re: Alabama Governor Race

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She is the sitting Gov, she isn't obligated to debate anyone.

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She also didn't earn the job so its not like she gets the full benefit of being an incumbent. Kind of like Luther. She doesn't have to do anything but I think it eventually creates a narrative that could hurt her. One debate appearance takes it away. Of course maybe she'd rather deal with that because she knows that the optics of her on a debate stage could be worse.

A case can also be made that she'll need to get engage in a debate eventually if only to gin up some enthusiasm in order to avoid a close race in the Fall. This won't be like the Special Election but the Democratic candidate will probably be able to put up a better fight this time than the last 3 races.

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she hasn't fricked anything up yet.

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That's a step up from a majority of our recent governors, but I'd say she fricked up the handling of the Special Election.