Who should run for the Dems?

theprestige said:
ETA: I was gonna suggest David Hogg, but it turns out he's still a decade away from qualifying. Mark my words, though.
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Any school-shooting survivor that gets kicked by Marjorie Taylor Greene gets my vote.

ETA: Ooops, turns out she didn't kick Hogg, but merely harassed him. She kicked a different activist.
 
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Brainster said:
This. Despite his and his fanboys' fantasies, Trump is not going to be running in 2028.


You'd like to have George Clooney or a woman or a younger person or a browner person. You do realize you have described most of the people on Earth?
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Hmm. Well, they'd have to have been born in the U.S. and be at least 35 years old. Charisma would be nice. But I think it would be a mistake to rely on it too much, which is why I said all that other stuff. Build a better brand, you know? Trump 2.0 is yielding quite a bit of insight into possible strategies.

You say Trump won't be running in 2028, but I say it's at least 50-50 that he would TRY. After all, he tried to get Mike Pence to pull a stunt to nullify the 2020 election and give him a second consecutive term. Pence could very well have gone along with it. The MAGA radicals think he's a traitor and Trump probably does too, but I'll always give Pence credit for saying no. Trump is not constrained by political norms.

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jt512 said:
Why do people post things like this when anyone can see with their own eyes that's what you said.

How about they run Kamala again. She ticks three of four of your boxes, and look how well that went.

Maybe their are more important questions than the candidate's sex, age, and race.
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Nope. I said: "George Clooney works for me, his face would be a nice relief from Don's. But a woman, a younger person, a browner person is fine, maybe better. I don't want it to be AOC."

I *didn't* say, "All we need is an actor, a woman, or a minority." I can't even fathom how you got there.

Why lie where everybody can see you're ******** lying? Genuine question. Yes, at a bare minimum, a candidate of some sort IS required. They will be white, or not white, or older, or younger, or a man, or not a man. That's a far cry from saying "All we need is ..." - I *explicitly* said far more is needed.

Kamala came in at a statistical tie, so, meh. Elon probably had his thumb on the scale in big way. Plus Republicans were relentlessly hounding people to vote. I know because I AM ONE.

And I'm so sorry about your struggles with reading comprehension. I laid out several paragraphs proposing a course that I think could help the Democratic party. None of those proposals have anything to do with sex, age or race. Then I cited an older white guy, but also said I was fine with other demographics. Principles before personalities, is what I'm thinking.
 
Minoosh said:
Nope. I said: "George Clooney works for me, his face would be a nice relief from Don's. But a woman, a younger person, a browner person is fine, maybe better. I don't want it to be AOC."

I *didn't* say, "All we need is an actor, a woman, or a minority." I can't even fathom how you got there.

Why lie where everybody can see you're ******** lying? Genuine question. Yes, at a bare minimum, a candidate of some sort IS required. They will be white, or not white, or older, or younger, or a man, or not a man. That's a far cry from saying "All we need is ..." - I *explicitly* said far more is needed.
Kamala came in at a statistical tie, so, meh. Elon probably had his thumb on the scale in big way. Plus Republicans were relentlessly hounding people to vote. I know because I AM ONE .

And I'm so sorry about your struggles with reading comprehension. I laid out several paragraphs proposing a course that I think could help the Democratic party. None of those proposals have anything to do with sex, age or race. Then I cited an older white guy, but also said I was fine with other demographics. Principles before personalities, is what I'm thinking.
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I think the party of treason's strategy has been, for at least a few cycles, to deny certain peoples their right to vote. If the vote was free, fair and democratic in every state I can't see a way how Trampy could even come close in any of the three elections.
 
Gulliver Foyle said:
I think the party of treason's strategy has been, for at least a few cycles, to deny certain peoples their right to vote. If the vote was free, fair and democratic in every state I can't see a way how Trampy could even come close in any of the three elections.
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The two presidential elections with the highest percentage turnout in the last 100+ years were 2020 (66.6%) and 2024 (64.1%).
 
Donal said:
Define super-progressive. School lunch programs? Union protections? Environmental protections? Taxing billionaires? Less money for war? Civil rights protections? Expanding healthcare? Infrastructure spending?

