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« on: December 06, 2018, 11:15:52 PM »

I saw an interview recently which Abrams said something like she was not ruling it out... Does anyone know (or think one way or the other) if she will likely run for Senate?
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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2018, 11:22:41 PM »

I think she will try for a redo with kemp.

I tend to think ... her mindset may be that 4 years is a long time away.  Also, Senate is more up her alley anyway, considering she was House Minority leader in the GA General Assembly.  So really her expertise is more on the legislative side than the executive side.
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2018, 11:16:07 PM »

Why want has she done that bad? While her opponent quietly rigged the election for him.

If I lived in atlanta Id probably reluctantly vote for the commie because Kemp is gonna let the state house loose but I really disliked Stacy Abrams concession which was quite disrespectful.

I like Abrams... but I did think her concession speech wasn't the best image for her.  She was actually much more of a work horse who could reach across party lines as House minority leader... than came off with the speech.  Also- I was always impressed with her in interviews... when her policy prowess and logical intelligence really came across.  To me the concession speech did her a disservice and because that is the only thing many people outside of Georgia saw... many may have the wrong impression of Abrams.  But all of this shouldn't matter as much in Georgie... and will be remedied by a hopefully successful Senate bid.
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2018, 11:24:08 PM »

If she couldn't win a state race in a perfect storm for Democrats, she's not going to win a federal race, which is extremely polarizing.

I think she should run for Governor again. Outgoing Deal had like a +30 approval right and Kemp squeaked it out by 1 point. Another four years of demographic changes and another four years to fine tune her GOTV operation and hopefully her lawsuit bringing changes to how we handle elections here and she can win.

2020 is too soon... I think Trump will carry it by 2-3. I'd rather have a sacrifical lamb like Teresa Tomlinson or Scott Holcomb go up against Perdue. Abrams is too precious of a candidate right now and if she loses a second statewide race in 2 years, it won't be a good look.

To me Senator (policy, legislative, etc) is a better fit for Abrams... considering she was House minority leader.

Also- with 2020 being an election year... and especially if Beto were to get the nomination and turn out to be as strong of a candidate as many of us think he will be... I think 2020 could be a good opportunity.  Also- didn't most of the rural counties already have SKY HIGH turnout rates in the Gov race... So I'm not sure turnout would be much higher in some of the rural counties... where as any increase in the populated Atlanta metro area could have a big impact.  If I was advising her... I would say 2020 is a good environment and worth the risk.
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