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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Raskin should step aside for a POC to be our Senator.

- signed, a class and rece conscious white women [/quote]

Meh.

All things being equal, I would agree, as in if there were two candidates who were equally good on policy and competence, then I would choose the woman or POC candidate.

But Jamie Raskin - if he wanted it - is unrivaled. He's awesome. He's kind, he's smart, he has excellent constituent services, his politics align with mine and with most of his constituents, and he's good at balancing the far left with the center. He shouldn't be counted out just because he's white (or Jewish).

In fact, most POC I know are rather irritated with the assumption that they should just check race boxes for representation and leave it at that. If a POC is the better candidate, they'll vote for them. They don't need to be reserved a seat because of their race. [/quote]
This is insane, condescending and pretty racist.

Raskin neither needs to step aside nor is he a saint. He could never win a competitive primary in the state of Maryland for a statewide race because his politics don’t match the state. He would probably lose to about half of the states Congressional delegation and he would also lose to a few County Execs. [/quote]
I think he’d do well but he was just made ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, I don’t think he’s going to try to jump to the Senate.[/quote]
He would do as well statewide as Tom Perez. Which is to say that he would do badly outside of Montgomery County. [/quote]

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