Vermont Megathread

[Electric Circus]

Dean can really twist the knife on education, this Saunders appointment has been a disaster, and I think Jason Gibbs has really overplayed his hand here.

Maybe they got their committee member early on and didn't bother to take the temperature further? It's their biggest blunder in a long time. Education can't be treated as a low priority when people are apoplectic about their property taxes.

[KaiserDave]

Dean can really twist the knife on education, this Saunders appointment has been a disaster, and I think Jason Gibbs has really overplayed his hand here.

Maybe they got their committee member early on and didn't bother to take the temperature further? It's their biggest blunder in a long time. Education can't be treated as a low priority when people are apoplectic about their property taxes.

I think this entire debacle might be the greatest unforced error of the administration in 8 years.

[Roll Roons]

https://twitter.com/philscott4vt/status/1789431181680783520?s=46
Let’s do this.

[KaiserDave]

Poor Senator Mazza.

[Eraserhead]

Howard Dean is a clown at this point... and I say that as someone who would have liked to have seen him elected President at one time.

[windjammer]

Is Phil Scott going to run again?

[KaiserDave]

Is Phil Scott going to run again?

He just announced he is.

[Compuzled_One]

For the source:
https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/11/phil-scott-to-seek-5th-term-as-governor/

Unless Dean is his opponent, I genuinely think Scott might win every precinct.

[KaiserDave]

For the source:
https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/11/phil-scott-to-seek-5th-term-as-governor/

Unless Dean is his opponent, I genuinely think Scott might win every precinct.

Scott did not win every precinct in 2022, and he will not do better than he did then. He is not winning the Old North End of Burlington, no matter what he does.

[Compuzled_One]

For the source:
https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/11/phil-scott-to-seek-5th-term-as-governor/

Unless Dean is his opponent, I genuinely think Scott might win every precinct.

Scott did not win every precinct in 2022, and he will not do better than he did then. He is not winning the Old North End of Burlington, no matter what he does.

They were all under 60%, that's definitely flippable. Admittedly, it is an election year this time, but it still wouldn't be the most surprising thing.

[KaiserDave]

For the source:
https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/11/phil-scott-to-seek-5th-term-as-governor/

Unless Dean is his opponent, I genuinely think Scott might win every precinct.

Scott did not win every precinct in 2022, and he will not do better than he did then. He is not winning the Old North End of Burlington, no matter what he does.

They were all under 60%, that's definitely flippable. Admittedly, it is an election year this time, but it still wouldn't be the most surprising thing.

It is very hard to imagine Scott over performing 2022, even if Dean doesn't run.