If we can't support Kamala Harris or democrats like

[Skidmore]

79. There is a small group

interested in destroying the party too and not all of them are what they claim to be. We saw what happened last cycle and it is starting to have a similar whiff. I am particularly skeptical of people demanding progressive purist tests veiled in the language of right wing grievance. When good Dems are targeted in this manner, you lose me at the get go. I also do not buy into insistence that a candidate has messianic qualities. We need look no further than the malignant cult figure in office now to understand how dangerous betting on a a person able only to bellow loudly about the grievances of a few.

Governance is real work and not accomplished by force of personality alone. Tried and true candidates who demonstrate that the understand the issues that affect a broad coalition and have a good grasp of how to forge alliances across communities will get my attention. We have good people in the party who can do this. Harris and Booker are among them. Lieu, Schiff, Swalwell, Klobuchar also have my attention. First, we have midterms to do and th message of the platfom still in place to get out.