Not just White House, Dems must set sights on Senate

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By Dana Milbank

The Washington Post

This is no time to be on the sidelines.

Stacey Abrams: Stand up and be counted. “I do not want to serve in the Senate,” says the hugely popular former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee.

Steve Bullock: Stand up and be counted. “My talents are best suited” to an executive role, says Montana’s well-liked Democratic governor.

Beto O’Rourke: Stand up and be counted. “That would not be good enough” to serve in the Senate, says the gifted former Democratic congressman from Texas.

Sorry, but what’s not “good enough” are those answers. The three could make all the difference in Democrats’ uphill quest to take the Senate next year. Instead, they choose to run vanity campaigns for president (or in Abrams’s case, await a vice presidential nod) or put themselves in line for a Cabinet post. Ordinarily, I’d respect their wish to do what fulfills them or works best for their families or positions them for future success.

But these are not ordinary times. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment not just for Democrats but for American democracy. If the anti-Trump majority doesn’t prevail next year and resoundingly repudiate the hatred, isolation and drift toward autocracy, it won’t much matter what happens later. Abrams, Bullock and O’Rourke owe it to the country to end the reign of President Trump’s enablers in the Senate.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/milbank-not-just-white-house-dems-must-set-sights-on-senate/

[saidsimplesimon]

1. You are so right about the Senate.

I've volunteered for Mark Kelley's Senate campaign in Arizona. They are in the process of seeking donations from individuals, avoiding all corporate or big dollar donors. This month features a couple of RSVP private house parties. (Minimum donation $50, so not your mega donor celebrity list, I can afford that.)

If we GOTV the vote for the Presidential race, we have an excellent chance of winning some seats and holding others. Much more needs to be accomplished between now and November 2020.

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2. Beto should tell Bezos to go fuck himself.

People can apply for whatever jobs they want.

(Incidentally, the WP will continue their anti-Beto jihad no matter what happens)

[treestar]

3. What I've been saying for ages

It does not pass any legislation to have the most progressive president on the planet. Or have the House.

[appalachiablue]

4. K/R Absolutely!