Bernie probably should have stepped down after the 2016 election cycle and promoted a younger left-wing candidate for his seat, then he could have spent the last near-decade putting the weight of his name behind other young left-wing politicians.
I don’t know if she has the volume of support needed to take on the next R candidate for POTUS, but Newsom also has a lot of skeletons that will probably tank him if he gets on the ticket. She would do great as a replacement for Schumer and from what I’m reading has a good chance to do so.
But, like, hear me out: Tim Walz is in a pretty decent position for a run at POTUS: There’s enough time for him to bow out of the next gubernatorial campaign and prop up a progressive candidate. There’s enough time for him to gain support in the party. His terms as governor were largely regarded as successful, showing that he is capable of being a head of state. Compared to Newsom, he also has a much better track record when it comes to standing up for minorities.
It is also worth noting that Walz is an old (-ish? Compared to recent candidates, he’s apparently on the younger side…) white guy who coached high school football. This means that he’s already well suited to get the swing voters - the ones that vote regularly, but will vote for either party. If he were to run, he would need a running mate that could sway the left-wing non-voters into voting, which means a fairly high-profile progressive.
Bernie is too old now and would be more useful promoting younger politicians.
AOC in the case of a Walz presidency would be more effective as a senate leader.
Any other center/center-right running mate would tank his candidacy.
Because the USA is racist AF, anyone who looks or sounds too middle eastern will tank him.
However, it’s been established that a black person can be POTUS and a black woman can be VPOTUS, so might I suggest Tim Walz/Summer Lee for 2028?
^^ supports MAGA ^^
No, you obviously haven’t. You live in a two-party system, so either you support the current regime, or you’re hoping that it’ll trigger a revolution - which did not turn out all that great the last time your country tried it.
I’m not even sure if you’ve figured out yet that I’m not American, though your protest vote did finally give us the kick in the ass to start finding more reliable trade partners, thanks for that :)
Understood, you support MAGA and everything they’re doing. Have the day you voted for.
The feeling is mutual. Have fun in trump land, glad I’m not there.
Have the day you protest-voted for. Keep protest voting and losing. Keep letting your rights get eroded because your perfect candidate isn’t on the ballot. But hey, if you protest vote enough, you might not have to vote anymore, the candidate that you allowed to take the white house said so.
Yeah, looking forward to staying home on election day.
Have fun with another republican term then, because that is the only plausible result of not voting against them. That is, if there is another election since your morally superior not-voting got you Trump again and Project 2025 is by many accounts, well ahead of schedule. Good Job!
sure thing, but you still need to vote for the less harmful candidate if your favourite doesn’t get the nomination. You got Trump because people figured they’d protest and not vote or vote for Jill Stein or whatever. Republicans may have not been fully on board with a second Trump term, but they still voted for him. They will vote for whoever has the ® by their name next time as well.
Does voting dem just kick the can down the road? Absolutely, but better than not having a can to kick…
If they nominate someone like kamala harris or joe biden again, it’s all over.
If they nominate someone like that, you should still go vote for that person and continue to fight for change, because the alternate is still far worse. The reality with US politics is that unless one of (or both) the two major parties implodes, the president will be affiliated with one of them. If one of the parties does break apart, it will guarantee a win for the other party.
If there is one thing the right does very well, it’s to whip it’s voters in line when election time comes. They may bitch and moan, but they’ll vote for the ® regardless.
It’s easy, you just have to replace all the air with helium, and off you go!