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She's running in a primary challenge against an established Democrat who has been active in Maryland politics since the 1960s and has never lost an election. O
by twblalock 9y ago
She's running in a primary challenge against an established Democrat who has been active in Maryland politics since the 1960s and has never lost an election.
On top of that, polling suggests that a majority of Americans, including just under 50% of Democrats, opposed clemency for Manning.
This is not going to end well. If she's serious about a career as an elected official, this is not the right way to go about it. I suspect she does not expect to win and this is really an attempt to gain national recognition as an activist.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoI think that she is running and knows that she will lose but use the opportunity to push ideas that her opponent will adopt. Sort of like a sacrifice fly but in politics. The Green party I think has done this in the past.
- numbsafari 9y agoFor the duration of the campaign, maybe, and then only if Manning is an actual electoral threat and people agree with the positions she has on important issues.
- dogma1138 9y agoWhat ideas? With no offense to Manning but her entire situation is effectively an exploitation of a vulnerable individual with clear mental issue which was groomed as a source then sold out to the US government. I haven’t seen anything that would indicate that Manning would be a good politician, in fact based on how Wikileaks managed to groom her into committing treason I wouldn’t want her in any position which could affect public policy.
- mcknz 9y agoProbably not, but one should never discount the power of name recognition, combined with symbolism, acting in lieu of traditional qualifications (see "Donald Trump").
- awinder 9y agoCardin has name recognition in Maryland, people have seen his name on the ballot for decades
- ecspike 9y agoTwo of the largest counties in Maryland touch DC: Montgomery and PG (Prince George's) County with lots of people with 3-letter gov't agency ties. The other major population area, Baltimore (City) and Baltimore County, are difficult to see going for her currently thin resume/positions on the issues affecting them.
- jhbadger 9y agoMost three letter agencies aren't spy agencies but science ones -- and those do tend to skew left.
- Anon1096 9y agoShe's not running against a republican in the primaries.
- ExactoKnight 9y agoThin resume? She's literally got a Nelson Mandela-style resume for the position now...
- hux_ 9y agoThere is no right way to go about it unless your family is in politics. Every single character who has entered political life for the first time has to fight establised power centers.
- pmiller2 9y agoThe right way is to aim lower initially.
- jfaat 9y agopresident? :p * ducks * sorry, could not resist
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- twblalock 9y agoThat's not true for (in reverse order) Obama, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, LBJ, Eisenhower, Truman, Hoover, Harding, Wilson, etc. I could go on. That's most of the 21st- and 20th-century presidents. Their families were not part of the political establishment.
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- pera 9y ago> This is not going to end well. What do you mean? > If she's serious about a career as an elected official, this is not the right way to go about it. Why not?
- itronitron 9y agoShe's off to a good start, and this is not going to end anytime soon. Contrast that with Arapaio who is running in Arizona and is very old.
- cornyNetHandle 9y agoI dunno, it seems fairly sane to stand first in places you are guaranteed not to win, if you want to get started in politics. Lowest risk method of getting experience and people are impressed if you poll anything at all.
- rayiner 9y agoAs a Marylander whose election district is gerrymandered to hell, a symbolic vote that doesn’t matter seems better than a “real” vote that doesn’t matter: https://anthonybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MD-4-District-Map.jpg https://anthonybrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/MD-4-Dis....
- DrScump 9y agoWhat does gerrymandering have to do with a statewide, popular-vote race?
- rayiner 9y agoOP implied that voting for Chelsea Manning would be pointless since she has no chance of winning. My point is that my vote for Congressman doesn't matter anyway, so a purely symbolic vote for Chelsea Manning is at least as valuable.