Dan Rayfield in context -- There is one aspect to Trump's wholly illusional rhetoric about Portland, OR, and his attempt to put troops into Oregon FOR mischief and havoc of the kind that Noem's ICE masked men--troopers did in Chicago, zip-tying chldren and driving people, parents and children, awakened to flash bang grenades to be roughly marched into the night --out their homes from bed to outside, in the middle of the night, etc. Trump's bad judgment has thrust an impressive gem of a man into political prominance, in Portland, from Portland, for Portrland and for truth.

 What has come out of Trump's war against the peaceful people of Portland that is good, is national TV face time for the Oregon AG who has attained a temporary restraining order against deployment to Oregon, from a Trump-appointed federal District Court Judge.

The man would be ideal on a Presidential ticket, as a sleaze-free and wholly rational man, far less creepy than JD Vance. He is precisely the type of new face and speaking point clarity that the Dems need on their next ticket. Not a Harris nor a Walz. Not a caricature. A cogent human who explains thing in a well articulated and rational manner, no bluster, no bullshit, no Trump, no JD. Just somebody trustworthy.

Consider these two example national news clips, here and here. 

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Trump has given the man a stage to show what a good politician looks like, and the Democratic Party should show the good sense to take it from there. 

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I had not known before who Dan Rayfield was, much less how sincere and trustworthy and rational he is.

It is impressive how he can present something in an interesting and clear manner in a way not many can, and Trump put the guy on center stage so that the Democratic Party could see the gem they have who previously was an unknown.

Good job, Donald. Helping out the folks who need to look at new faces and new ideas where they have them, the Democrats, and you, Donald, unintentionally showed how good sense trumps your blustering bullshit, and JD is your man, you picked him from among others. And Rayfield is better.

So, Thanks. All we need now is for the Democratic Party to recognize what they have. And, boy, those folks, that's a worry. They are fully capable of fucking things up because the guy is not a donor milker, but instead a useful person for needs that are clear to people outside of the Dem Inner Party.

KEN MARTIN SHOULD LOOK AT THE GUY. MARTIN WILL NOT PUT A THUMB ON THE SCALE, BUT WHOEVER HE NOTICES WILL BE NOTICED MORE BROADLY. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.