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gulliver

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11. Solid A-

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 02:20 AM

Feb 25

I thought she did a great job. The audience and applause stuff didn't work. It was awkward.

Laser focus on affordability: A
ICE stuff: C
Health care: A
Quoted George Washington: A
God Bless America:A

As good as Slotkin last year. Spanberger positions herself as a centrist like Sherrill.

I thought it was very smart not to talk about ICE by name but, instead, to talk about "masked agents." That way the people who have to hear ICE talked about, heard her talk about it, and the people who just want affordability heard that. However, it was a mistake to talk about school walkouts. Those are dumb at best, imo. I like that she's stressed her own and her father's law enforcement experience.

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Gov. Spanberger is speaking now [View all] spooky3 Feb 25 OP

good. not the usual dreary looking response nt msongs Feb 25 #1

And there is an audience that's good, voters in the room Walleye Feb 25 #2

applause sounds odd when it ends, like cut off msongs Feb 25 #5

"He's enriching himself" spooky3 Feb 25 #3

And putting banners of his face everywhere. Maru Kitteh Feb 25 #4

That's probably the best SOTU response I've heard tishaLA Feb 25 #6

Nope, we heard a bunch of hate, lies and bullshit. Initech Feb 25 #7

She did a great job. dalton99a Feb 25 #8

That was a great speech LetMyPeopleVote Feb 25 #9

She was great, sestina Feb 25 #10

Solid A- gulliver Feb 25 #11