Yeah, I thought of Shahid's run originally as an audition for a free for all primary where everyone on the SF city council, the state reps and senators, and liberal tech bros will all be running for the seat. Shahid would have name recognition and a deep fundraising apparatus to be able to rise above a lot of politicians with limited nam…
Yeah, I thought of Shahid's run originally as an audition for a free for all primary where everyone on the SF city council, the state reps and senators, and liberal tech bros will all be running for the seat. Shahid would have name recognition and a deep fundraising apparatus to be able to rise above a lot of politicians with limited name recognition. Unfortunately it's clear he has treated people in his campaign (especially women) terribly, and is not the insurgent left challenger needed down the road when Pelosi retires. I hope there are others who have seen the amount of attention and small dollar donors Shahid received this cycle, and are planning to run a leftist, grassroots campaign the next cycle knowing that it is in fact possible. The citadel Democratic districts, the kind of places held by Dellums where being a socialist isn't just doable from an electoral perspective but the voting base enthusiastically supports, need to have better people than neoliberals who are stuck in past ways of doing politics that have never really existed.
Yeah, I thought of Shahid's run originally as an audition for a free for all primary where everyone on the SF city council, the state reps and senators, and liberal tech bros will all be running for the seat. Shahid would have name recognition and a deep fundraising apparatus to be able to rise above a lot of politicians with limited name recognition. Unfortunately it's clear he has treated people in his campaign (especially women) terribly, and is not the insurgent left challenger needed down the road when Pelosi retires. I hope there are others who have seen the amount of attention and small dollar donors Shahid received this cycle, and are planning to run a leftist, grassroots campaign the next cycle knowing that it is in fact possible. The citadel Democratic districts, the kind of places held by Dellums where being a socialist isn't just doable from an electoral perspective but the voting base enthusiastically supports, need to have better people than neoliberals who are stuck in past ways of doing politics that have never really existed.