And you know, what I took from that was that I needed to try and decide what I thought would be best for the state, for the party, in a time and in a year where there is so much at stake This is not a normal time. And there are so many people who I've met who are so afraid. And in Texas, we are bearing the brunt of so many of these of this president's policies,
Sherrill, a four-term Democratic congresswoman who was first elected when she flipped a conservative U.S. House district in the anti- Donald Trump wave of 2018, said she had campaigned all year to "say no" to the notion that Trump was leaving his opponents deflated and powerless. She went on to defeat her Republican rival, the former state legislator and three-time gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, by fourteen points-and watched Democrats win by similarly large margins in Virginia, California, and New York.
I don't see the point in writing this book and releasing it right now, Hardaway said. In an era where the constitution and this country are under assault by the horrific policies of this president, she's writing this book, which is essentially a bunch of finger pointing and blaming others. He continued: At the end of the day, if your name is on the door, whatever happens is your responsibility. That's always been my perspective.
I really want this Labour government to succeed, and sometimes that means having the difficult conversations, she said in her email to constituency Labour parties. I won't snipe from the sidelines. But when we get things wrong, I have the guts to say we need to change course. We need to listen to the country, and our movement. When we don't, we make mistakes that overshadow our achievements. That's how we succeed and that's where our strength lies.
I saw how challenging reshuffles can be for PM and party when I was chief whip under Rishi Sunak. They tend to make more enemies than friends, even when they are carefully planned and executed. Worse, the friends they make were probably your friends anyway, and the enemies you make are the ones who used to be your friends. In other words, there are only downsides.
