Snapshot · The Bulwark Podcast
Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the Michigan Senate race, which Tim Miller attributed to a counterproductive factional fight picked by centrist groups pressuring candidates to condemn far-left figures.
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This chapter is a full post-mortem on the Michigan Senate race. Miller recounts how the Third Way pressured candidates to condemn far-left figures like Hassan Piker who had visited Abdul El-Sayed's campaign, triggering a McMorrow-El-Sayed skirmish that left the more establishment candidate Angela Stevens largely unscathed while the two progressives bloodied each other. [1] — Tim Miller "Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the Michigan Senate race after centrist groups pressured candidates to condemn far-left figures — a fight T…" 25:30 His verdict: even if the principle was correct, the strategy was catastrophic — Democratic voters right now are not interested in intraparty purity fights. They want candidates focused on Trump and their economic concerns. Miller invokes Mitch McConnell as the unlikely strategic model: McConnell sometimes accommodated the Tea Party, sometimes fought it, but always picked his battles carefully — crushing Chris McDaniel in Mississippi with a sophisticated primary strategy while accommodating Rand Paul in Kentucky when he couldn't beat him. The lesson for Democrats: know what year it is, know the terrain, and don't fight from your weakest possible position. Miller closes in sorrow rather than anger about McMorrow specifically, believing her personal brand is intact and she'll run again.
Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the Michigan Senate race after centrist groups pressured candidates to condemn far-left figures — a fight Tim Miller warned was strategically disastrous from the start. Democratic voters right now want candidates focused on Trump and economic concerns, not intraparty purity tests. The McConnell lesson: pick your fights carefully, not on your weakest ground.
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