As was noted on The Five today, Swalwell’s brand had become the “lefty dumb guy.” He played that role to the hilt. Fair or not, a lot of people didn’t think he knew—or cared—about the difference between truth and spin.
He also wasn’t much of a team player and had largely drifted away from his California base. That matters in a moment like this.
As both essays suggested, party leadership had a problem: a crowded gubernatorial field with no natural shakeout. At some point, the logjam had to break. He became the release valve.
It now appears that damaging material had been known in some circles for years. The timing suggests it was gathered, aligned, and then deployed when it mattered most.
The collateral damage is his House seat—but in a district that blue, that’s temporary. It will be filled by someone similar soon enough.
There’s an old poker line: if you don’t know who the mark is, it’s probably you.
Or when the Democrats plugged Kamala Harris into the presidential election without any type of party approval other than those with power at the top? The corruption is satanic.
Manipulation highly likely. But then with this reprobate, not even the corrupt Democrats could stand to be associated lest their images be further tainted. At least the termination was swift.
A few thoughts.
As was noted on The Five today, Swalwell’s brand had become the “lefty dumb guy.” He played that role to the hilt. Fair or not, a lot of people didn’t think he knew—or cared—about the difference between truth and spin.
He also wasn’t much of a team player and had largely drifted away from his California base. That matters in a moment like this.
As both essays suggested, party leadership had a problem: a crowded gubernatorial field with no natural shakeout. At some point, the logjam had to break. He became the release valve.
It now appears that damaging material had been known in some circles for years. The timing suggests it was gathered, aligned, and then deployed when it mattered most.
The collateral damage is his House seat—but in a district that blue, that’s temporary. It will be filled by someone similar soon enough.
There’s an old poker line: if you don’t know who the mark is, it’s probably you.
In this case, that question answers itself.
Good points… and I wonder, myself. But why would he resign his Congressional seat if there wasn’t something ugly under the rug?
Power to the people- not the overlords.
Which is worse, this scenario
Or when the Democrats plugged Kamala Harris into the presidential election without any type of party approval other than those with power at the top? The corruption is satanic.
Manipulation highly likely. But then with this reprobate, not even the corrupt Democrats could stand to be associated lest their images be further tainted. At least the termination was swift.