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      Lol yeah, she’s touring the country throwing rallies while Schumer is trying to lead, “We stand with Israel. We will win.” chants with the least amount of charisma possible and Jefferies is doing interviews and insisting the Democrats’ biggest issue is messaging.

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    Remember when we were all laughing at McCarthy because he wanted to be Speaker so badly and kept failing, over and over, to get enough votes? And how it was funny when he got ousted because of the rules he had to agree to in order to secure the votes from the crazies? And laughing because that, predictably, bit him in the ass?

    I feel like that stopped being funny when we got Mike “Shares his porn watchlist with his son” Johnson as Speaker. At least McCarthy was a politician and not a crazy, religious zealot two heartbeats from the presidency.

    Republicans --We Always Have Someone Worse Than the Last Guy

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      At least McCarthy was a politician and not a crazy, religious P2025 zealot two heartbeats from the presidency.

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      To be honest, I’m not sure who is better or worse between the two. Democrats at least appreciate that Johnson usually keeps his word during negotiations.

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      Things have always gotten worse with Republicans. It does not ever get better. What we had last week is better than what we’ll be dealing with next week.

      This has always been their way.

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        Things have always gotten worse with Republicans America.

        Feels like the old Russian mantra applies to us more and more these days. “And then things got worse.”

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          No. This is very much not normal.

          Normal is trying to be good and often doing it. Not . . . whatever this is.

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    Sure looks like republicans are scared of AOC.

    But centrists saw a progressive woman seizing the moment and suddenly decided that women can’t win.

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    She’s young, she could decide to run for Chuck’s Senate seat in 2028. She would be just as compelling a Presidential candidate in 2032 or 2036…

    … But if a fair election is held in 2028, it is essential that Democtats field the best possible candidate, not just the next one up. (Hi, Gavin!) If AOC thinks that’s her, then I will happily support that. If she supports someone else (Booker, Walz, etc), I will also be listening. But if we fuck this one up, and Vance or Eric Trump or Sean Hannity get elected, that might be game over for Democracy here. We may not get another chance.

    As a NY State resident, I am eagerly looking forward to voting for AOC in some capacity in 2028, whether it’s for Senator, VP, or President. I’ll let her decide where she thinks she can create the most change.

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      Eh if it’s just Vance running, I wouldn’t be too worried. The man has the charisma of a flopping fish

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        HW bush ran and won off the senile ghost of Reagan’s charisma…

        Vance could too.

        But we should still run AOC now, because after 8 years of AOC, there’s be new blood

        There’s never a reason to “save” a candidate, and nothing is stopping her from being a senator after.

        Seniority being important is something that the old guard just agreed on.

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        They might put him forward precisely because he has no charisma. The understanding would be that Trump was calling the shots, even if he didn’t hold the office. Puppets stop flopping around once their controller puts their hand up their ass and grabs the controls

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        This is true, and it only got dramatically worse after they took office. The way he handled the Zelinsky visit was abominable, so he gets to tack that onto his resume now.

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    this is one case where I hope McCarthy is right. Might be a few election cycles before some tangible change, but it needs to happen.

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    AOC, and progressives in general, taking over the Democratic party is the only hope for its successful continuation. Assuming we have elections.

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    I’d be excited for her or Pete to take over. Would like to see Warren or Waltz as a VP.

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    I’d be happy to see an AOC/Buttigieg ticket in 2028.

    Warren for sec of treasury. Walz for HUD or even better, cabinet level position in charge of figuring out the young man problem. He’s representative of the role model a lot of young men are missing imho.

    I don’t wanna see another dem pres candidate that’s older than me (mid 50s) EVER AGAIN. The problems my kids are facing aren’t going to be fixed by old people, and while I’m not quite there yet, I’m fucking close enough.

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      in charge of figuring out the young man problem

      Both a great idea and one that will absolutely piss of the conservatives that are happy to see their young men embrace far right ideologies even if it comes with violent hatred in the process.

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      There is zero reason to throw a moderate on there.

      Run a fair primary and number 2 gets first right if refusal for vice.

      If they don’t want it, let the candidate pick their running mate.

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      Ya my mom can barely grasp what’s going on right now. No concept of the future beyond her life. I’m pushing 40 and got no idea what the kids want or need or how our education system got so fucked. we really can’t be having geriatrics making policy that will affect the future beyond their immediate life

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    Who cares what Macarthy thinks. He’s a republican that bent the knee. He belongs in prison with the rest of the traitors.

    Don’t buy into this garbage. Just another attempt at dividing people.

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    McCarthy is a moron & part of the reason we have Trump. Let him die in obscurity, the sooner the better.