Matthew Dowd
@matthewjdowd.bsky.social
Father, friend, believe love conquers hate, and truth wins over prevarication.
Nearly every one of El-Sayed's issue positions is supported by a majority. In fact, his stands are the center of American politics today. Saying he is far left/left wing is just so old. The center of American politics has moved over the last 30 years, and El-Sayed's position are center now.
He is authentic and it shows when he speaks and in his commitment to his community. He AND his wife have given enormous amount of their time to help others.
and a pet peave of mine: it is amazing how many folks say we should listen to the experts/scientists on topics ranging from healthcare to climate change, but then don't listen to the experts on political strategy.
Listening to him and Adam Hamilton today gives me hope. Love thy neighbor is a platform that can win in America. 🇺🇸
And the fact El-Sayed was outspent nearly ten to one by SuperPacs shows how good of a candidate he is and how quality of a communicator he is. Candidates of strength/passion/clarity is what is making a difference.
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 5h agoMichigan Senate Dem primary yesterday again demonstrated the most important factors in competitive races are quality of candidate/communication ability and being strong and clear as the person of change (not establishment/status quo). Michigan primary results were not fundamentally about ideology.
Michigan Senate Dem primary yesterday again demonstrated the most important factors in competitive races are quality of candidate/communication ability and being strong and clear as the person of change (not establishment/status quo). Michigan primary results were not fundamentally about ideology.
On the latest Strategy Session @matthewjdowd.bsky.social predicted that @jamestalarico.bsky.social would win in Texas giving Democrats an opening to reshape elections https://bit.ly/4c0ESV6 Subscribe to watch this episode with @sjdemas.bsky.social & @joetrippi.bsky.social — only on Lincoln Square!
good morning again her wisdom is stunning and inspiring thank you for sharing her pearls this morning "The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one." - Toni Morrison
Northern MI is a gem!! What a beautiful pic. This is my slice of heaven~Huron river. It provides incredible peace in these discouraging & uncertain times. 💙
"No more apologies for a bleeding heart when the opposite is no heart at all."
Good morning my friend Matthew. Wonderful quotes today by a wonderful writer! Thanks! A good day to you. Jim from Maine 👋😊
Enjoy! I’ve spent many vacations on Mackinac Island, in the UP, and at the Soo. Trees, lakes, waterfalls. Beautiful, beautiful. P.S. On the island, eat at The Gatehouse restaurant. You’re welcome.
Yay to the MI SC for putting a stop to the tunnel under that beautiful bridge and waterway!
good early morning sisters and brothers from up by the most amazing bridge. love this time of year in Northern Michigan. (pic wasn't taken this am). will post pics from today later.
RIP writer Toni Morrison, died this day 2019. "Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all." “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” “Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
Happy Birthday P B Shelley 🎂 ♥️ this one 👇🏼
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2d agohappy bday English writer Percy Bysshe Shelley, b.1792. “The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?” “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” “A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and...
Good morning my friend Matthew! I used to love reading him years ago. I’ll have to go back and read again. Have a wonderful day Matthew! Your friend Jim👋😊
happy bday Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, b.1859. “It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing.” "I see stars before my eyes, and my thoughts are swept up into a hurricane of light.” “I have gone to the forest”.
happy bday English writer Percy Bysshe Shelley, b.1792. “The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?” “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” “A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and...
happy bday poet Hayden Carruth, b.1921, Waterbury, CT. “For your love given ask no return, none. To love you must love to love.” “Beauty was worth Its every sorrow, mind's fading or World's ending, As darkness covered the garden that is the earth.”
happy bday Chilean writer Isabel Allende, b. 1942. “The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.” “We only have what we give.” “Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”
happy bday a fav. James Baldwin, b.1924. "Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." "Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
We just got back from a trip to Mackinac Island and Traverse City. Northern Michigan in the summer is absolute perfection.
