What is Bowser's political future

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Anonymous wrote:She'll be the new Secretary of housing and Urban development

How is the housing authority doing in her own city under her watch? Not a good track record there. Unless you were being racist here.

Why has virtually every HUD Secretary been black???

No. Henry Cisneros, Steve Preston, Shaun Donovan, Julian Castro, Mel Martinez, Andrew Cuomo.

Most have NOT been Black.

I see 3 Latinos, 2 ethnic Americans and only one WASP. The data seems to support the idea that this is a cabinet position reserved for minorities.

Ethnic Americans are minorities? That's news to me. Did someone tell Andrew Cuomo that he is a minority?

Not too long ago the Irish and Italians were discriminated against and a lot of Bommer generation and older ethnic hyphenated Americans have a chip on their shoulder about it.

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Yeah not too long ago Italians and Irish weren't even considered white

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It looks to me like whatever future Bowser does have it won’t be in Democratic circles or future political appointments. Her behavior has been way too self-serving and she has to be PNG in the Biden WH. First by supporting and being the surrogate for Bloomberg against Biden and other Democrats, including fellow Black woman Harris, in the primaries. And now taking shots directly at Biden over Federal WFH policies that are being used by Republicans for ammunition. I’m not sure what is in store for her next but it’s more likely she goes to work for Ft Myer Construction than having any future in Democratic politics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/25/end-remote-work-federal-workers/

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She should honestly consider trying to be a cabinet secretary

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Anonymous wrote:She should honestly consider trying to be a cabinet secretary

Do you think a Republican would appoint her?

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Anonymous wrote:She should honestly consider trying to be a cabinet secretary

Wasn’t she offered something at HUD?

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Anonymous wrote:She should honestly consider trying to be a cabinet secretary

Wasn’t she offered something at HUD?

Ewww can you imagine her in a Cabinet role? She'd screw up

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Anonymous wrote:She should honestly consider trying to be a cabinet secretary

Wasn’t she offered something at HUD?

There is zero chance Biden (or Harris) would offer her anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah not too long ago Italians and Irish weren't even considered white

Well, about 80-100 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah not too long ago Italians and Irish weren't even considered white

Well, about 80-100 years ago.

More recent than that. In the 1960s there were still restrictive covenants on home sales that excluded Italians, my friend's Italian father was not allowed to even set foot in the church that his Welsh Presbyterian mother was from. With the Irish it'd be 80 years, there was discrimination along with the whole "Shanty Irish / Lace Curtain Irish" thing up until at least the 1940s.

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Growing up in the 1970s I recall hearing TONS of ethnic slurs against Poles, Slovaks, Hungarians etc... Also not considered entirely white.

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Anonymous wrote:Will she run for Delegate, Shadow Senator, be a Cabinet Secy.???

Where does she go from here?

Anything else other than mayor would be great. But since she can't rise any higher in the ranks (congresswoman, senator) DC mayor is the best gig she can get. We're stuck with her for a while.

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up in the 1970s I recall hearing TONS of ethnic slurs against Poles, Slovaks, Hungarians etc... Also not considered entirely white.

It was extremely common for TV shows throughout the 70s and early 80s to feature derogatory characters that mocked white ethnic groups.

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Anonymous wrote:Will she run for Delegate, Shadow Senator, be a Cabinet Secy.???

Where does she go from here?

Anything else other than mayor would be great. But since she can't rise any higher in the ranks (congresswoman, senator) DC mayor is the best gig she can get. We're stuck with her for a while.

She'll serve out her term and then announce she's not running again. After laying low for a while she will join a K Street lobbying firm making seven figures, and her kid will suddenly leave her dcps school for a pricy private.

Every sitting DC Council member under the age of 70 will run to succeed her. Charles Allen will spent millions to finish 5th in the primary. Brianne Nadeau will finish behind Trayon.

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Her arguments against WFH would be more palatable if downtown didn’t reek of marijuana. No thanks.