Puertollano wrote:Vaquas wrote:Newark, New Jersey
"Well Joh, I think we can work out a compromise," she responded, thinking as she spoke. "I'd be more than willing to grant you the mobility and independence you desire as a Lieutenant, I think you're certainly deserving of that, and it benefits both of us. However, when it comes to Party Affiliation, I have an obligation to the thousands of Progressives who went out to vote today to be their candidate, I can't morally stomach abandoning them like that for my own gain. That said, I would have no problem with placing you on the ticket as an Independent, you can focus on policy and continue hitting at the admittedly shitty buisness practices of Walmart while still running alongside me. I'm nobody's stooge Joh, not Walton's or anyone elses, and I want you to take that to heart. If anything, we need more people like me who are willing to buck Walton in the party, otherwise, it'll die when she does."
"As for the attacks, they were mostly political. I'll freely admit that your union history concerns me because of the bias against women often endemic in such circles, but that's something that we'll work on changing once we've taken office." she said confidently. "Don't take the past too personally."
“This whole idea doesn’t work well for me. I’ll tell you why. Why should I run for Lieutenant Governor, under you? I’ve had folks tell me that if I run as an independent myself I’ve got a shot. So, if I’m going to run as an independent and abandon the Democratic, why should I do it for such a low position?
And, you’ve got to understand, I do have things to lose. I have plans for my political future and most of them require the support from the Democratic Party. I’m losing a lot if I betray the Party, just like you said earlier about you leaving the Progressive Party.”
“If you run independently at the top of the ticket, you take in votes from me, and from Schlang. That’s sane people voting in three different directions while Hotchkiss holds onto the base of her party and runs away with this thing. A solo bid kills your political future and gets you labeled a spoiler, and neither of us want that. I understand you want a future, and I’m trying to help give one to you. Who do you think is the obvious choice for governor after I’m done, Joh? That’d be you. Staying in a party that’s staple is corruption and failing to garner a single electoral vote won’t help you. Riding side by side with the first Trans Woman -“ Soberman got a lump in her throat and spoke with supressed but detectable emotion in her voice. “The first Trans Woman to be the Governor of a US State, that’s something Joh. We have to be the change we wish to see in the world. And I think we should try and do it together.”