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prefer a most qualified candidate nt msongs Nov 2020 #1
Or he could just pick the best person regardless of race or gender. BlueStater Nov 2020 #2
I would rather that he just name a plaecholder, someone who won't run for the seat in 2022. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #3
Jerry Brown? DrToast Nov 2020 #8
Yeah. Someone like him. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #11
No BainsBane Nov 2020 #16
Or maybe Barbara Boxer. tinrobot Nov 2020 #24
I beg to differ. There will be a tsunami of outside money on behalf of a Republican... Hekate Nov 2020 #13
I don't think that it's fair to give someone an incumbency advantage who was not elected to the seat Yavin4 Nov 2020 #14
Uh-huh. I notice the usual tropes are on display in this thread: quotas, identity politics, ... Hekate Nov 2020 #17
I would prefer the people of California pick someone dsc Nov 2020 #4
Democrats shouldn't be picking spokesmodels LuvNewcastle Nov 2020 #5
Pick the best person for the job...someone the GOP can't knock off in a statewide race... Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #6
It's fairly hard for the GOP to win statewide in CA FreeState Nov 2020 #9
We are the state that brought you Duncan Hunter, Darryl Issa, and Devin Nunes, among other.... Hekate Nov 2020 #18
House races are not statewide FreeState Nov 2020 #21
Congressional districts aren't close to statewide races, especially in CA. Ace Rothstein Nov 2020 #25
BIG donors ... how about the people of California??? Raine Nov 2020 #7
This is another reason why Newsom should select a placeholder. Yavin4 Nov 2020 #12
I agree with most of the other posters before me. TexasTowelie Nov 2020 #10
Interesting how people assume a woman of color BainsBane Nov 2020 #15
See my post #17 above Hekate Nov 2020 #19
BARBARA LEE is the best choice hands down. PTWB Nov 2020 #20
We've had both CA seats held by women since 1992 Polybius Nov 2020 #22
What tradition? Retrograde Nov 2020 #23
I Think It Should Be A Woman Indykatie Nov 2020 #26
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