Mark Halperin

Something of a purple state.

But there's something about that speech that really got people talking.

Now, they talked a little bit.

about Ossoff as a presidential candidate in 2028, and I touted that in my newsletter, and I took a little heat for that.

But mostly they talked about the message.

So I've been saying to Democrats and Republicans, what was it about that message that you found so important as a template from the Democratic side in a positive way and from the Republican side in kind of an afraid way, in kind of a way that said, if Democrats really imitate what Ossoff did, they will be formidable in the fall.

And it has to do with rising above the traps that Donald Trump has set for Democrats for over a decade now, where, as I said, he gets them to talk about issues that are not of primary concern to a lot of voters, working class voters in both parties and independent voters.

They might be appealing to the MSNOW crowd.

but also issues on which Democrats are less popular, where the Republican position on something like immigration or the Republican position on trans athletes in women's and girls' sports, where the Democrats are on the wrong side of public opinion.

So Ossoff is an interesting guy.

He's been on my radar for a while.

Any Democrat who wins a –

Senate seat, any statewide race in the South these days has got something going on.

He's a very idealistic guy.

He's very smart.

He's a very smart political operator, very smart policy.

He's unusual in how idealistic he is.

uh he understands how government works he understands he's worked in a congressional office he understands constituent service the importance of doing the job to help people he's he's not as into fame as a lot of senators and that's why a lot of you probably maybe never heard of john ossoff maybe not on your radar first term democratic senator from georgia

Um, he's also to many eyes, a handsome guy.

He's a young guy.