Who is going to be next presidential candidate for democrats?

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Ro Khanna: “Nine swing-state Democrats gave permission for mass deportation,” Khanna told me. “No one who voted for the Laken Riley Act should have any role in the future leadership of the Democratic party in this country. . . . It’s disqualifying, just like the Iraq War vote.”


https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ro-khanna-tosses-the-first-grenade-2028-democratic-primary-laken-riley?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Anonymous wrote:For the AOC people, with the electoral college system we have how are you seeing her flip the swing states that went for Trump? The math just doesn’t add up for me. Moderate voters aren’t exactly her wheelhouse.

Remember all the states Obama won in 08 - Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, NC... He governed as a moderate but he was not viewed as one in the campaign. It's about someone who gets others excited. Not saying AOC is clearly that person who can make it happen but a lot of moderates are boring and don't generate the turnout or enthusiasm you need to win.

Money, specifically very wealthy mega-donors, didn't have firm control of our political sysncetem 15 years ago. An AOC type has zero chance of advancing to party leadership positions in a political climate ruled by rich people who detest close the wealth divide policies. That fact sucks but that's where we are now in 2026

That remains to be seen. She will get her chance to try at some point.

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Rahm Emanuel

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Anonymous wrote:For the AOC people, with the electoral college system we have how are you seeing her flip the swing states that went for Trump? The math just doesn’t add up for me. Moderate voters aren’t exactly her wheelhouse.

Remember all the states Obama won in 08 - Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, NC... He governed as a moderate but he was not viewed as one in the campaign. It's about someone who gets others excited. Not saying AOC is clearly that person who can make it happen but a lot of moderates are boring and don't generate the turnout or enthusiasm you need to win.

Money, specifically very wealthy mega-donors, didn't have firm control of our political sysncetem 15 years ago. An AOC type has zero chance of advancing to party leadership positions in a political climate ruled by rich people who detest close the wealth divide policies. That fact sucks but that's where we are now in 2026

That remains to be seen. She will get her chance to try at some point.

I hope she gets a fair chance at some point sooner than later and I hope she is given that opportunity without having to compromise her integrity by playing nice with wealthy political investors.

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Anonymous wrote:For the AOC people, with the electoral college system we have how are you seeing her flip the swing states that went for Trump? The math just doesn’t add up for me. Moderate voters aren’t exactly her wheelhouse.

Remember all the states Obama won in 08 - Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, NC... He governed as a moderate but he was not viewed as one in the campaign. It's about someone who gets others excited. Not saying AOC is clearly that person who can make it happen but a lot of moderates are boring and don't generate the turnout or enthusiasm you need to win.

Money, specifically very wealthy mega-donors, didn't have firm control of our political sysncetem 15 years ago. An AOC type has zero chance of advancing to party leadership positions in a political climate ruled by rich people who detest close the wealth divide policies. That fact sucks but that's where we are now in 2026

That remains to be seen. She will get her chance to try at some point.

I hope she gets a fair chance at some point sooner than later and I hope she is given that opportunity without having to compromise her integrity by playing nice with wealthy political investors.

It's not a gift that's given. You can play the game and win or you can't. A party's political nomination is not an entitlement for anyone, and pretending it is has gotten us where we are.

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Anonymous wrote:For the AOC people, with the electoral college system we have how are you seeing her flip the swing states that went for Trump? The math just doesn’t add up for me. Moderate voters aren’t exactly her wheelhouse.

Remember all the states Obama won in 08 - Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, NC... He governed as a moderate but he was not viewed as one in the campaign. It's about someone who gets others excited. Not saying AOC is clearly that person who can make it happen but a lot of moderates are boring and don't generate the turnout or enthusiasm you need to win.

Money, specifically very wealthy mega-donors, didn't have firm control of our political sysncetem 15 years ago. An AOC type has zero chance of advancing to party leadership positions in a political climate ruled by rich people who detest close the wealth divide policies. That fact sucks but that's where we are now in 2026

I’m 01:14 — this is a salient point. Also, it can also read as if they take away rich people’s money, what will they do to my two nickels I rub together in my own pocket. It’s ugly either way. I want to be hopeful, but I don’t have any sense that anyone is actually looking out for the little guy. MAGA is overt about taking our freedom, and the Dems are stealthy about it. It’s just two similar but different ways of manipulating and controlling us. I hope a true noblesse oblige candidate emerges.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is most likely at this point?

If it’s a stick figure that’s been convicted of cannibalism, I’m still voting for it.

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Money, specifically very wealthy mega-donors, didn't have firm control of our political system 15 years ago.An AOC type has zero chance of advancing to party leadership positions in a political climate ruled by rich people who detest close the wealth divide policies. That fact sucks but that's where we are now in 2026

01/01/25-03/31/26
Total receipts by AOC authorized committees: $27,773,214.94

Hundreds of thousands grassroots contributors

No corporate PACs, no registered lobbyists, no large-money donors

Small-Dollar Reliance: $20.00

340,000 small donor individual contributors

Top individual fundraiser in the House, bringing in over $15.4 million in a single year.

Cash-on-hand balance ~ $10 million

AOC does not own individual stocks

She denounces insider trading by members of Congress and their family members trading individual stocks, including those in her own party and those investigated in 2024.

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Anonymous wrote:I freaking LOVE AOC. I would love to see her oust Schumer and go even bigger.

Do we think she's electable outside NY?

New Yorker here. I love AOC. She is an incredibly gifted politician. If she were a man, I would think yes.

Did you see her response when asked about running for president?
‘My ambition is much bigger than that…’

Best answer I have ever heard to that question.

What could be her bigger ambition?

Here’s her answer:

“What’s funny is they assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go. Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go”.

“But single-payer healthcare is forever. A living wage is forever, workers’ rights are forever, women’s rights, all of that, and to a finer point to your question is that when you aren’t attached, when you haven’t been like fantasizing about being this or that since the time you were seven years old, it is tremendously liberating”.

She wants to “make decisions from a place of how are we going to change the country”.

“I make decisions by waking up in the morning, looking out the window and observing the conditions of this country. And saying what move or what decision can I make today that is going to get us closer to that future, stronger, faster, better than yesterday”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-presidential-run

Oh man, I truly believe she means every word of that. Whatever office she runs for, I think it will be because she genuinely thinks she is the person for the job. She simply won’t run if she believes there’s someone better. She really does want what is best for Americans.

It boggles my mind that almost half this country thinks Trump, a man who lives in a golden tower and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, represents them more than this woman who came from very humble roots and knows what it is like to struggle.

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Beshear is crisscrossing the country and speaking at various Democrat Primary campaigns. He made an appearance at Jim Clyburn's campaign.

I think it's safe to say Beshear is running for higher office!!!