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Don’t run Newsom. Run AOC
It'll be Harris all over again. JD sucks but in no way would I be enthusiastic about voting for Newsom.
Anyone but Newsom. Please.
I'd prefer him over Harris I think, but wouldn't be very happy with either
So far I think he’s better than Hillary Clinton. I also don’t really know what he stands for.
He stands for corporations as far as I can tell. Occasionally he is on the right side of things, seemingly on accident.
Everyone responding "at least he isn't as bad as that other corporate Democrat" is just sad.
I think there’s no way in hell Harris would win a democratic nomination. The stink left on her from losing to Trump will be very hard to overcome.
I was not and would not be enthusiastic about voting for Harris - but I would vote for her.
I straight up would not vote for Newsom.
I think we have our answer.
It's AOC.
Democratic primary is going to be INTERESTING. God I hope we don’t fuck this up.
While I would love AOC, she would be the youngest by quite a bit. Plus, she probably needs to win something more than a house seat. It is great having a party leader that is so young.
The problem with the party leadership route is that party insiders are the only ones who get to vote on it, and when that's the electorate she can't even beat Gerry Nadler. If she can run in a race with real people voting on it I think she could beat anyone.
Why? Explain why.
Copy and pasting from my other comment
Trump never held office before being elected president. What he had was fame. Guess what AOC has in spades?
Integrity, respect of her constituency, and empathy.
Run AOC.
Run a primary
Yeah, you're right, shit I forgot what those were.
Is AOC running?
Is Newsom running (any more officially than AOC)?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
She's building up for something, not yet clear whether state level or national level.
NY "moderate" dems need replacement. Hochul, Schumer, Gillibrand...
Antonio Delgado is challenging Hochul and I'm excited for that. Gillibrand unfortunately isnt up for a while yet. Schumer is up in 2028 and therefore the most likely for AOC to challenge at state level.
She is likely running for senate.
Dumbest shit I've heard in a while. She would be a great candidate, but to quote back to the future " I guess you guys weren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it'
If she wins the primary then all bets are off. That would mean she ran enough of a good campaign that big money didn't matter.
This please...