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Laelth

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19. Beyond the main point--(she, presumably, gets along with Joe and is backed by Chris Dodd).
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 07:44 PM
Aug 2020

She’s a proven legislator and leader (Speaker of the California Assembly and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus). She’s a die-hard liberal (appeasing Joe’s left flank). She’s quiet but effective—very little baggage and a solid, working track record. She won’t upstage Joe (because she’s a quiet, behind-the-scenes hard worker). She’s an African-American woman, and that will help election turn-out. She’s not a prosecutor, and that means she’s not tainted by George Floyd’s death in a BLM year.

She’s Joe’s best choice, I think. All it comes down to, now, is whether or not Joe gets along with her. That I do not know.



-Laelth

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Beyond the main point--(she, presumably, gets along with Joe and is backed by Chris Dodd). Laelth Aug 2020 #19
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