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I agree with you, but at the same time I can't think of any other candidate that would both (1) have enough name recognition to motivate semi-apathetic democrats to vote, and (2) not rile up the semi-apathetic bigots into counter-voting.
According to the gossip, Biden has said that if he does choose to step down, he'll promote Harris. I don't think Democrats will have much of a problem supporting Harris, but I'm concerned being a woman of color will motivate a lot of bigots into a counter-vote when they might have otherwise stayed home. The next best pick might be Buttigieg, but then you get the homophobic bigots coming out for the counter-vote. Newsom might be the next best after that, but then you have the anti-California lunatics coming out to counter-vote him.
As much as I don't want to cater to bigots, I think the stakes are just too high here. If it were a campaign against Mitt Romney then I wouldn't think twice about running any of these people, but when we're on a razor's edge against America spiraling into a fascist dictatorship, every risk needs to be accounted for.
Obviously Biden should've declared back in August that he wouldn't run for reelection so the Democrats could run a primary and build up someone to have name recognition and a positive image, but now it's too late for that 🤷♂️
I know it is just a wet dream but plenty of french-leftist would love to see AOC as president.
Young, woman, Latino. That would anger the conservatives so much and she would probably do very good things for the US population.
But hey no judgment, maybe tomorrow (Sunday 7th) we will be fucked as well...
I would personally love to see AOC as president. Unfortunately I don't constitute a majority of the electoral college, and right now that's the only backstop we have against the descent into a fascist dictatorship.