It is. I vividly remember people saying Obama had zero chance before he got the nomination. Inspiration and Charisma go a long way and AOC has both. She would be the most powerful speaker since Obama if she were to be elected.
ThreadCountHigh on
I think she’d do a lot more good by taking Schumer’s job.
GuerreroUltimo on
Gonna be honest and say I did not think she could win before. But now, I feel like she can. She has to run and they need to get behind her. She needs a very good running mate though. Andy Beshear, IMO, is the best choice. Even in my area, that does seem to hate Democrats for the most part, many like Beshear. Beshear absolutely has presidential aspirations. So I could see him running. I would vote for either one in the general. Cannot vote for Democrats in the primary. But if I was choosing it would be AOC. Beshear as VP. Then he can run after she has been there 8 years. I see that as a solid set of Presidents. Unlike the Bush Jr. presidency and Trump presidencies. And they are young for candidates. So avoiding the pitfalls of Biden and Trump.
Purusha120 on
I mean she polls better than the democratic establishment and people actually *like* her and her policies, but that’s never persuaded the DNC before.
snoo_spoo on
TBH, I’d rather see her replace Schumer, but if she wants to run for President, I’d be glad to support her.
Ok-Mycologist-3829 on
Literally the best energy we have on the Democratic side
shapu on
No.
It doesn’t matter how good of a president she would be. It doesn’t matter how good her ideas are. It doesn’t matter that she represents the changing face of the democratic party.
She is a woman and for that reason many voting blocs that would otherwise be more likely to align with Democrats simply will not vote for her. They will once again lose the Latino vote, they will once again hemorrhage black voters, they will once again hemorrhage economic populists who are also social moderates or incrementalists.
There is no universe in which America is ready for a woman president.
squintytoast on
let’s see what midterms bring, first.
if the dems can get 60% majority in both house and senate, then maybe.
ClusterFoxtrot on
She had the wherewithal to knock Rubio for his Western Heritage speech (…). I, for one, would love a candidate that looks after our surrouding neighbours rather than looking into what we can pillage from them.
It seems like being in DC hasn’t disconnected her from the people she fights to represent, either. I wonder if going out and talking to a lot of people has anything to do with it?
It’d be nice to be represented by someone who has experience with the way our system has functioned– college debt, crushing housing costs, absurd rent. The freehand of the market has been failing people. We went from Payday loans to DoorDash credit. I heard today a blip about a credit scheme for renters.
It used to be you could buy software and own it forever. Now, everything is in the cloud, everything is recording you constantly and you pay for all of it while they tap in to your data.
It’s good to see somebody tapping into class consciousness.
charlieyeswecan on
Just dropping this here. Sick of this click bait we’re years away. I love her btw.
BlueDragon101 on
I’d happily vote for her, but i think that she’s an S tier VP pick for whoever wins the primary. Then 2032/36 for top of the ticket.
Prior_Grape_7408 on
Only way these folks are voting for a woman is if she has an R next to her name.
ScientificAnarchist on
No dear god run someone who can win
GreggSalad on
Guys we’ve seen how this ends twice now. Please stop. I look forward to the day it’s possible but right now winning is all that matters. Hard stop.
Annahsbananas on
I want her tor replace Schumer instead I
0utlaw-t0rn on
Shouldn’t happen.
She’s too easy to paint as an extreme progressive and is a woman.
The Democrats have had a pretty terrible track record running women for president. They just need someone younger, not a fascist, and capable of winning.
AOC would be better as a congressional leader. Either booting Schumer or as Speaker.
dudeKhed on
We’re not learning from our mistakes people… we can’t choose candidates that republicans will never vote for. We need the moderate red voters to wipe this current administration off the table. That won’t happen with what they view as “Radicals” we lost all branches of government and we need to claw it back. The only way we can do that is to serve up a candidate that will appeal to right leaning moderates. After we take back control, then we can start installing more progressive policies and aggressive candidates.
I like her but there’s no way she would win. She’ll never get anyone past the “center”
Any_Significance7396 on
Jesus fucking Christ the US is being torn apart and the democrats insist on continuing to run candidates with no chance of winning
trunksshinohara on
If Dems want to lose. Then sure yeah. Why not? Why not triple down on the same losing strategy?
Flamebrush on
We’ve done so well with female candidates in recent years – what could go wrong?
