Who is surprised that the Governor could not be depended on to negotiate the way out of ESA expansion? She ran on being sane, as compared to Kari Lake , and being better than a nutcase is a pretty low bar. Corporate Dems continue to believe that that is enough , all the while talking about the importance of gaining the youth vote that was energized by Bernie Sanders. Who really believes that young people will bother to vote for a party that only stands for the “ normal” status quo of crushing student debt, abject refusal to fix the immigration system, watering down crucial labor demands etc? Yep, better than the other “guy” but when the other guy is a raving lunatic thats just not saying much.
As a Democrat, this intra-party problem saddens me. Not that it is unusual; as Will Rogers reportedly said almost a century ago, "I'm a member of no organized party. I'm a Democrat." I hope that the Governor and the Democratic legislators (and the AG and SOS) can connect more effectively in the future. The state needs them to.
I think that Dems will turn their back on Katie at next year's state-of-the-state while Repubs will guffaw. I really don't think she should even mention her "opposition" to ESA funding because it is such a joke.
Jennifer mcDowell i am with you every step of the way. We dream of flipping the legislature the way we once dreamt that a democratic governor would make everything better. With a veto pen? Yes. But with actually good proactive policies? Still waiting. There is NO guarantee that a dem legislature will solve arizonas issues either….
Who is surprised that the Governor could not be depended on to negotiate the way out of ESA expansion? She ran on being sane, as compared to Kari Lake , and being better than a nutcase is a pretty low bar. Corporate Dems continue to believe that that is enough , all the while talking about the importance of gaining the youth vote that was energized by Bernie Sanders. Who really believes that young people will bother to vote for a party that only stands for the “ normal” status quo of crushing student debt, abject refusal to fix the immigration system, watering down crucial labor demands etc? Yep, better than the other “guy” but when the other guy is a raving lunatic thats just not saying much.
As a Democrat, this intra-party problem saddens me. Not that it is unusual; as Will Rogers reportedly said almost a century ago, "I'm a member of no organized party. I'm a Democrat." I hope that the Governor and the Democratic legislators (and the AG and SOS) can connect more effectively in the future. The state needs them to.
I think that Dems will turn their back on Katie at next year's state-of-the-state while Repubs will guffaw. I really don't think she should even mention her "opposition" to ESA funding because it is such a joke.
Jennifer mcDowell i am with you every step of the way. We dream of flipping the legislature the way we once dreamt that a democratic governor would make everything better. With a veto pen? Yes. But with actually good proactive policies? Still waiting. There is NO guarantee that a dem legislature will solve arizonas issues either….
I wonder if Fontes runs for governor next term?