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Yeah that doesn’t mean they’re gonna send a Republican to the Senate at all, though, or that it’s a risk if you run anyone other than Menendez or a robot.
Northeastern Republicans are capable of winning governorships as moderates, largely because they’ll have to work with a Democratic-controlled legislature to get anything done. The dynamic isn’t the same for a legislator vs an executive.
Source: have watched Massachusetts elect several Republican governors in my lifetime.
I suppose I’m not understanding the argument that a relatively slow appeals process violates someone’s right to a speedy trial. By definition, if you’re appealing, you’ve already had a trial and lost.
I do think we are incarcerating too many people, but serving time while waiting on an appeal doesn’t inherently violate someone’s right to a speedy trial.