Why did she run the first time? Why was she selected as VP after getting zero votes in the primary? Why was she pushed as the only option after Biden finally dropped out? Why is she still being discussed?
The fact that this is happening is showing that real decisions are being made without the voters being involved and whoever is making those decisions will win either way.
Also can someone post the article, it’s paywalled.
Republicans.
I’m a communist I think it’ll be funny if she runs
neoliberal, centrist Democrats.
But I guess I spelled Republican again.
Harris even in discussion is proof that the US has degraded to a one party government.
Who Wants Kamala Harris to Run?
Netanyahu.
He’s fine with any person who would be capable of being elected - US Government policy is to kiss Israel’s ass regardless of which party is in charge. But a Republican would always be preferable to him.
She can run if she wants, but I can think of at least 5 better choices: Kelly, Warren, Buttigieg, AOC, Walz, and a bunch more.
Kelly and Warren are my top choices. AOC should do a turn in the Senate first.
Real question:
What would AOC gain by spending time in the Senate?
Or how specifically would it make her a better candidate?Regan, Clinton, Bush, Bush Jr, and Rump never spent time in the Senate.
She is super fucking smart, and she could probably do a killer job right now, but the next Dem Prez needs to be a serious warrior that progressive fighters can respect and follow, and the MAGA enemy can fear. They just aren’t going to do that with AOC at this point, she’s too young. She can inspire a following, but not fear. We need someone that has the courage to crush MAGA, and inspire a following to help, and I think that could be Kelly.
Once MAGA has been purged, we will have to reconfigure our government for the future, and having AOC leading the Senate, with an equally committed progressive in the House, could accomplish ground-breaking legislation like FDR’s New Deal or LBJ’s Great Society, put guardrails on conservative Sedition, and put us on a proper path for the future,
She’s going to be an AMAZING president someday, but I would like her to have some seriously deep experience and connections before that, perhaps even including a Cabinet post. Imagine her becoming president with that sort of experience behind her?
Right now, Kelly seems like the kind of guy that MAGAs are going to have a hard time fighting against. The guy is an actual, genuine, bona fide war hero AND an astronaut. Exactly the kind of guy MAGAs would drool over. Put him up against a dweeb like Vance? In a debate? Kelly will siphon off at least 25% of MAGA votes.
The fact that there’s even a whiff of Kamala running again is great evidence that we are so fucked and will continue to be so fucked.
To be fair, Hillary Clinton floated running again in 2020 and she never even launched that campaign. I don’t think there’s much intent behind this. I suppose it makes these former candidates feel special, or satiates some craving for attention :P
Good chance for 3rd party
The US has a 2-party system. Period. Until we change things in a constitutional convention, or a revolt of some kind, that won’t change.
There should be a constitutional convention every 50 years. The laws from 200+ years ago are somewhat stale and very susceptible to manipulation.
That the point of my comment
But there isn’t a good chance. That[’s] the point of my comment.
I’ve also thought a constitutional convention might be the only way to fix things.
But also, I think there’s no way, practically speaking, that the right wing doesn’t use that opportunity better than the left wing, to simply give us a new fascist constitution.
why not run a milquetoast loser again???
What’s wrong? You don’t like tax credits and genocide?
I don’t care if she runs again, I want the people to vote in the primaries and elect a better nominee.
If she wanted to run, she should be out there fighting facism. I’m not interested in voting for someone who’s just letting all this shit happen.
I’ve only seen her when she wanted to sell her book on speed-running losing an election.
She could be on TV and podcasts, 24/7 presenting the alternative and pointing out all the ways Trump is breaking the law and conning the country.
Oh I’m sure she’ll soon be speaking at some big universities (for money) and she’ll probably also be at a few DNC events…maybe; possibly; ever.
Why would a centrist do that though?
She has no position from which to fight fascism.
She could be showing up to or even leading protests and marches, writing editorials and opinion columns, appearing on news channels and podcasts. She could be speaking out, rallying people in opposition. She could’ve shown up at any of the big protests this past year, posted comments on social media.
I have seen absolutely nothing from her this past year except a couple of tepid comments about maybe running for office again.
I get it: she had a high-profile job, was thrown into a crushing high-stakes election at the last minute, spent a lot of energy campaigning and got her hopes crushed. But she’s had a year and a half to get over it, and there’s still nothing.
The country needs a leader and a fighter. She’s doing neither. Hard pass.
There is no DNC person out there fighting beside AOC. She does the work and I am with her for whatever office she runs for and I am all the way in the mountains of NC. My district is Tim Moore that Sméagol looking mother fucker. The NC DNC has done nothing to help the Democratic candidates in the western part of the state for years. Lakesha Womack is who the NC DNC is propping up and I have not seen or heard from her at any protest I have been to. I am sure no one in the 14th knows who she is outside of Gastonia. I digress.
She could be, and people would be telling her “You lost, shut up and go away.”
She doesn’t have the platform.
She doesn’t have the platform.
No one just gives you a platform - you make it. You show up at whatever opportunity can find or make and say your thing - and she’s not doing it. Hell, I’ve heard five times more anti-Trump / anti-regime stuff from Mark Hamill on Twitter/BlueSky than I have from her, and that’s like one of the most low-effort things you can do, yet she hasn’t made even one anti-whatever tweet a month. Hell, she wouldn’t even have to do it herself, she could hire a part-time college student or something.
She’s not tweeting, she’s not on podcasts advocating for her positions, she’s not on opinion shows or editorial pages saying “what’s happening is wrong and here’s a way to fix it”. It’s been dead silence from her for a year and a half.
If she’s not willing to go out and fight for a job she’s wanted for well over a decade, I can’t trust her to fight for the things _I_ want.
You can’t make a platform when people are not only not actively listening to you, but are actually telling you to shut up and sit down.
Did you see the reactions to her book?
She doesn’t have the platform because she threw it away. She was never a serious candidate to solve anything. She was never going to fight for the working class or the minorities, because in the end she cared more about selling a book than the people. She is the exact thing wrong with almost every single democrat politician. She cares more about what she can make, than what she can do.
Not it
I want a real progressive to run is the main problem.
I mean, Kamala Harris wants Kamala Harris to run
If she thinks running again is going to go well, she’d delusional.
So yes, Kamala Harris wants Kamala Harris to run.
Nobody
Exactly, she can’t even beat a child rapist in an election.
I want her to run… Far far away from here.
“Pokemon GO… The fuck away!”
All night and day, even though she couldn’t get away.
Just stop already.
They needed someone out there on day 1 after the election to be the face and the presence of the DNC as a clear personality for the next run. Instead it’s likely you will get someone in the last five minutes.