Personally, I think Democrats running like they aren't ashamed to be Democrats would bring a lot of independents.
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It doesn't matter how we define AOC, the right-wing mediasphere will define her and hammer it home 24-7 for 18 months, enough to make it the reality for more than half the country, if not lots more.
 
Regnad Kcin said:
It doesn't matter how we define AOC, the right-wing mediasphere will define her and hammer it home 24-7 for 18 months, enough to make it the reality for more than half the country, if not lots more.
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The Dems would have to redefine her. The Republicans would only have to tell the truth.
 
Republicans tried that and she only got more popular. So, they went to their old standby. Racism and gross sexualization
 
Regnad Kcin said:
It doesn't matter how we define AOC, the right-wing mediasphere will define her and hammer it home 24-7 for 18 months, enough to make it the reality for more than half the country, if not lots more.
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so what? They have been running around declaring Joe Biden a socialist. Stop worrying about what they might do. Just find the lowest depth they can sink to and assume they will go lower. Stop trying these pathetic attempts to flip the fox news crowd. Lean into the fact that people want child care. They want to protected from injury at work. They want an affordable cost of living. They want to be able to get through a medical emergency without going bankrupt. they want to feed kids.

Whatever nonsense the right-wing nutjob running rants about, simply respond with, "my opponent is screaming about that to distract from my plan to improve your lives with (insert actual policy here). If you want someone screaming about a nonexistent threat, there's your candidate. If you want a serious adult trying to help working folks get by and get ahead, I'm your candidate"
 
Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut addressed Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security in his opening statement. He spoke with clarity and control.
 
Yeah Murphy sounds like he wants to throw his hat in the ring. Maybe Schiff too.

Whatever the case, it's going to be a very, very crowded primary mix when mid 2026 rolls around - if we get that far.
 
Granted my bias is s a fella that used to vote republican but can't imagine voting for the latest crop, I really do think the dems need a governor from a releaively well run state. Leaves me with Polis, Shapiro, or Whitmer. The Dems have two big problems right now. The out of touch elitist thing and that when given control of various states and cities, they have a pretty bad track record. Find someone that has actually run some place well.
 
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ahhell said:
Granted my bias is s a fella that used to vote republican but can't imagine voting for the latest crop, I really do think the dems need a governor from a releaively well run state. Leaves me with Polis, Shapiro, or Whitmer. The Dems have two big problems right now. The out of touch elitist thing and that when given control of various states and cities, they have a pretty bad track record. Find someone that has actually run some place well.
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Yes, because Americans are famous for refusing to vote for people who are bad at their jobs.
 
ahhell said:
Granted my bias is s a fella that used to vote republican but can't imagine voting for the latest crop,
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Again, Trump is not an anomaly. The Republicans have been on this path since the Iran-Contra guy
ahhell said:
I really do think the dems need a governor from a relatively well run state.
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Ya, that's generally where both parties look. that and the senate.
ahhell said:
Leaves me with Polis, Shapiro, or Whitmer.
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Three top four most likely candidates for 2028 isn't really a hot take.
ahhell said:
The Dems have two big problems right now.
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They have more but I bet you won't really get any of them.
ahhell said:
The out of touch elitist thing
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OK, half a one. That's more of (but not totally) an image problem
ahhell said:
and that when given control of various states and cities, they have a pretty bad track record. Find someone that has actually run some place well.
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Oh, do expand on that. Tell, me, what cities and states that are Democrat run are anything near as bad as Republican run city and states?

Keep in mind, most Democrat run cities and states are run by neoliberals who run pretty much the same policies as a Republican from before 2008.
 
Donal said:
Again, Trump is not an anomaly. The Republicans have been on this path since the Iran-Contra guy
Ya, that's generally where both parties look. that and the senate.

Three top four most likely candidates for 2028 isn't really a hot take.

They have more but I bet you won't really get any of them.

OK, half a one. That's more of (but not totally) an image problem

Oh, do expand on that. Tell, me, what cities and states that are Democrat run are anything near as bad as Republican run city and states?

Keep in mind, most Democrat run cities and states are run by neoliberals who run pretty much the same policies as a Republican from before 2008.
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Since Goldwater's alliance with the SBC and other far right christian groups, frankly.
 
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