I guess I'm saying: If the mayor is re-elected in spite of it all, it may not mean that the slate was bad strategy. Rather it may just mean that left-of-center folks still don't have the numbers. Part of the bleak reality of today.
Again, I hope I'm wrong. Thanks for reading. ☮️☮️☮️ 6/6

But perceptions among moderates and "non-political" types, abetted by a hostile information environment, are part of the hand we're all dealt.
I feel like there are tradeoffs between movement politics and election politics. I also think Mamdani is a unicorn in a perfect storm, if you will. 5/

... partly because it's evidence against the stereotype of the left as rigid and doctrinaire. The left can be the pragmatic faction! Moreover, the establishment types can be my-way-or-the-highway...at least when dealing with the left! 4/

Q: If lots of Hampton voters rank Frey 2nd/3rd, does that mean Jazz didn't campaign hard enough for the slate?
A: Maybe. Or maybe those voters were never going to rank Fateh.
IMO Hampton was trying to thread a very fine needle. I honestly appreciate those on the left who ranked Jazz at all... 3/

(NB I would love to be wrong about this year!)
I think there's a grain of truth to the thought that bsky is part of a bubble, just as the Strib/WCCO/etc (and of course RW media) are in bubbles. In 2017 and '21, their bubbles were just bigger than ours. In their bubbles, Frey's the devil you know. 2/

I'd be curious as to whether @amberforparks.bsky.social was aware of this mailer before it was sent. (Honestly curious! My guess is that Amber was unaware. And I dunno what they ought to have done, even if aware.)

It's just so strange how the state DFL is treating us all....

Yeah. I remember someone was complaining about it, at least

Better handling of street rebuilds

Stancil? I mean, maybe he's more anti-anti-Frey than pro-Frey. (I haven't checked his bsky feed in a long time, so dunno what he's said lately)

(The context, for future reference.)

Reminds me of that first week in June. IIRC there were militarized raids in San Diego and Minneapolis within days of each other. I wondered: How many DFLers in our city cheered on the citizens of SD in their resistance, only to turn around and agree with our mayor in minimizing what happened here?

"internment"

I took a couple.

Check again!

Would it be fair to call Weinhagen a "crony" of the mayor?

I'm not sure that we want to go down this rabbit hole right now :) I think Hodges' story is complicated.

I'm guessing we can agree that there were voters who ranked Dehn but not Hodges, and that there were people who at least ranked both Hoch and Frey together.

Hoch and Frey, yes. Ray Dehn finished second, after running mostly to the left of the incumbent at the time.

For posterity, in case they change it to something more ominous-sounding.