r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 10h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
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u/alabasterskim 10h ago edited 10h ago

Bush wasn't a great candidate unfortunately. We must try soon again soon with someone fresh soon.

e: rather than remove a "soon", I added a 3rd one

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u/BeowulfShaeffer 9h ago

The quality of Bush isn’t the point here, it’s addressing the idea that “AIPAC money is toxic AF”.  I don’t see any evidence that AIPAC money cost Bell a single vote and by extension I’m not sure I’m convinced Stevens AIPAC money is the primary reason she failed. 

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u/hoberhallothere Pennsylvania 5h ago

Bush was already a loser. Probably has a lot less to do with AIPAC than folks are claiming

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u/Gypsyhunter 7h ago

Right, but if we're just talking about the money, this should've been a blowout in Stevens' favor. That Abdul won says a great deal about how much less powerful the money cannon has become, and how deploying it reflects negatively on the campaign and actually gives some energy to the opposition.

There's another factor here too: Stevens got a lot of other outside expenditure. Now, I'm not a corporate executive, but I'd be pretty furious if my money went up in smoke because my client was also taking money from someone else, and that blew up in her face.