HotOnTheMike on
Do democrats want to win at all? You can keep throwing women and minorities up there, but the country has shown it’s not ready. It’s fucking sad, but true.
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It is. I vividly remember people saying Obama had zero chance before he got the nomination. Inspiration and Charisma go a long way and AOC has both. She would be the most powerful speaker since Obama if she were to be elected.
I think she’d do a lot more good by taking Schumer’s job.
Gonna be honest and say I did not think she could win before. But now, I feel like she can. She has to run and they need to get behind her. She needs a very good running mate though. Andy Beshear, IMO, is the best choice. Even in my area, that does seem to hate Democrats for the most part, many like Beshear. Beshear absolutely has presidential aspirations. So I could see him running. I would vote for either one in the general. Cannot vote for Democrats in the primary. But if I was choosing it would be AOC. Beshear as VP. Then he can run after she has been there 8 years. I see that as a solid set of Presidents. Unlike the Bush Jr. presidency and Trump presidencies. And they are young for candidates. So avoiding the pitfalls of Biden and Trump.
I mean she polls better than the democratic establishment and people actually *like* her and her policies, but that’s never persuaded the DNC before.
TBH, I’d rather see her replace Schumer, but if she wants to run for President, I’d be glad to support her.
Literally the best energy we have on the Democratic side
No.
It doesn’t matter how good of a president she would be. It doesn’t matter how good her ideas are. It doesn’t matter that she represents the changing face of the democratic party.
She is a woman and for that reason many voting blocs that would otherwise be more likely to align with Democrats simply will not vote for her. They will once again lose the Latino vote, they will once again hemorrhage black voters, they will once again hemorrhage economic populists who are also social moderates or incrementalists.
There is no universe in which America is ready for a woman president.
let’s see what midterms bring, first.
if the dems can get 60% majority in both house and senate, then maybe.
She had the wherewithal to knock Rubio for his Western Heritage speech (…). I, for one, would love a candidate that looks after our surrouding neighbours rather than looking into what we can pillage from them.
It seems like being in DC hasn’t disconnected her from the people she fights to represent, either. I wonder if going out and talking to a lot of people has anything to do with it?
It’d be nice to be represented by someone who has experience with the way our system has functioned– college debt, crushing housing costs, absurd rent. The freehand of the market has been failing people. We went from Payday loans to DoorDash credit. I heard today a blip about a credit scheme for renters.
It used to be you could buy software and own it forever. Now, everything is in the cloud, everything is recording you constantly and you pay for all of it while they tap in to your data.
It’s good to see somebody tapping into class consciousness.
Just dropping this here. Sick of this click bait we’re years away. I love her btw.
I’d happily vote for her, but i think that she’s an S tier VP pick for whoever wins the primary. Then 2032/36 for top of the ticket.
Only way these folks are voting for a woman is if she has an R next to her name.
No dear god run someone who can win
Guys we’ve seen how this ends twice now. Please stop. I look forward to the day it’s possible but right now winning is all that matters. Hard stop.
I want her tor replace Schumer instead I
Shouldn’t happen.
She’s too easy to paint as an extreme progressive and is a woman.
The Democrats have had a pretty terrible track record running women for president. They just need someone younger, not a fascist, and capable of winning.
AOC would be better as a congressional leader. Either booting Schumer or as Speaker.
We’re not learning from our mistakes people… we can’t choose candidates that republicans will never vote for. We need the moderate red voters to wipe this current administration off the table. That won’t happen with what they view as “Radicals” we lost all branches of government and we need to claw it back. The only way we can do that is to serve up a candidate that will appeal to right leaning moderates. After we take back control, then we can start installing more progressive policies and aggressive candidates.
After her disastrous performance in Munich? Not a chance. [Go for the Senate instead.](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5740764-ocasio-cortez-munich-security-conference/)
If you want to lose.
I like her but there’s no way she would win. She’ll never get anyone past the “center”
Jesus fucking Christ the US is being torn apart and the democrats insist on continuing to run candidates with no chance of winning
If Dems want to lose. Then sure yeah. Why not? Why not triple down on the same losing strategy?
We’ve done so well with female candidates in recent years – what could go wrong?
Do democrats want to win at all? You can keep throwing women and minorities up there, but the country has shown it’s not ready. It’s fucking sad, but true.