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Cha

(297,323 posts)
3. I've been posting that.. Thanks for making it an OP, bigtree!
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 11:33 AM
Apr 2017

Tom Perez? @TomPerez

"After spending Thursday with Jon @Ossoff, I'm more convinced than ever that we need him & Dems like him in Congress."

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
10. He has the head of the DNC meeting with him
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 11:59 AM
Apr 2017

In addition, winning in 2017 gives just enough time (about a year) in the job before he starts making moves.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
13. He is not even going to be eligible to run in 2020.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 12:30 PM
Apr 2017

He is only 30. So that means he won't be 35 which is a requirement for a presidential candidate.

George II

(67,782 posts)
19. Good point. I like him but don't think he'd be ready in 2020 anyway. A little known fact....
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 01:59 PM
Apr 2017

...is at the time that Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate he was too young to take the office. He turned 30 a few weeks after the election.

drray23

(7,634 posts)
11. not enough time.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 12:18 PM
Apr 2017

even if he wins the georgia seat, running for president a year or so after is a little early.
Trump had zero political experience, sure enough but it is obvious that we democrats are held to a higher standard.

Personally, I want somebody who had a few years in congress or as a governor. They are much more likely to be effective when they do get elected. Ossof may run for senate in 2020 however. That would be great and place him for running for president the cycle after that.



wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
12. Nope.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 12:28 PM
Apr 2017

He's adorable, but come on! He is some random hill staffer who is making a strong run in a red state due to an impending Democratic wave. No way he is anywhere near a Senate run, much less Presidential.

Adam Schiff is on the list, maybe, but not this guy.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
7. I'm glad he is smart enough to make his run explicitly
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 11:47 AM
Apr 2017

about poking Orange Foolius in the eye.

That's smart politics

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
14. I don't know much about the guy, but pretty sure I sent a donation anyway!
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 12:36 PM
Apr 2017

Any reasonable Democrat who can make a strong run in Price's old district has my support. He is young and has a good political demeanor. Seems like a winning combo. I hope he succeeds!

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
16. do dems like him enough to monitor GA talk radio as the GOP trashes him?
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 01:54 PM
Apr 2017

that includes 14 limbaugh stations that depend on these universities - Georgia 7, Georgia Tech 5, Georgia Southern 2

at $1000/hr radio infomercial and ad time x 15 hrs/day that's $75,000 worth of anti ossoff per week per station x 14 = about $1MIL/ WEEK attacking ossoff for the next month. will dems even have a clue whats' on those stations and respond to it?

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
20. Yes indeed ... DEMOCRATS do like him!
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 01:59 PM
Apr 2017

I know that I like him, and I'm a proud Democrat... so I'm definitely a part of that group!

There can be NO DOUBT to his liberal, progressive and Democratic creds. He's definitely ONE OF US!! No questions about that.


Politicub

(12,165 posts)
21. The energy around Ossoff in the 6th
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 02:13 PM
Apr 2017

Is unbelievable. The campaign ads he runs are very positive. There are signs for Ossoff all over my neighborhood.

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