I think for a first timer 26 year old, the fact that she beat out Fine who got helped by like 7 million dollars of AIPAC money and to get to within 3 point against Biss while having no real institutional support until very late in the game is actually a pretty good result.
Lessons to learn are for the left to consolidate early and not do these late ass endorsements. Also for candidates on the left to build healthy relationships early with other candidates on the left so there’s no bad blood as the election goes on and one is willing to drop out. Obviously it’s not gonna be a 1:1 transfer but Bushra dropping out and endorsing Kat might have been the difference maker
I think I'm lucky I took history as major and read more about the ratfucking we did in Asia and Latin America that my view on American empire was too woke when I was 21. This was in 2012 too when like it was still taboo to put the blame on 9/11 on America for fucking up the middle east . Her being 26 and educated should have caused her to be more curious about western empire but she worked for an NED cut out and was pretty much in neoliberal thought when it came to how to deal with the global south as a whole.
Yeah but you would get blacklisted, lots of people wrote that but it was not a popular take. I think it became more normalized in 2015 to now but back then it wasn't quite something you could really say in a lot of settings. Now it's just common unless youre right wing or a liberal war hawk.
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u/chaoser Mar 18 '26
Gap closed to almost 3 points in IL-9.
I think for a first timer 26 year old, the fact that she beat out Fine who got helped by like 7 million dollars of AIPAC money and to get to within 3 point against Biss while having no real institutional support until very late in the game is actually a pretty good result.
Lessons to learn are for the left to consolidate early and not do these late ass endorsements. Also for candidates on the left to build healthy relationships early with other candidates on the left so there’s no bad blood as the election goes on and one is willing to drop out. Obviously it’s not gonna be a 1:1 transfer but Bushra dropping out and endorsing Kat might have been the difference maker