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Direct Headline: Dems fear Kari Lake could be Arizona's governor—and a major MAGA star
Jonathan Swan Alexi McCammond Oct 15, 2022
....Democratic Party strategists are watching Arizona's Kari Lake with growing alarm....Why it matters: As some see it, Lake....could easily win the state's gubernatorial race and threaten its 2024 election processes. And with the talent she's already displayed even as a political novice, they see her potential to soar to a vice presidential spot or a post-Trump presidential candidacy.
.....What they're saying: David Plouffe, the architect of Barack Obama's 2008 victory, told Axios that Lake looks like a "plausible presidential candidate.".... David Axelrod, another key former Obama adviser, offered this assessment of Lake's 20+ years in Arizona local TV before her entrance last year into politics: "If you get a candidate who has the performance skills of a major-market local TV anchor and the philosophy and thinking of Steve Bannon, that's a potent and dangerous combination. ...."
....Lake is skilled at creating viral moments by dressing down reporters and eviscerating the mainstream media.....The 53-year-old former news anchor left journalism altogether in 2021, saying she didn't like how much media has changed since she started.....Behind the scenes: Lake has other advantages that are less visible. Unlike Mastriano, she has been embraced by top figures in the Republican establishment. She is benefiting from their money and connections. Doug Ducey, Arizona's outgoing GOP governor and chair of the Republican Governors Association, opposed Lake in her primary. But now, he's backing her with great energy. Lake has also charmed Arizona GOP donors, including members of the state's political establishment, according to sources who have witnessed the interactions. In private meetings and on calls with donors, RGA officials have made clear they are prepared to spend aggressively to get Lake across the finish line. "Voters have a clear choice and we're confident they'll make Kari Lake their next governor...."
Between the lines: If Lake wins the governorship, Democrats anticipate that her future endorsements will be sought after, that she will be giving fiery speeches around the country, and that she will have a standing invitation on Fox News. Her absence of governing experience and decades of daily TV experience make her a perfect match for aspects of this political moment....."That's what's changed a lot in our politics. There's a performance aspect to it in both parties... you don't have to sit around for 20 years building your case....If you've got something compelling to say and you can organize a campaign online, you're a plausible presidential candidate....."
The bottom line: Former senior Hillary Clinton adviser Karen Finney said Lake represents "a more polished version" of MAGA.....I'm sure a big part of why Trump likes her is that TV experience...."
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/15/kari-lake-arizona-trump-midterm-elections-maga
VIDEO: Full interview with gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake Oct 17, 2022 ABC15 Arizona
ABC15’s Mark Phillips interviews Kari Lake about what she considers the most important issues are during this election season. Lake is facing Katie Hobbs in the governor race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOl02Z6VSjM
VIDEO: Krystal Ball: CNN GOBSMACKED By Dem Hypocrisy on Stop the Steal Jul 26, 2022 Breaking Points
Krystal takes a deeper look at the Democrats hypocritical funding of stop the steal GOP primary candidates that even drew criticism from CNN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67OG7Ajg_jE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTKfGs7jc5M
TWEET/VIDEO: Kari Lake XX@XX KariLake
Governor Candidate, AZ
Let's talk about "Election Deniers." I brought receipts.
9:09 AM · Oct 18, 2022
https://twitter.com/karilake/status/1582403573811318784
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“Unfortunately, I’m running against a coward who’s afraid to stand on the debate stage and talk about what she wants to do for Arizona....And unfortunately, PBS and ASU have done a backroom deal with that coward to give her airtime that she does not deserve....I need to remind people that it is we, the taxpayers, who own PBS and who own ASU. This is not the DNC that owns this, and what’s going on here is absolutely wrong....” - Arizona Republican Kari Lake on Democratic candidate for Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs outright refusing to debate Lake.
“Let’s talk about election deniers, here’s 150 examples of Democrats denying election results....Oh wow, look at this, this is from Joe Biden’s press secretary: ‘reminder, Brian Kemp stole the gubernatorial election from Georgians and Stacey Abrams,’ a Democrat saying that, an election denier!....Oh look at this, ‘just heard Republican Ryan Costello said it would be difficult for Stacey Abrams to win because she lost her state bid, but she’s still claiming she never lost'.....Hillary Clinton: ‘Trump is an illegitimate President’...So it’s okay for Democrats to question elections but it’s not okay for Republicans? It’s crock of BS, everyone knows it, we have our freedom of speech and we’re not gonna relinquish it to a bunch of fake news propagandists....” - Kari Lake, on the campaign trail for Arizona Governor, answering questions about accusations that she's an "election denier", 10/18/22
Breaking Points Krystal Ball correctly assessed that Team Blue infusing millions in campaign contributions and running ads in SUPPORT of certain GOP primary candidates, including Lake, in the hopes of elevating Republicans who would be easier to beat in later elections could backfire.
