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Democrats were ‘horrifically cruel’ to me, says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
(www.thetimes.com)
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AOC as presidential candidate would prove some interesting things about the voting populus, but it would also bring some interesting things to light about the current state of the power the wealthy hold.
The old DNC could try hard to oppose her. But there isn't a single Democrat with name recognition on her level.
They can't argue against her policy stance in a way that people would support a competitor.
They could argue against her age and experience, but I think the voting populace doesn't give a fuck about that anymore. They could result to other personal attacks like her being Puerto Rican, or a woman.
The GOP would result to scare tactics that, apparently, have finally lost their edge.
What I'm curious about isn't the stuff we see in the news. Trump and the oligarchs would stop at nothing to prevent her victory. The ultra rich never had nearly as much wealth and power as they do now, and a lot of people conveniently died as they became too popular.
Dems exist to stop leftists. They do it over and over.
That's a confusing take.
That worked in 2016. That didn't work in this election. The current DNC chair started his career as an intern working for Paul Wellstone.
Are you suggesting we just do... nothing?
We need to harass our reps until they lose the will to live. Be loud, be annoying and most of all be persistent. Tell them what you want clearly, for example, i don't want schumer and jeffires in leadership positions, so I'm focusing on that. Also give them an alternate path to vote for, like instead of voting for schumer, please vote for Chris Van Hollen. Then do it again the next day. Phone calls preferably.
Just shouting out Joe Neguse as an alternative to Jeffries. He stopped taking aipac money, he's generally progressive, already in leadership in the house, and he is black, so it keeps the implicit promise to the congressional black caucus to elect a black speaker.
It's not about race, it's about Jeffries.
I'll look into him, he sounds promising
The article literally discusses how Democrats helped Florida stay red.
Why do you think it didn't work? A few leftists managed to sneak through, but they succeeded in blocking many more in the primaries.
Who is they?
Democrats, obviously
Be more specific.
I'd personally rather see her jump to the Senate for a term, or NY Governor, before trying for the presidency. I'd say the same for any House rep. Governors and Senators have the clearest parallels to the office, as executive and foreign-policy roles themselves.
I think AOC is a high-variance candidate - much the same way Trump was in 2016 - and she will either get much more or much less support than expected in the general election.
I think her biggest electoral baggage will be her statements over the years on the 'Woke 1.0' items that the electorate soured on. She has moderated her past statements here more recently, which leaves a lot of doubt as to her actual beliefs and policy goals. She'll be attacked for that from the left and the right, and it will take oxygen away from a progressive economic agenda that would likely be broadly popular if explained well.
Whoever the dem candidate ends up being, I doubt they can rely on the same level of support as the party received in the midterms. 2 years is an eternity in politics and 2028 will likely be defined by some new crisis that isn't even on our radar right now. If she runs, I'll likely vote for her (at least, based on who else seems to be running as of now).
We simply don't have time, we're in need of that once in a generation leader right now and she's the best we've got.
only one sitting house rep has been elected president. ONE. garfield, in 1880. a 9-term rep, and at that time he was already chosen by his state legislature to be a senator.. so like a 'senator elect' today.. which he declined when he won his presidential campaign.
Might I remind you, we elected a twice-impeached, pedophilic reality show star. I think we are well past historical precedents, here.