ITT: People placing their hopes on a presidential race when they don't even know if they are even going to be able to have a legitimate rollover on the midterms.
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Personally, what I am hoping for is a ticket with AOC as president, and Mark Kelly as vice. He can help AOC with military issues, while she can guide the nation towards some flavor of Democratic Socialism.
I think we will see a civil war, so we definitely need a military expert in a major role. Kelly should do nicely.
Personally, what I am hoping for is a ticket with AOC as president, and Mark Kelly as vice.
I'd rather AOC take over the Senate and replace Schumer as majority (minority for now, but majority forever) leader. She'd have more influence for longer than just being a president.
As far as I know, there's no reason that a president couldn't return to the Senate after their term is up. So why not both?
Ben Franklin did it.
That's fair. IMO, the presidency is more important in this political environment, since setting the direction and tone of the nation is important.
It sucks that we don't have lots of a high-profile progressives, because the spread of competent and fiery people is a bit too thin. Our agenda shouldn't have tradeoffs about who is best for what.
IMO, the presidency is more important in this political environment, since setting the direction and tone of the nation is important.
Maybe. What's more important in setting the shape of the administration? The dough (cabnet, legislative agenda, international stance) good for just 4 years? Or the mold that dough must pass through?
It really depends on whether a president gets two terms, and now the possibility of a civil war. Senate is good if you expect normalish times...which is iffy. I think the midterms will decide what tack AOC and friends will follow.
If it were possible, I wouldn't mind Sanders being the 2028 candidate, if he still has a sound mind and the conditions allow for a peacetime president. Setting aside age, I kinda worry that he lacks sufficient hostility to prosecute the Epstein class - because he is a gentle dude, IMO.
He seems ready to fight, and seems fearless. He has my vote if he starts demanding trials, convictions, and jail time for the traitors and pedophiles.
Worker led revolution please this system doesn’t serve us.
Here here. We need to counter the brownshirts before we worry about electorialism.
i like mark kelly and gabby would be a fantastic first lady but please not right now; we need a radical to clean up the mess.
We need a Warrior, who will go after MAGA's crimes likes it's personal. I don't care who it is, old, young, man, woman, black, white, anybody, everything else is on the back burner. We can't get this country on any kind of a track until we ruthlessly crush MAGA, purge it from our government and our country, and harshly punish them for their crimes. Only then, can we start to make plans to redeem our Nation in the eyes of our citizens, the world, and history
I'll vote for anybody who pledges to make that their primary priority as POTUS.
Aside from lacking apparent credentials, I think Ilhan Omar would be a good wartime president. She wanted to punch the bastard that squirted at her, which is the right response to Republican jackasses.
The age calls for Teddy and Franklin Roosevelts: People willing to get into the fight, and contend with the issues of their times.
Remember MAGA chanting "lock her up"? We need that energy now for the Democrats, lock Trump up ... imprison all of these corrupt pieces of filth and seize their grifted assets.
I'm totally with you, brother.
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So if he wins he will be at retirement age when he is starting? Are you sure he is old enough for American voters?
He's not nearly senile enough
I am hard pressed to think of a democrat I would vote for in a primary over him.
A lot of lefties going to complain about his support for israel, even if modest. But honestly I cannot see another viable candidate in the wings. We have a couple years still but things are getting scary in terms of actual prospects and we're going to have to throw our hats in with someone (other than Newsom) so Kelly is probably going to be a great bet, he appeals to the largest swath of moderate America who are tuned out and just want to hear that someone strong and professional will keep them in their comforts, and he has enough established clout with the legislative branch that he already has political capital, they won't be afraid of working with him.
And he's seen Earth from space, and had to be a caregiver for a wife who was the victim of a political assassination attempt, I imagine that builds all the best kind of character and empathy.
A lot of lefties going to complain about his support for israel, even if modest.
Really depends on who he is running against and how he positions himself along the way. If he's out saying "Israel is our oldest and dearest friend, they just made a few mistakes" or god forbid "Anyone critical is anti-Semitic" he's DOA. If he's out there saying "We spend billions of dollars so Israel can have clean potable water and top tier health care, so it's time to bring those amenities back to the US", he can probably hurdle that criticism well enough.
he appeals to the largest swath of moderate America who are tuned out and just want to hear that someone strong and professional will keep them in their comforts
I mean, Biden appealed to these same voters by adopting half of Bernie Sanders's platform and half of Hillary Clinton's. Then he spent four years yelling at people for using TikTok and arguing the need to kill more brown people.
Kelly's fine on paper, but if he opens his mouth and sounds like another "moderate Dem"... I think he's going to have the same kind of trouble Cuomo did.
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And I will seriously consider voting for just about anyone else left of him in the primary. No offense to him, he seems like a very solid dude, but the time for half-measures, centrists, and people that believe institutions will save us is well beyond over.
You nailed it on the head. If AOC runs, I’m absolutely voting for her. If not, Kelly seems a lot better than Newsom.
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Ya I'm done placating Dems, anyone left of Gavin or Kelly will have my vote. I've played it safe the last 2 elections with trump. We need a Hail Mary. Not more complacent. Marks only in this for a personal grudge, which is fine but when it come to big picture he will be just another dem.
I just realized while walking my dog today that a new hard line for me with Democrats is that if you accept corporate / billionaire PAC donations, I'm not donating to your campaign.
I cannot continue to pretend like you will actually give a fuck about my interests when you got into office using mostly money from sources that are actively working against my interests.
I'll still vote as left as possible in both the primary and the general regardless, but I'm through giving campaign contributions to candidates where my money -- and therefore my influence -- is a drop in the bucket.
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