This will never stop being infuriating to me, and because now they feel “attacked” (largest eye-roll in history) I won’t be surprised if that fucked up 53% figure will end up being even higher next year. We have to do better, but I haven’t found a solid way to reach any of these women, even in my own family. The two…

It’s also important to keep reminding ourselves that this isn’t some free-form, amorphous center vs. left debate. It came about for a very specific reason: about 90 progressives, Reps. Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley and Tlaib among them, voted against a deal advocated by the Blue Dog and Problem Solvers’ Caucus to…

I live in a blue dot in the Red Sea of Kentucky. I’m incredibly liberal, but it’s going to be hard for her to beat McConnell if she goes too far left. I’m okay with her being moderate. This is why we need Democrats to primary Democrats who don’t work for party goals, but first get McConnell out.  Right now I’ll…

Agreed -- while there I many times I wish Democrats would lean further left (and acknowledge the widespread support of more left policies), this is a situation where we just need that asshole out of office. Completely separate from his abhorrent politics is a pattern of corruption that shouldn’t be allowed to…

no shit.  if there’s one thing some (potential) Democratic voters consistently do, it’s let perfect be the enemy of good.

Hell, even a Republican exactly as conservative as McConnell would likely be somewhat less bad because they wouldn’t have seniority and likely would be less competent at political strategy. 

True that. The biggest problem with McConnell isn’t that he’s in Congress, it’s that he’s majority leader and holds a ton of power. McGrath, even if she was worse than McConnell, will not have that much power over which bills make it to the floor. I’ll take an awful person with limited power over an awful person with…

I don’t need Dem candidates in Red States to convince me; a latte sipping Coastal Elite living in The Bay to vote for them. I need them to convince people living in Red States that voting for Dems will not be as awful as Fux News will have them believe it will be and help us place this country back on the road to…

agreed -- I want someone who has a legit chance to unseat Mitch McConnell -- and an AOC style candidate just won’t cut it in Kentucky ...

Seriously. What the fuck is up with the clickbaity headline, “...Also Kind of Sucks”? Oh, she’s a moderate liberal and doesn’t check off every single fucking box in your personal bubble? Well too fucking bad, welcome to the real world. It doesn’t mean she “sucks” and this writer should feel bad for using that in the…

She’s playing to the base. The people who feel wronged by trump. If she tells them they were dumb to vote for trump, she will loose them. It’s smart, I agree. It’s pretty much her only shot. Say she gets why they fell for it and play the middle. 

I don’t even need her to be better than Mitch... I just need her to unseat him and his grip (and position as head of) the Senate.  As another commenter said, even another conservative Republican would be ok.

Or that a progressive candidate would have a snowballs chance in hell in Kentucky. Run as far left as you can win in red states. I’d be happy with a DINO if it got rid of Mitch. 

I’ll go a step father, as long as she isn’t worse than Mitch let’s have her. Because at least we get rid of his racist ass. Send his ass back to 1860 or something.

Agreed. She’s got to win over Kentucky voters, and this makes it seem like she knows exactly what she’s doing. I know there’s a lot of conversation (rightly so) about moderate Democrats pandering to middle-to lower-class white people, but if there’s any race where a moderate Democrat needs to appeal to middle-to…

Spot on. We can either have some kind of leftist purity tested nirvana or we can have candidates that stand a chance of actually, you know, winning in red states. I look at Joe Manchin, for example, as a moderate republican who has a “D” by his name and is willing to caucus with the democrats to build up their…

It’s not even a milkshake duck. I mean, that duck was racist. All McGrath has done is fall somewhat closer to Joe Manchin than to Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders on the political spectrum.

Honestly. A leftist’s dream would not win in Kentucky. Just her being pro-choice makes her 1000 times better than Mitch, and I presume she also has a beating heart, unlike Mitch, so if she has to be more moderate to get actual votes, then so be it. It is like AOC crapping all over “less progressive” Dems who live in…

Right?! She’s a viable candidate to unseat the vile mastermind behind the toxic GOP and government dysfunction. McConnell is pure evil. Booting him out should be a top priority for anyone who gives even the slightest shit about our country, and, you know, basic human decency.  McGrath doesn’t need to be perfect, but…

If they’re going to insist on writing about politics, I wish they’d hire some writers with the range to actually do it well. Three-quarters of the political takes here seem to boil down to “XYZ sucks because they aren’t AOC” with no understanding of local politics whatsoever.