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The chart above reflects the results of the YouGov Poll -- done on March 30th of a nationwide sample of 18,663 adults (No moe given). 

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 Political Cartoon is by Ed Wexler at Cagle.com.

Gov. Andy Beshear Talks About Democrats Winning (And The Iran War)

Governor Andy Beshear is being talked about as a possible Democratic candidate for president in 2028. he might be a good candidate because he has shown he can appeal to a wide swath of voters - having been elected (and re-elected) as a Democrat in the very red state of Kentucky. 

Politico did an interview with Beshear. Here are some of his thoughts - first on Democrats winning and then on the Iran war.

I am because I think Democratic governors are going to win races that people aren’t expecting because we do what Republicans can’t: We govern well. In Kentucky, we’ve broken every record from job creation to private sector investment. We had the highest wages for new jobs in our history last year at almost $30.00 an hour. So while the American dream is slipping away in some places, not where I live. We’re fighting for it, as are all our Democratic governors.

Number one, I stand up for all my convictions. I fight discrimination in any form. But I spend 80 percent of my time on things that matter to 100 percent of the people of Kentucky and the American people. It’s that idea that when people wake up in the morning, they’re not thinking about the next political race. They’re thinking about their job and whether they can afford what their family needs. That not only helped me win early on, but it’s helped me govern. People know that they might disagree with me on one or two things, but if I spend 80 percent of my time on the things that matter most to them, I don’t move a state or a country to the right or the left, I just move it forward for everyone with no one being left out. 

The second thing I try to do is just talk like a normal human being. The Democratic Party at different times has talked atand not to people. It’s even talked down to people, which is wrong. Our words have to have meaning.

But the third thing is the most important, especially in this age of social media. Don’t just talk about the what. Don’t just talk about your policy points. Talk about your why. People want to know you. They want to know what drives you. And the why has to be authentic. For me, my why is my family and my faith. It’s the golden rule that says I love my neighbor as myself and the parable of the good Samaritan that says that everyone is my neighbor.

I think it gets really process-y when we talk about every Democrat needing to have the exact same opinion on every issue across. People try to put you in boxes: Are you the left wing of the party? Or are you the more moderate wing of the party? For me, I’m practical. As governor, you’ve got to be a problem-solver. And so I look at the housing crisis, and I can say things that Democrats say — that we’ve got to invest more money in our affordable housing trust fund. I can say things that Republicans have said in the past — that we have too many regulations that slow it down. Both are true. If your goal is to better people’s lives and get an outcome, that practical problem-solving approach is, I think, where Democrats need to be. Democrats can have different views on social issues.

Democrats stopped talking about their why. It can be your faith. It can be any faith. It can be your values. It can be how you were raised. It could be an experience that you had that changed your life. But people really want to know why are you willing to march into the toxicity of politics right now? They want to know what drives you.

The midterms are shaping up great for Democrats, which is good for elections. But the reason is that Trump is damaging the country in awful ways. And so every day I look at the poll numbers, and I think that’s great, but I look at the damage that’s occurring in each and every one of our communities, and we all wish it wasn’t happening. We wish that he wasn’t attacking the places that he did. We all wish that they would withdraw these ICE agents and actually train them like a real law enforcement agency.

Number one, the American military is exceptional. There is no other like it in the world. And while we can disagree with those that give the orders, we need to be supportive of those troops, and we need to be supportive of the families of the troops we’ve lost. When you’re a president and you come into a state like Donald Trump did, where at that time we had lost one individual, and you’re doing a press conference for any reason, just please say his name. That family deserves that respect. I think the other thing that we have to say is that the Iranian regime has murdered thousands of its own people. They had sponsored terrorism that had murdered thousands of people around the world. And I don’t feel sorry for the regime whatsoever. But if you are going to take a country to war, number one, you have to have a real justification, not one that changes three or four times in the first three or four days. 

The second thing you’ve got to do is have an imminent threat. What pushes you from diplomacy to use of force? This president seems to want to start with use of force to ultimately help diplomacy. 

The third thing you’ve got to do is actually plan for it. Plan for it in a way that Americans abroad can get home in time. Plan for it in a way where we’re not watching our allies sending planes and hearing our own leaders say, “Oh, we didn’t think about it.” Plan for it in a way that the strait would not be closed and gas prices would not be going up. Plan for it in a way that you know what victory looks like.

And on top of it, if you’re going to take America to war, have enough respect for the citizens of our country and the troops to talk about it to the American people. The American people don’t appear to be for this war at all, and a president should show them enough respect to talk to them about it. That and you’ve got to go to Congress. War is a big enough thing that at least two branches of government have to be communicating about it. So I have a lot of concerns.

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Political Cartoon is by Dave Whamond at Cagle.com.
 

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The chart above is from the Yahoo / YouGov Poll -- done between March 12th and 16th of a nationwide sample of 1,699 adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error. 

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