i think i'd take basically every governor we have (not Polis, Murphy or Lamont) before all but 2 of our senators (Ossoff and Warnock) which is like... kind of insane?

i really want AOC to be by far the leading candidate but rn she just doesn't have the same leverage that state level democrats do. of course with midterms coming up, involving the fate of the federal gov and discontent against the dem establishment, AOC may have a lot of new opportunities ahead.

AOC needs to run for Senate

i know that's the seat she probably should aim for, taking down Schumer will massively benefit the party. But I don't know if I can see any other presidential candidate, besides maybe Pritzker, having what it takes to save the country.

No one person is going to be able to save the country

2020 had a bunch of senators and what is exposed is that 'senator in the minority' makes for very weak lists of accomplishments

it's actually almost funny how many of them ran and then completely fizzled out i can make decent cases for 2-3 of them, but the reality is in a crowded primary there's not a lot of oxygen to go around when the 2 leading candidates have universal name recognition

this man has shown himself to be a fighter, a progressive and a dam good administrator I love AOC, but i am sorry, for now I ride with the Kahn

oh it's very good evidence of the adage, as well as the media's general uselessness bsky.app/profile/faee...

interesting! bsky.app/profile/achi...

why do so many people you quote have me blocked :/

apparently Kris Mayes (AZ) and Nessel (MI) have a podcast??

i'm sorry what the fuck i like Mayes a lot but Nessel? unfortunate

"The media doesn't cover them, social media doesn't amplify them (unless a Dem says something stupid) and no one watches or listens Biden Did The Thing. He did weekly radio addresses. Have you heard of any of them? "Democrats should be doing press conferences with real people"? Media won't cover!

we watched biden bleed from the eye while murmuring incoherently in 2020 and the nyt praised his debate performance

This is why we need a coalition of democracy-supporting capital to start seriously considering media control a top-tier concern. Think blue interstate compacts, external state-sponsors (eu, ca, etc), major foundations, and yes, ideologically aligned billionaires in the mold of Pritzker.

This regime was broadly brought about to fufill the interests of the billionaire and the big corporation. It’s pretty mediocre to shit about delivering on those interests, but expecting the possession to turn against its owner is rather unrealistic at this stage, I feel.

Tbf I don’t think most of the Governors or AGs were exactly rushing to publicize it either for obvious security/opsec purposes…

Blue state Republican parties going absolutely insane has probably helped radicalize them. I'm still mad that Tina Kotek repealed the drug decriminalization and didn't have the state senate Republicans arrested, but dealing with Republicans probably drives her insane.

It makes sense. Why is Newsom so good at trolling Trump? Because he and his staff have spent their entire careers dealing with CAGOP - the fucking bat-shittiest of the batshit Birch Society loons.

As much as I don't want him to be president, Newsom's hatred of elected Republicans does come across as entirely authentic. Which is why I think he might be a good Secretary of Homeland Security or Attorney General.

Van Hollen has been knocking it out of the park, he can stay in until South Carolina and then take SecState.

I heard this mentioned in an interview with a state AG all the way back in February or March

Yup. democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-...