- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/3616688
As soon as today, Michigan lawmakers are expected to vote on a sweeping package of environmental bills, including legislation that requires the state to reach 100 percent clean energy by 2040.
Any one from MI with thoughts on Gretchen Whitmer?
Think she’s got a shot at a presidential run?
Personally not really. I think here being a Trump foil for Biden is ultimately going to cost her a chance at higher office. There’s some low hanging fruit from her tenure that would be problematic for presidential runs.
She won re-election big, against a terrible candidate. Maybe 4 years from now things get forgotten or become less relevant and she has a chance to run.
Well right on. I’m still shopping. My number one qualification for a progressive candidate is “has won election to some level of higher office”. I might disagree with you on the Trump foil thing being an issue. I think if you are trying to run to the center, sure. If you are running a progressive campaign, that shit won’t ever fly. You have to motivate a stonger base to the left of center, so its not necessarily relevant, or could even represent an advantage.