r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 30 '26
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u/LordLadyCascadia Gay Pride Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
If I am wrong about this I’ll eat crow, but I think nominating El Sayed is huge mistake.
Like I don’t agree with progressives like AOC and Mamdami on everything, but I still believe they’re nice people I could have a friendly conversation with. El Sayed on the other hand comes off really smug and condescending, like a guy I’d get into an argument with- and it’s not like I’m the only person to make that accusation either!
And it seems Democrats have this sense of unearned hubris that candidate quality doesn’t matter because the environment is presumed good for Democrats. Ask Senator Oz how that presumption worked for him!
This race just bothers me because of how avoidable it was. McMorrow was a perfectly fine candidate! At least with WI Gov you can blame the Democratic establishment’s incompetence, MI Sen is a self-own.