Because she terrifies Republicans for starters.

To your points, I really don't care about whether she's held governor or Senate position, etc. -- there have literally been over a dozen US Presidents who held neither. Being First Lady for 8 years, Running the East Wing, and having the counsel of her husband as First Gentleman would be more than enough experience — far more than any of the other candidates I listed I'd contend.

More importantly, I am looking for charisma and moral integrity, which she has both in droves. Expertise can be sought by her hand-picked cabinet of experts of course. That's what her personal team is for.

It's an effective tool, I think they need to dispense with the written filibuster and return to oral. If you are passionate enough that you want to stop a bill on your own, be prepared to blather

I don't know if it's something she has or would consider, but think she'd be awesome. However I also suspect after 2 failed female Presidential nominations the Dems are not going to be down for another so quickly.

Honestly, I think I would bet mine, or at least half of it. There is no figure more more popular in the Democratic tent than her, and nobody who ever polled higher against Trump's 10 years in the spotlight than her. While sexism is sadly a thing in this country, I think the Venn Diagram of legitimate sexists who'd refuse to vote for a woman solely on that is a circle with those core maga Trumpers who refuse to defect to this day and thus wouldn't for any Democratic candidate, even old white male Biden.

Not exactly my preferred pick in terms of policy, and it doesn't seem like she wants it but who knows. Her husband made similar comments in 2006.

I guess it wasn't a full 2 years ago after reviewing the dates in my case. Talarico had some emergent viral moments on the national stage when he and other Texas state lawmakers protested Republican redistricting efforts to skew House race outcomes (and what set off the reactionary response from California).

He threaded the needle flawlessly in resonating between AOC/Sanders/Mamdani-loving progressives, as well as more rural religious conservative given his packaged folksy charm. If I was to ever run for office, my platform and communication strategy would've always mirrored his approach (though maybe with a tad bit more El-Sayed bullishness sprinkled in appropriately). He frames wealth inequality and corruption within biblical context, which even though I'm not religious I respect utilizing the rhetoric for good.

Plus the incoming Lieutenant Governor is a Democrat. And in the Texas governmental system, the Lieutenant Governor has a ton of power over the Senate, akin to the Senate Majority Leader in most other American systems: ability to set committee memberships, control the calendar, etc.