There’s a reason football great Deion Sanders was known as "Primetime." Sanders epitomized his sobriquet – with electric performances on Monday Night Football and in the playoffs.But not every political candidate is ready for primetime.The roadside is littered with political failures from both sides.Candidates are better suited for late-night public access in the suburbs.Consider for a moment someone else who also wasn’t bad in primetime: former football star Herschel Walker.
He won the Heisman Trophy in 1982.But when Walker ran for the Senate in Georgia in 2024, his political acumen could barely qualify him for a political practice squad.UNEARTHED INTERVIEW REVEALS EL-SAYED’S SHARIA ‘OBLIGATION’: ‘NOT BECAUSE OF FEAR’Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed claps during a press conference in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue on Aug.
5, 2026, in Detroit.(Finn Gomez/Getty Images)This year, Democrats trotted out political novice Graham Platner to try to defeat 30-year veteran Sen.
Susan Collins (R-ME).But his Nazi-era tattoo and allegations of rape and sexual abuse revealed that Platner was more downtrodden than Down East.So how will some of this year’s political hopefuls fare?Platner would have been the Democrats’ most-controversial candidate of the 2026 Senate election cycle.
But Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has eclipsed Platner.El-Sayed is progressive.He holds extreme views and previously associated closely with left-wing influencer Hasan Piker.During an appearance on Fox, El-Sayed compared Sharia law to cannon law in the Catholic Church, pitched ditching the Second Amendment and somehow wound up discussing private parts.El-Sayed’s performance scored headlines.
But he also created headaches for Democrats.The party needs to hold the Michigan seat in order to flip the Senate.
And El-Sayed is exactly what Republicans were looking for.Since El-Sayed captured the Democratic nomination to face former Rep.Mike Rogers (R-...