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I don't think it makes any sense for Bowser to stick around. If she leaves next year, she gets to enjoy the credit for delivering the stadium deal.

Things likely start to get messy once the construction starts. Even if the project stays on time and on budget, there will be a lot of controversy around transit / parking and the inevitable failure of the Commanders to live up to perceived promises on housing.

If the construction goes over budget or the city's revenues start tanking, those who inked this deal are going to shoulder their share of blame. And that will probably happen anyway once DC taxpayers slowly wake to what that they've been sold.

In addition to those considerations, Bowser is also likely very burned out from the past 9 months and has some fairly attractive options waiting for her in the private sector. [/quote]

She's not going to have a choice. She won't be mayor in 2027. Dump is demanding to get his name on the stadium. Muriel has two options: She can do what she does best, capitulate to Dump and work with him to get his name on the stadium. She will thus tank her chances of being re-elected in 2026.

Or she can fight Dump putting his name on the stadium, piss him off and have him interfere with the stadium opening on time. Which would ruin her career-defining achievement.

Either way sounds good to me! F U Muriel.[/quote]

I think people underestimate how many people like Bowser. A lot of people, even those who don’t like her, would take her any day over a Councilmember. The Council is seen as the cause of the crime and housing issues by most insiders more than the mayor. Whether people like to admit this or not, the mayor has sacrificed some comfort to keep Home Rule. Very few if any of the current Councilmembers could navigate Trump as skillfully as she has. For those comparing her to Pritzker or a state Governor or other city mayor in a state, the key word is state. Those are states, DC is not and is subject to very different realities. [/quote]

She’s far more popular than most people realize. Her biggest critics are the very online, very mediocre, very privileged white people who have lived in DC for like three years, never get out of their bubble and have never once set foot EOTR or east of Union Market. These people vastly overestimate their voting influence in DC. [/quote]

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