You make an excellent point. This phenomenon is pervasive. On job qualifications: women assume they have to meet all of them to apply and men think if they’re close, they’re golden—and this is because of the differing standards they must meet.
Couldn’t Mills take a cue from the polls and take more progressive positions? She’s earned trust and Platner hasn’t-and he’s doing nothing to earn it. He just seems like another Fetterman.
I also think of Talarico v Crockett. A senate run is the next step in a career in which she’s put in the time. Talarico is trying to leap from the state lege (a part time job) into the US Senate. He has more experience than Platner, but he’s still green, which was apparent in his Colbert interview.
Point taken, but some context: the TX lege meets 140 days every two years (excluding special sessions). So it’s 4 part time years not 8, and the total days of reg sessions works out to just over 2 years full time. But hours clocked isn’t as important as the experience in communicating on a larger stage, which he’s learning as he campaigns.
Yeah, but Trump is TERRIFIED of Talarico, so much so he set his pet attack FCC Commissioner on him! That's a strong yes for nearly everybody not a stinking MAGAt.
You know if James Talarico wins, Brendan Carr is going to have the cold clammy sweats, like the bullying coward he is...and that's always a good thing, to make Trumpers SCARED of you!
You make an excellent point. This phenomenon is pervasive. On job qualifications: women assume they have to meet all of them to apply and men think if they’re close, they’re golden—and this is because of the differing standards they must meet.
Couldn’t Mills take a cue from the polls and take more progressive positions? She’s earned trust and Platner hasn’t-and he’s doing nothing to earn it. He just seems like another Fetterman.
I also think of Talarico v Crockett. A senate run is the next step in a career in which she’s put in the time. Talarico is trying to leap from the state lege (a part time job) into the US Senate. He has more experience than Platner, but he’s still green, which was apparent in his Colbert interview.
Talarico’s been in the texas legislature for 8 years…idk. I think that gives him conventional qualifications for a senate run….
Point taken, but some context: the TX lege meets 140 days every two years (excluding special sessions). So it’s 4 part time years not 8, and the total days of reg sessions works out to just over 2 years full time. But hours clocked isn’t as important as the experience in communicating on a larger stage, which he’s learning as he campaigns.
he seems to be a decent communicator.
having elected office also means he's been at least somewhat vetted in campaigns, which is important.
Yeah, but Trump is TERRIFIED of Talarico, so much so he set his pet attack FCC Commissioner on him! That's a strong yes for nearly everybody not a stinking MAGAt.
You know if James Talarico wins, Brendan Carr is going to have the cold clammy sweats, like the bullying coward he is...and that's always a good thing, to make Trumpers SCARED of you!
An excellent piece.
Thanks!