And it has, at minimum, when one looks at Arizona's Governor race and former media star, Kari Lake. Even Obama's majordomo, David Axelrod, points out that Lake has put herself in a position to be a potential quick strike VPOTUS candidate and represents a dangerous challenger to the Democratic Party and it's platform and messaging. Lake understands the ins and outs of the media optics world, and she still has allies, albeit some more quiet about it, in that industry, and is wildly effective at getting her message, counter narratives and platform out into the national daily media cycle.
Where this gets interesting is Lake is showing a test case for a new modern kind of future political candidate. One less invested in the more traditional political route ( think of Nikki Haley) and leaning more on experienced media savvy and long standing "name brand" recognition. Here is where Donald Trump is "not right" but where he has a point that is being ignored by the left leaning activist complicit MSM. While I'm not a fan of Herschel Walker and Dr Oz as candidates, their long standing exposure to the American public does create many practical advantages in a campaign. But it's push/pull, because their public scandals and failure are also impossible to hide.
The ABC15 Arizona interview has Lake keeping it simple. Talking about women's rights, affordable housing, cost of living, border security and drug addiction issues in her state. She has the advantage of simply opposing everything that Biden has done in the last two years, which is political Kryptonite for Katie Hobb's chances.
Kari Lake is completely dangerous. She's in her early 50s so her window to rise politically beyond Governor is extremely narrow. That means she's in a high risk/high reward type of situation. She's got nothing to lose by going for broke here. Now whether Lake is dangerous against the context of the entire Republic remains to be seen. If Lake gets a VPOTUS nod, let's not kid ourselves, she will absolutely destroy anyone in her path in any kind of practical media optics engagement on a national stage. It's why the hard line partisan MSM is so committed to trying to denounce her right now, because Lake's EScores test off the charts with suburban women across the entire spectrum. She understand the best thing to do in her position is to outright attack non stop and at every opportunity once she recognizes she's in hostile media territory.
Team Blue thought it was a good idea to "get cute" and spend big dollars to drive up "Stop The Steal" GOP primary candidates and Trump endorsed primary candidates because they'd be easier to beat later or easier to smear in the MSM. Instead establishment Democrats helped to build a future media monster that they don't have the ability to stop nor control.
Kari Lake wants to be President. If you ask John Carpenter, he'd likely point out she's here to kick *** and chew bubblegum. And Lake is clearly fresh out of bubblegum.
I'll leave this here for others to discuss.
Jonathan Swan Alexi McCammond Oct 15, 2022
....Democratic Party strategists are watching Arizona's Kari Lake with growing alarm....Why it matters: As some see it, Lake....could easily win the state's gubernatorial race and threaten its 2024 election processes. And with the talent she's already displayed even as a political novice, they see her potential to soar to a vice presidential spot or a post-Trump presidential candidacy.
.....What they're saying: David Plouffe, the architect of Barack Obama's 2008 victory, told Axios that Lake looks like a "plausible presidential candidate.".... David Axelrod, another key former Obama adviser, offered this assessment of Lake's 20+ years in Arizona local TV before her entrance last year into politics: "If you get a candidate who has the performance skills of a major-market local TV anchor and the philosophy and thinking of Steve Bannon, that's a potent and dangerous combination. ...."
....Lake is skilled at creating viral moments by dressing down reporters and eviscerating the mainstream media.....The 53-year-old former news anchor left journalism altogether in 2021, saying she didn't like how much media has changed since she started.....Behind the scenes: Lake has other advantages that are less visible. Unlike Mastriano, she has been embraced by top figures in the Republican establishment. She is benefiting from their money and connections. Doug Ducey, Arizona's outgoing GOP governor and chair of the Republican Governors Association, opposed Lake in her primary. But now, he's backing her with great energy. Lake has also charmed Arizona GOP donors, including members of the state's political establishment, according to sources who have witnessed the interactions. In private meetings and on calls with donors, RGA officials have made clear they are prepared to spend aggressively to get Lake across the finish line. "Voters have a clear choice and we're confident they'll make Kari Lake their next governor...."
Between the lines: If Lake wins the governorship, Democrats anticipate that her future endorsements will be sought after, that she will be giving fiery speeches around the country, and that she will have a standing invitation on Fox News. Her absence of governing experience and decades of daily TV experience make her a perfect match for aspects of this political moment....."That's what's changed a lot in our politics. There's a performance aspect to it in both parties... you don't have to sit around for 20 years building your case....If you've got something compelling to say and you can organize a campaign online, you're a plausible presidential candidate....."
The bottom line: Former senior Hillary Clinton adviser Karen Finney said Lake represents "a more polished version" of MAGA.....I'm sure a big part of why Trump likes her is that TV experience...."
