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Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
Mamdani wisely disavowed defunding the police and took other steps to reassure people on public safety. This works with some voters but doesn’t convince others, just like lots of people didn’t believe Trump’s efforts to reassure on abortion or Kamal’s efforts on fracking.
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Joe Sill
@joe_sill
All well said, but I'm also reminded of an exchange I had with Shor and
@DKarol
, responding to your observation that voters don't seem to mind position change. I responded "what about Kerry '04 flip-flop?". So there are indeed limits to position change.
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Joe Sill
@joe_sill
Replying to @davidshor @mattyglesias and @DKarol
It may be true that voters don't mind position-change, but given that way that Kerry was successfully attacked for being a flip-flopper by the GWB campaign in '04, it's understandable that many people still think position-change hurts politicians. cphcmp.smu.edu/2004election/f
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anon
@jmcclimo2003
Being a transparent slimeball doesnt help, just as kamala being a transparent empty suit and passthrough for corporate governance didnt help.
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Hunter DeButts
@BillySullivan7
>You’re better off avoiding nominees like Newsom who’ll have a long list of things to disavow. The least important reason not to nominate Newsom.
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Chris Wilsher
@cdwilsher
Newsome didn't "abolish" the death penalty, he placed a moratorium on it, the same as Pennsylvania, where your favored candidate, Josh Shapiro, is governor.
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darkchocolate
@l_DarkChocolate
There IS a magic wand-- You can lie & if your base's info/media environment is dominated by allies, you can sandwash anything. Even that *you* will release the Epstein files & embarass the other side, despite being Epstein's best friend who appreciated his "fine taste in girls."
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