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1. Congratulations to @MicahLasher, who instantly becomes one of the thirty best members of Congress. Lasher is not a villain-- he is an extremely smart, extremely hardworking New Yorker who, on paper, has most of the same positions as Alex. He's "young" for Congress, and I think he "gets it." I think he'll be a good member.
2. My beef with Micah is what he chose to do with his immense talents up until now, e.g. being the hatchet-man for Bloomberg and Hochul on a few policies that were problematic. But it is what you would do if you eventually wanted to be the Congressman for #NY12. So, for all of us, I hope that we can take Micah at his word that he will be more progressive than his former bosses. I think that we can.
3. @AlexBores ran an incredible campaign. I've sung his praises for months, so you already know. Even in defeat, this campaign surfaced critically important issues regarding Artificial Intelligence and proved that you do not need to cower before them. We can, and must, regulate AI and I hope that Lasher will be brave and pick up the baton and do what is necessary to protect our children, the future, and the world.
4. We can't forget the headwinds against Alex. Micah had the entire establishment, including the Governor and Nadler, and the vote-rich West Side and its entire machine. Alex was immediately targeted by the largest PAC this cycle. He also had to jockey for votes with Conway (conservative East Side votes), Schlossberg (young "change candidate" votes) and Schwalbe (progressive votes). That Alex lost by 4% is a testament to him, his team, and the issues he ran on.
5. I disagree with the narrative that Leading the Future going after Alex Bores helped him. I talked to hundreds of voters on the street, and some of them understood the nature of the spending. However most people could not distinguish between the money spent for/against, were disgusted at the money generally, and didn't realize that Alex couldn't stop the PACs from spending. I think that Alex would have emerged at the only viable alternative to Micah without LTF, and I think he would have won.
6. I'm proud that Alex ran such a clean campaign. He hardly said a word about Bloomberg, or any of the other completely valid and in-bounds things about his main opponent. Alex also never punched back at Schlossberg, who was negative on him 80% of the time.
7. Jack Schlossberg disgraced himself. There is absolutely nothing nice to say about his negative, bumbling, rudderless, nepo-baby vanity campaign. George Conway came away looking pretty good; he delivered on his promise to run against Trump. He played nice with the other candidates and stayed focused on our common enemy. As for Nina Schwalbe, let's just say I hope she remains involved in making the world a better place.
8. Finally, I didn't realize the reach that this account would have during the race. I cannot count how many people mentioned it to me, from multiple camps. If you met me on the street, I hope that you enjoyed our interactions. I have a lot of respect for every single exhausted volunteer who is out there on tired feet talking to voters because they want to make the world a better place. Shout out to the hundreds (or thousands?) of people who did that.
The fight continues. Not me, us. Pa'lante.
2. My beef with Micah is what he chose to do with his immense talents up until now, e.g. being the hatchet-man for Bloomberg and Hochul on a few policies that were problematic. But it is what you would do if you eventually wanted to be the Congressman for #NY12. So, for all of us, I hope that we can take Micah at his word that he will be more progressive than his former bosses. I think that we can.
3. @AlexBores ran an incredible campaign. I've sung his praises for months, so you already know. Even in defeat, this campaign surfaced critically important issues regarding Artificial Intelligence and proved that you do not need to cower before them. We can, and must, regulate AI and I hope that Lasher will be brave and pick up the baton and do what is necessary to protect our children, the future, and the world.
4. We can't forget the headwinds against Alex. Micah had the entire establishment, including the Governor and Nadler, and the vote-rich West Side and its entire machine. Alex was immediately targeted by the largest PAC this cycle. He also had to jockey for votes with Conway (conservative East Side votes), Schlossberg (young "change candidate" votes) and Schwalbe (progressive votes). That Alex lost by 4% is a testament to him, his team, and the issues he ran on.
5. I disagree with the narrative that Leading the Future going after Alex Bores helped him. I talked to hundreds of voters on the street, and some of them understood the nature of the spending. However most people could not distinguish between the money spent for/against, were disgusted at the money generally, and didn't realize that Alex couldn't stop the PACs from spending. I think that Alex would have emerged at the only viable alternative to Micah without LTF, and I think he would have won.
6. I'm proud that Alex ran such a clean campaign. He hardly said a word about Bloomberg, or any of the other completely valid and in-bounds things about his main opponent. Alex also never punched back at Schlossberg, who was negative on him 80% of the time.
7. Jack Schlossberg disgraced himself. There is absolutely nothing nice to say about his negative, bumbling, rudderless, nepo-baby vanity campaign. George Conway came away looking pretty good; he delivered on his promise to run against Trump. He played nice with the other candidates and stayed focused on our common enemy. As for Nina Schwalbe, let's just say I hope she remains involved in making the world a better place.
8. Finally, I didn't realize the reach that this account would have during the race. I cannot count how many people mentioned it to me, from multiple camps. If you met me on the street, I hope that you enjoyed our interactions. I have a lot of respect for every single exhausted volunteer who is out there on tired feet talking to voters because they want to make the world a better place. Shout out to the hundreds (or thousands?) of people who did that.
The fight continues. Not me, us. Pa'lante.
