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In reply to the discussion: MI-GOV: Abdul deletes tweet, Now accuses Whitmer of LEGAL money laundering [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)35. For me it is somewhat pragmatic
I think being a female gives us a leg up especially when talking about choice.
Plus she is known and liked in the panhandle. While she will definitely not win most counties up there, she will pull more votes up there than a mayor of Miami Beach. And it will be a very close race.
But mostly I love her proud democrat, take it to the republicans style. She claims after 20 years of republican destruction we need democrats to fix Florida.
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MI-GOV: Abdul deletes tweet, Now accuses Whitmer of LEGAL money laundering [View all]
RandySF
Aug 2018
OP
And after he loses the primary the damage will still be there for the republicans...
George II
Aug 2018
#19
Those groups that support the likes of him, should cease & desist from using the Democratic label.
Wwcd
Aug 2018
#22
I agree, mostly on the regional point you made. She also has a good track record with Vet and
Blue_true
Aug 2018
#37
In other words, he's a liar who's not taking responsbility. Sounds like Glenn Greenwald.
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2018
#4
The dude's all talk. We can't let these OR pretenders take liberal policies down the rathole,...
LuvLoogie
Aug 2018
#5
Gretchen Whitmer is the only choice on either side of the aisle that is fit to govern Michigan.
Dawson Leery
Aug 2018
#7
Looks like tweet deleted. I know what I know about certain folks but I dont dare say it here.
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#27