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GRAIN OF SALT
Going from Suozzi to George Santos and back is like going from a brief, exciting but traumatic affair back to your boring-but-stable ex who you belonged with all along.
Melissa DeRosa, former Obama for America State Director, Deputy Chief of Staff to the New York Attorney General and Secretary to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is the author of What's Left Unsaid: My Life at the Center of Power, Politics and Crisis and a Democratic strategist based in New York City.
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SELF-OWNS
They’ve had all the time in the world to manage a problem that polls show voters prefer Trump and Republicans to handle.
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DO BETTER THAN THIS
The system only works if the people believe in it. Indicting a former president (no matter how criminal he may be) on a weak case makes Americans lose faith.
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THAT’S RICH
Trust in government is requisite to society taking on big challenges like pandemics and climate change. When politicians are caught out, it increases public mistrust in the system.
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BEATEN BY A LOSER
Republicans nominated a complete fraud, and the media failed to vet him. But we couldn’t beat him.
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BLINDED BY THE RIGHT
The Democrats have been focused on abortion rights ahead of the midterms, but they must acknowledge the crime problem and “go on offense” with a plan to fix it.
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BE REAL WITH US
The Pennsylvania Democrat is more than fit to serve in the Senate, but being opaque about his condition was a gift to Republicans. It’s not too late to course-correct.
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ACTION, REACTION, INACTION
Virtue signaling is easy, managing a crisis is hard.
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DON’T BLOW THIS RACE
If we lose the midterms over the ex-president’s legal woes, we will have the Justice Department’s mishandling of Mar-a-Lago and ourselves to thank.
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GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT
Let’s face it, in modern-day American politics, Republicans have mastered the art of dominance.