<story><title>Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/chelsea-manning-files-to-run-for-us-senate-in-maryland/2018/01/13/6439f0d0-f88c-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html?utm_term=.13458559e889</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>twblalock</author><text>She&amp;#x27;s running in a primary challenge against an established Democrat who has been active in Maryland politics since the 1960s and has never lost an election.&lt;p&gt;On top of that, polling suggests that a majority of Americans, including just under 50% of Democrats, opposed clemency for Manning.&lt;p&gt;This is not going to end well. If she&amp;#x27;s serious about a career as an elected official, this is not the right way to go about it. I suspect she does not expect to win and this is really an attempt to gain national recognition as an activist.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zitterbewegung</author><text>I think that she is running and knows that she will lose but use the opportunity to push ideas that her opponent will adopt. Sort of like a sacrifice fly but in politics. The Green party I think has done this in the past.</text></comment>
<story><title>Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/chelsea-manning-files-to-run-for-us-senate-in-maryland/2018/01/13/6439f0d0-f88c-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html?utm_term=.13458559e889</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>twblalock</author><text>She&amp;#x27;s running in a primary challenge against an established Democrat who has been active in Maryland politics since the 1960s and has never lost an election.&lt;p&gt;On top of that, polling suggests that a majority of Americans, including just under 50% of Democrats, opposed clemency for Manning.&lt;p&gt;This is not going to end well. If she&amp;#x27;s serious about a career as an elected official, this is not the right way to go about it. I suspect she does not expect to win and this is really an attempt to gain national recognition as an activist.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mcknz</author><text>Probably not, but one should never discount the power of name recognition, combined with symbolism, acting in lieu of traditional qualifications (see &amp;quot;Donald Trump&amp;quot;).</text></comment>