Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:how is this person still only 57? feels like he’s been around forever.
True! I know someone who dated him in late 80s (didn't turn out well_/
He’s a NUTCASE, truly. Speaking from personal experience.
Anonymous wrote:Whatever your thoughts on him, he is clearly a rising star — see today’s news, for example: https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/12/17/jerry-nadler-miss-impeachment-vote-family-emergency-086424
. He had to learn to cover his bald spot.Anonymous wrote:Jamie Raskin has certainly elevated his profile during his time in Congress. He's beloved at home and somehow maintains excellent constituent services while kicking ass on the oversight & judiciary committees and among the top figures in the impeachment process. He is universally respected as a brilliant constitutional scholar and brings no BS. His takedowns of the Trump administration in these hearings have gone viral.
Also interesting is that he is one of the few that brings the progressive and the centrist or establishment wings of the Democratic Party together. He is friends with both Pelosi and AOC. Everybody loves him.
Most notably.... he [b]learned to comb his hair.[/b]
Where do you think Jamie is headed? Could he be in the running for a leadership position...or more?
All of the other Maryland congressmen seem like backbenchers compared to him. Including Steny Hoyer, who at 80, should retire since he brings nothing to the table. I'm rooting for Jamie to do something big.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If he and his wife are so brilliant, why is he a first term congressman at 57, and she's toiling anonymously in whatever it is she does?
Oops! You’re ignorance is showing! Thank goodness this is anonymous, right, PP?

Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:how is this person still only 57? feels like he’s been around forever.
True! I know someone who dated him in late 80s (didn't turn out well_/
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If he and his wife are so brilliant, why is he a first term congressman at 57, and she's toiling anonymously in whatever it is she does?
Oops! You’re ignorance is showing! Thank goodness this is anonymous, right, PP?
Anonymous wrote:If he and his wife are so brilliant, why is he a first term congressman at 57, and she's toiling anonymously in whatever it is she does?
Anonymous wrote:Jamie Raskin has certainly elevated his profile during his time in Congress. He's beloved at home and somehow maintains excellent constituent services while kicking ass on the oversight & judiciary committees and among the top figures in the impeachment process. He is universally respected as a brilliant constitutional scholar and brings no BS. His takedowns of the Trump administration in these hearings have gone viral.
Also interesting is that he is one of the few that brings the progressive and the centrist or establishment wings of the Democratic Party together. He is friends with both Pelosi and AOC. Everybody loves him.
Most notably.... he learned to comb his hair.
Where do you think Jamie is headed? Could he be in the running for a leadership position...or more?
All of the other Maryland congressmen seem like backbenchers compared to him. Including Steny Hoyer, who at 80, should retire since he brings nothing to the table. I'm rooting for Jamie to do something big.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If he and his wife are so brilliant, why is he a first term congressman at 57, and she's toiling anonymously in whatever it is she does?
2nd term Congressman. His wife was the Dep Sec of Treasury under Obama and a member of the Fed Reserve and is often named as a potential Sec Treasury under a Democratic administration.
Anonymous wrote:If he and his wife are so brilliant, why is he a first term congressman at 57, and she's toiling anonymously in whatever it is she does?
Anonymous wrote:He’s brilliant - GDS, Presidential Scholar, Harvard College, Harvard Law, noted Constitutional law professor. He would be ia great addition to any ticket, or at least a front runner for Attorney General.