clearly and pulled no pinches.

Assuming he wins his re-elect this year (and Keisha Lance Bottoms wins the gubernatorial race so she can name his Senate replacement) he'll be a strong contender for 2028.

in my opinion.

Guy’s smart, eloquent and telegenic, too. Heard him speak a couple months back and was surprised to hear his rhetoric reflect so much of what we need to hear and do, including cleaning up the corruption of the Epstein Class.

As an old guy, I’ve become a bit skeptical when it comes to finding a Robert Redford TV-perfect “The Candidate.” Hope he is as good a Democratic leader as he looks and sounds.

But I have known him for years, and IS as good as he looks and sounds.

The good old days........



Jon is very special. I'm sure that a careful search will find some aspects of him that some people here will whine about.

I'll put it politely--if so, we'll have to agree to disagree.

…Journalism Majors.

While we never crossed paths in our careers, apart from an address she gave, I miss her more every day.

A great human being and a great journalist, she was filled with kindness — and the curiosity and drive needed to find and share the truth.

I can only WISH I had recorded some of our dinners at Mama Ayesha's Lebanese Restaurant in D.C. near her apartment. It would have been worth it for her JFK stories alone.

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I have thought for years that there is no one with a higher IQ in the Senate. He and Rev. Warnock squeezed into office through that magic time window after Joe Biden's victory in 2020 and before the inauguration (one ONE DAY before the Jan. 6 riots to take attention away). They threaded a needle in time, and never looked back.

Jon is pleasant, smart, focused, and has the energy of someone who knows who he is, where he is, where he wants to go, and has no illusions about what he'll need to get there. In a one-on-one, he'll listen, and ask the right questions. He doesn't tell you what he's going to teach you, he'll find out what he can learn from you.

If he harbors any presidential ambitions, he certainly hasn't said anything about it to me, and we do keep in touch,. However, IF (and this is a big if) he wins re-election by a surprisingly big margin, the deck could well be re-shuffled. For him, I would even consider retirement to work on his campaign, I like him that much. Whenever I like someone that much it's usually the polical kiss of death, so let's hope karma isn't listening. I haven't forgotten that 66 years ago, a Catholic from Massachusetts was supposed to have no chance in a presidential race. Now, 66 years later, I suppose the pundits would say the same thing about a Jew from Georgia.

But you heard him. You haven't heard the last of him. I still haven't heard a peep from him about presidential ambitions. He just wants to get re-elected, and that won't happen without a lot of work. The good news is that the work he puts into re-election now will serve him well later, no matter what he decides. After all, a year ago, I would have said the same thing about Mark Kelly, and now speculation about him is everywhere.

Not a doubt in my mind.

I burst into tears and cried the entire rest of the speech. I feel so much hope.

Thanks so much for sharing this, Renew Deal.

❤️

For 2028 !!

And well delivered.

I've seen a few stirrings about him online, but this is the first time I've watched one of his speeches end to end. Very impressive.

Georgia has the coolest Senators.