.ed_kilgore writes on the bizarre criticism of Democratic candidates like Stacey Abrams who became nationally famous after coming up short in pathbreaking campaigns
But O’Rourke of Texas and Harrison of South Carolina ran financially viable statewide candidacies in places where Democrats had all but given up hope, helping down-ballot candidates and generally throwing some fear into the GOP .
To be very clear, Abrams isn’t a recycled loser who would have been forgotten in Georgia without her national fame and fundraising power. In narrowly losing in 2018, she was the— and the first woman and first Black person to win a gubernatorial nomination in Georgia — and built both the financial and strategic infrastructure for the Democratic Party that carried the state for Joe Biden and flipped two Senate seats, giving Democrats their trifecta in Washington.
I know Stern didn’t explicitly say this, but his implication is that “superstar losers” are selfishly blocking the careers of other Democrats who might fare better than they have in their post-defeat comeback tries. There’s nothing selfish about Abrams. She could almost certainly have been a U.S. senator in 2020 or dedicated herself entirely to the flourishing national political career she was indeed enjoying.
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