Michael LaRosa

And if the voters have a really nuanced and complex opinion.

depth of understanding of regulatory and tax policy.

Sure, I'm sure there's a lot he'll have to defend there, but I don't know if that actually matters more than his ability to command a stage, to throw punches, to debate.

The PR and communications aspect of politics is a little bit more weighted these days, even for voters.

Yeah, I mean, you're not wrong about the voting coalition in South Carolina.

I think the Clintons had a history with black voters.

I think Barack Obama was unique and appealing for black voters for a lot of historic reasons.

And I think this could be the first probably open test for South Carolina as a primary state, assuming that the calendar keeps South Carolina front and center.

And that's sort of the next big test of the DNC chair is to sort of establish the calendar.

That's like one of his only jobs.

So we need to see where South Carolina falls in the calendar.

Although I'm just not convinced that and, you know, also Biden had the advantage of having Jim Clyburn come out and endorse us at a very low point in our campaign.

That was do or die, to be honest.

I don't know if South Carolina is enough for any one nominee.

I just don't believe that because of how many states come after it and they sort of vote rich, delegate rich populations that come after it.

fact breaking down because the the nice thing for the radicals is they tend to coalesce around one person and meanwhile all of the pseudo-moderates tend to fragment a little bit yeah and you know based on my last experience in the primary with the bidens and that in that 2019 uh the doldrums of 19 and then into those first couple of months um look i think

On MS Now and sort of the progressive podcast echo chamber space, I think that the left makes all the noise.

They are certainly louder at making the noise.

That's not really where voters in a Democratic primary nationally stand.

were in 2020.