by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
As much as I want James Talarico to win the Texas U.S. Senate race…I just don’t see it happening. On paper, yes, but I just don’t know how his win is possible given that 2024 may have been the last free-and-fair election the USA may have ever had.
But I will note, that if Talarico wins in Texas, he will be the 2028 Democratic frontrunner for POTUS. To win in Texas as a Democrat is a Big Deal. I say this in the context of AOC being the obvious choice.
Yet sometimes I think given how fucked up everything is, we have to go the Hungary path if we ever want to live in a democracy again — have Democrats nominate someone like George Conway or Liz Chaney instead of AOC.
I still feel a little bit uneasy that there might be some sort of “reset” in the next 20 to 40 years. I don’t know how it would work out, but…who knows.
