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TomSlick

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28. I'm unprepared to commit until we know who is running in the primary.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #25)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:19 PM

18 hrs ago

I will do what I always do and vote for the Democrat that seems to have the best shot at winning the general election.

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But we can't have a female President, right? [View all] senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago OP

Rec for "it's a damn shame". Truer words never spoken. Whyisthisstillclose 21 hrs ago #1

I'd like to believe that we could Bettie 21 hrs ago #2

I feel similarly senseandsensibility 21 hrs ago #3

Yes, we can. It's inevitable. But MadameButterfly 18 hrs ago #30

Spanberger just got to the Governor's office Fiendish Thingy 20 hrs ago #4

The same people who are pushing talking points to discourage women from running Quiet Em 20 hrs ago #5

Well, sometimes reality has a way of overtaking "conventional wisdom" senseandsensibility 20 hrs ago #7

I still am optimistic because anything can happen and all the changes we are and will go thru until 2028 Deuxcents 11 hrs ago #38

No one is running yet. Not even Newsom. maxsolomon 20 hrs ago #6

I wish this rhetoric would stop here TheProle 20 hrs ago #8

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 19 hrs ago #10

Not really. Torchlight 17 hrs ago #35

I loved what I heard from the governor BaronChocula 19 hrs ago #9

No, we can't get the red out 19 hrs ago #11

I think we are fooling ourselves if we ignore or refuse to admit senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #24

Agree get the red out 6 hrs ago #39

Two capable women Aviation Pro 19 hrs ago #12

Careful what to wish for. The Grand Illuminist 19 hrs ago #13

And that has Nothing to do with Cha 19 hrs ago #18

The first female POTUS will be a GOPer leftstreet 19 hrs ago #14

I will continue to support women candidates. The consequences of NOT going with the woman are becoming... NNadir 19 hrs ago #15

To me she didn't project strength. Hieronymus Phact 19 hrs ago #16

Oh please... Are you saying the "They're eating the dogs" orange guy projected "strength?" NNadir 3 hrs ago #41

believe it or not Hieronymus Phact 2 hrs ago #42

Well I haven't "learned" anything from this comment irrespective of a claim... NNadir 2 hrs ago #43

"weak perceptual abilities" Nice way to insult someone. Hieronymus Phact 1 hr ago #45

I'm with you. And WHY is a male candidate playing it safe? We need to get over the hidden misogyny, dammit. Joinfortmill 19 hrs ago #17

Running as "a woman" is asking to lose gulliver 19 hrs ago #19

she could be the dark horse. nt Javaman 19 hrs ago #20

Just watched she rocked it. ALBliberal 18 hrs ago #21

Governor Spanberger is too moderate for many here. TomSlick 18 hrs ago #22

I'm on the progressive side but I would vote for her senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #25

I'm unprepared to commit until we know who is running in the primary. TomSlick 18 hrs ago #28

Yeah, the same. senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #29

Too much time. TomSlick 17 hrs ago #32

In most other places, it's not an issue. But by comparison the U.S. is a backward country. I don't see a woman getting Fil1957 18 hrs ago #23

That's WHY misogynist men don't want WOMEN To LEAD! Bread and Circuses 18 hrs ago #26

This message was self-deleted by its author senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #27

They left out the "n" at the end of Misogynist Men. maxsolomon 17 hrs ago #33

Okay, thanks. senseandsensibility 17 hrs ago #34

Remember "Killer Kamala" and the ugly chants of... QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #31

Couple thoughts BlueHurricane 13 hrs ago #36

Can we quit trying to get the "first women" kwolf68 13 hrs ago #37

Little girls care obamanut2012 4 hrs ago #40

No SocialDemocrat61 2 hrs ago #44

There's an assumption for some that a woman candidate is only running as "a woman" when she's doing no such thing, betsuni 57 min ago #46