Sarah Longwell

Well. You know, here's the thing, though, just what you and I were just talking about, where we talk about the passion and the authenticity. So I'm an Alyssa Slotkin fangirl. So I'm not good for this because I love a sturdy Midwesterner who talks about her mixed marriage parents of Republicans. That's great. And I also thought she was doing something really important.

Well. You know, here's the thing, though, just what you and I were just talking about, where we talk about the passion and the authenticity. So I'm an Alyssa Slotkin fangirl. So I'm not good for this because I love a sturdy Midwesterner who talks about her mixed marriage parents of Republicans. That's great. And I also thought she was doing something really important.

I talked about this a little bit with Tommy that I think Democrats have been failing to do, which is – Voters don't care about democracy, quad democracy. And so to tell a better story about democracy and make people care about it, you have to tell a better story about America. And she talked about democracy last night through the lens of America and why America is uniquely good.

I talked about this a little bit with Tommy that I think Democrats have been failing to do, which is – Voters don't care about democracy, quad democracy. And so to tell a better story about democracy and make people care about it, you have to tell a better story about America. And she talked about democracy last night through the lens of America and why America is uniquely good.

And I was like, yes, this is what I have been waiting for. The problem is that Alyssa is – this is not a problem that she's a serious person. And so she delivered what I was like a 10 out of 10 technical speech for 2009. And I just – I think that if – I think she can and should be a leader for the Democrats, somebody that they look to to think about how they're going to –

And I was like, yes, this is what I have been waiting for. The problem is that Alyssa is – this is not a problem that she's a serious person. And so she delivered what I was like a 10 out of 10 technical speech for 2009. And I just – I think that if – I think she can and should be a leader for the Democrats, somebody that they look to to think about how they're going to –

like who their leaders are gonna be in the future, but I also think they're gonna have, it's such a tone shift to go from Trump's just casual way of being up there, the bombasticity to sort of the like very Washington, I'm going to read a speech now. I'm gonna do it very proficiently. The substance is going to be very good. But did I make you, did I light you up?

like who their leaders are gonna be in the future, but I also think they're gonna have, it's such a tone shift to go from Trump's just casual way of being up there, the bombasticity to sort of the like very Washington, I'm going to read a speech now. I'm gonna do it very proficiently. The substance is going to be very good. But did I make you, did I light you up?

Did I make you feel like I was your champion? And I was, no. And like, that's kind of what people, I know that's what, I listen to Democrats all day long. And if you ask me, what do Democrats want? I'll be like, they want to win. They want to feel like they are winning something and they want someone to go make them feel that way.

Did I make you feel like I was your champion? And I was, no. And like, that's kind of what people, I know that's what, I listen to Democrats all day long. And if you ask me, what do Democrats want? I'll be like, they want to win. They want to feel like they are winning something and they want someone to go make them feel that way.

We used to have this joke in conservative circles where we would talk about how conservatives didn't make good protesters, because it would be like, what do we want? slow and gradual change. When do we want it in the due course of time? You know, like, uh, and it's a little bit, it's the way that everything is upside down.

We used to have this joke in conservative circles where we would talk about how conservatives didn't make good protesters, because it would be like, what do we want? slow and gradual change. When do we want it in the due course of time? You know, like, uh, and it's a little bit, it's the way that everything is upside down.

Now it's a little bit where Democrats are like that, where the, the, the sober and serious people in the party really, who I think appeal to swing voters and can win in a lot of these swingier places. Like they're not filled with the passionate bombastic intensity of, uh, what I think a lot of people are yearning for out of leaders in this moment, right?

Now it's a little bit where Democrats are like that, where the, the, the sober and serious people in the party really, who I think appeal to swing voters and can win in a lot of these swingier places. Like they're not filled with the passionate bombastic intensity of, uh, what I think a lot of people are yearning for out of leaders in this moment, right?

They're, they are, they are threading a needle by saying, yeah, like what's happening right now is strange, but they're also like, but I'll work with him and I'll do, and you know, they, and that it's like Obama when he sat there chatting with Trump or Joe Biden went to the office. There's, there's this, there's this real dissonance between the guy is a really bad guy destroying democracy.

They're, they are, they are threading a needle by saying, yeah, like what's happening right now is strange, but they're also like, but I'll work with him and I'll do, and you know, they, and that it's like Obama when he sat there chatting with Trump or Joe Biden went to the office. There's, there's this, there's this real dissonance between the guy is a really bad guy destroying democracy.

And also, Hey, bud.

And also, Hey, bud.

Well, I think, you know, it's funny. Normal person is better than normal politician. Yeah. So I think here's here's the voters just say it all day long. They're like, I don't. So and so seems like a regular politician. And I guess that's my. Unfair because I liked it. Knock on the speech as it seemed like sort of a regular political speech.

Well, I think, you know, it's funny. Normal person is better than normal politician. Yeah. So I think here's here's the voters just say it all day long. They're like, I don't. So and so seems like a regular politician. And I guess that's my. Unfair because I liked it. Knock on the speech as it seemed like sort of a regular political speech.