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/15/kari-lake-arizona-trump-midterm-elections-maga
VIDEO: Full interview with gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake Oct 17, 2022 ABC15 Arizona
ABC15’s Mark Phillips interviews Kari Lake about what she considers the most important issues are during this election season. Lake is facing Katie Hobbs in the governor race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOl02Z6VSjM
VIDEO: Krystal Ball: CNN GOBSMACKED By Dem Hypocrisy on Stop the Steal Jul 26, 2022 Breaking Points
Krystal takes a deeper look at the Democrats hypocritical funding of stop the steal GOP primary candidates that even drew criticism from CNN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67OG7Ajg_jE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTKfGs7jc5M
TWEET/VIDEO: Kari Lake XX@XX KariLake
Governor Candidate, AZ
Let's talk about "Election Deniers." I brought receipts.
9:09 AM · Oct 18, 2022
https://twitter.com/karilake/status/1582403573811318784
***********
“Unfortunately, I’m running against a coward who’s afraid to stand on the debate stage and talk about what she wants to do for Arizona....And unfortunately, PBS and ASU have done a backroom deal with that coward to give her airtime that she does not deserve....I need to remind people that it is we, the taxpayers, who own PBS and who own ASU. This is not the DNC that owns this, and what’s going on here is absolutely wrong....” - Arizona Republican Kari Lake on Democratic candidate for Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs outright refusing to debate Lake.
“Let’s talk about election deniers, here’s 150 examples of Democrats denying election results....Oh wow, look at this, this is from Joe Biden’s press secretary: ‘reminder, Brian Kemp stole the gubernatorial election from Georgians and Stacey Abrams,’ a Democrat saying that, an election denier!....Oh look at this, ‘just heard Republican Ryan Costello said it would be difficult for Stacey Abrams to win because she lost her state bid, but she’s still claiming she never lost'.....Hillary Clinton: ‘Trump is an illegitimate President’...So it’s okay for Democrats to question elections but it’s not okay for Republicans? It’s crock of BS, everyone knows it, we have our freedom of speech and we’re not gonna relinquish it to a bunch of fake news propagandists....” - Kari Lake, on the campaign trail for Arizona Governor, answering questions about accusations that she's an "election denier", 10/18/22
Breaking Points Krystal Ball correctly assessed that Team Blue infusing millions in campaign contributions and running ads in SUPPORT of certain GOP primary candidates, including Lake, in the hopes of elevating Republicans who would be easier to beat in later elections could backfire.
And it has, at minimum, when one looks at Arizona's Governor race and former media star, Kari Lake. Even Obama's majordomo, David Axelrod, points out that Lake has put herself in a position to be a potential quick strike VPOTUS candidate and represents a dangerous challenger to the Democratic Party and it's platform and messaging. Lake understands the ins and outs of the media optics world, and she still has allies, albeit some more quiet about it, in that industry, and is wildly effective at getting her message, counter narratives and platform out into the national daily media cycle.
Where this gets interesting is Lake is showing a test case for a new modern kind of future political candidate. One less invested in the more traditional political route ( think of Nikki Haley) and leaning more on experienced media savvy and long standing "name brand" recognition. Here is where Donald Trump is "not right" but where he has a point that is being ignored by the left leaning activist complicit MSM. While I'm not a fan of Herschel Walker and Dr Oz as candidates, their long standing exposure to the American public does create many practical advantages in a campaign. But it's push/pull, because their public scandals and failure are also impossible to hide.
The ABC15 Arizona interview has Lake keeping it simple. Talking about women's rights, affordable housing, cost of living, border security and drug addiction issues in her state. She has the advantage of simply opposing everything that Biden has done in the last two years, which is political Kryptonite for Katie Hobb's chances.
Kari Lake is completely dangerous. She's in her early 50s so her window to rise politically beyond Governor is extremely narrow. That means she's in a high risk/high reward type of situation. She's got nothing to lose by going for broke here. Now whether Lake is dangerous against the context of the entire Republic remains to be seen. If Lake gets a VPOTUS nod, let's not kid ourselves, she will absolutely destroy anyone in her path in any kind of practical media optics engagement on a national stage. It's why the hard line partisan MSM is so committed to trying to denounce her right now, because Lake's EScores test off the charts with suburban women across the entire spectrum. She understand the best thing to do in her position is to outright attack non stop and at every opportunity once she recognizes she's in hostile media territory.
Team Blue thought it was a good idea to "get cute" and spend big dollars to drive up "Stop The Steal" GOP primary candidates and Trump endorsed primary candidates because they'd be easier to beat later or easier to smear in the MSM. Instead establishment Democrats helped to build a future media monster that they don't have the ability to stop nor control.
Kari Lake wants to be President. If you ask John Carpenter, he'd likely point out she's here to kick *** and chew bubblegum. And Lake is clearly fresh out of bubblegum.
I'll leave this here for others to discuss.
