic (to the American population anyway) job to take over. I guess what I am saying is he may not be a woman but he is a feminist.
She will have no problem emphasizing her prosecution background. It’s who she is and the space in which she is most comfortable. If she fails at that, she will lose. I think Mark Kelly is great and would be a safe, traditional choice. I don’t look at appealing to a demographic that compromises over half of the population as identity politics. By definition, it is not identity politics. It is an appeal to the majority. Unfortunately, as we are painfully aware, women candidates with the “bona fides” don’t always get the votes from women who should be receptive to the messaging.
Yeah I just don't believe a decent percentage of women are receptive to the we are falling ever deeper into a misogynistic pit right now messaging. So I guess I don't believe it will appeal to a majority. I definitely believe we are (getting more misogynistic by the moment), which is why, with Trump on the board, I would take the more pragmatic approach and stick with the messaging that we know is a winner (which includes abortion).
I wish Mark Kelly was from an eastern swing state but otherwise I think he is perfect. Yes I get why you call him traditional, but between being an astronaut and having actual combat tour experience, I would argue those are 2 huge selling points that we have not seen in a long time (if ever regarding the astronaut part). At this point traditional in the White House seems to mean Ivy educated, maybe a military desk job, maybe practiced as a lawyer. I have no problem with any of those things (and would argue the legal education part is important also) but military experience seems to have fallen by the wayside. One more point about Mark Kelly: he believed in his wife's work so much that he left his own super cool heroic (to the American population anyway) job to take over. I guess what I am saying is he may not be a woman but he is a feminist.