Shri Thanedar?

[BuckeyeNut]

On October 24, 2017, Thanedar said this to the Detroit News:

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Yeah... No.

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Shri Thanedar is a lying fraud (who's actually being sued for fraud). The only reason he's leading right now is because he's been saturating the airwaves, and he's only saturating the airwaves because he has so much goddamn money.

The man holds no true political positions according to this in-depth look at him: https://theintercept.com/2018/04/06/shri-thanedar-michigan-millionaire-bernie-sanders-republican/

And is willing to say anything to anyone: https://theintercept.com/2018/03/27/michigan-governor-race-shri-thanedar/

(I know it's The Intercept, I'm not a huge fan of Greenwald either, but this is good journalism)

He claims to be the most progressive candidate but denigrates them when talking to advisors. He's just a billionaire who's looking for the easiest way to get his name in the papers and the state funded security detail and mansion so he can schmooze with other rich powerful people. He would be a disaster as governor and after eight years of the poisoner Rick Snyder in office Michiganders need someone who actually cares about the state, which still has real problems. Thanedar is only in it for himself.

I hate him and would not vote for him.

IIRC he's not leading right now, fortunately.

He lead the last poll, but has been polling in the 20’s all year with Whitmer not too comfortably ahead.

[BuckeyeNut]

Shri Thanedar is a lying fraud (who's actually being sued for fraud). The only reason he's leading right now is because he's been saturating the airwaves, and he's only saturating the airwaves because he has so much goddamn money.

The man holds no true political positions according to this in-depth look at him: https://theintercept.com/2018/04/06/shri-thanedar-michigan-millionaire-bernie-sanders-republican/

And is willing to say anything to anyone: https://theintercept.com/2018/03/27/michigan-governor-race-shri-thanedar/

(I know it's The Intercept, I'm not a huge fan of Greenwald either, but this is good journalism)

He claims to be the most progressive candidate but denigrates them when talking to advisors. He's just a billionaire who's looking for the easiest way to get his name in the papers and the state funded security detail and mansion so he can schmooze with other rich powerful people. He would be a disaster as governor and after eight years of the poisoner Rick Snyder in office Michiganders need someone who actually cares about the state, which still has real problems. Thanedar is only in it for himself.

I hate him and would not vote for him.

IIRC he's not leading right now, fortunately.

He lead the last poll, but has been polling in the 20’s all year with Whitmer not too comfortably ahead.

Thanks, Sandernistas

All of the Sanders alumni involved in this race back Abdul and absolutely despise Thanedar, FTR. Thanedar is doing so well because he's taking the Tom Wolf '14 strategy of using their personal wealth to absolute flood the airwaves well before any of their opponents do.

Andrew’s right. You’re off the mark on this one, X.

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Shri’s spending might be more useful if his ads were actually good, but if anybody actually saw them, they’d be more likely to vote against him. At the end of the day, I think Whitmer will win easily. Detroit’s black voter bloc will break heavily for her, and I don’t see either Abdul or Thanedar getting much traction in the white suburban and rural parts of Michigan.

Well, obviously people are seeing the ads and choosing him in the polls we have received recently.

He’s literally only been in relevant in one internal poll. You could get yourself leading a primary in any internal poll, if you can find a company shady enough to do so.

Wrong. He’s been in the 20’s for a while now, and Whitmer isn't that far ahead.

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I would certainly support Gretchen Whitmer here, but Abdul runs a fine campaign and it is a good signal that a Muslim American at 33 can do so. Maybe Whitmer can tap him for lt. gov?

Whitmer will likely pick an African-American man for Lt. Governor, but I agree that El-Sayed has run a solid campaign and could have a real future in Michigan politics once he gets his residency issues sorted out. 

I could see him running for House or getting tapped as DHS Sec in the next Democratic administration.

Surely you mean HHS, not DHS? Though that is a stretch.

When El-Sayed likely loses, he'd do well to stay in Detroit and return to the private sector. He has plenty of time for his star to shine.