Independent Senator Bernie Sanders floated Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a potential presidential candidate in the 2028 elections, saying that even though it’s “her decision to make,” she is a “very, very good politician.”
Speaking to Axios, Sanders said that he has been “out on the streets with her” and noticed how she responds when people come up to her. “It’s so incredibly genuine and open.”
Ocasio-Cortez is seemingly positioning herself to run for higher office, whether it is challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his seat or to make a run for president.
A female president of a normal age would be an amazing change for the US. Why does it always have to be geriatric males?
People thought the same when Obama was running.
Easy to forget that 2008 was just three Democrats running for a book deal and twelve Republicans running to be Pope
Problem is, politicians tend to retire after the presidency. Obama could still be a really good senator, but that somehow never happens. So my fear about an AOC presidency is that it would cut her political career short. She’s already great in the House.
Yeah, that would be a shame. Although the shift in direction we could see switching from a Vance-run crumbling Trump regime to AOC would have SO much potential to do good for the US and the world that losing a couple decades of her as a vote in congress would be a bargain. Plus even in retirement she’d have a huge platform to influence hearts and minds.
Standard caveats and disclaimers apply, of course. That goes for everything from the 28 elections happening, to the US still existing, to the Earth’s biosphere still existing. __
Yet a lot more is necessary to fix the fascism in the US…
True. And her presidency could also inspire more people like her to go into politics. I retract my doubts. Go for it.
Andrew Johnson did that
You mean early retirement?
Oh no, the tragedy… who’d want that?
Her voters, perhaps.
America is incredibly sexist. And racist.
As much as I would love for her to change things up, the reality is America isn’t ready to elect a woman. She simply won’t win. We need a male candidate, especially against the current testosterone driven gop. A woman simply won’t convert vites from gop to democratic, it just won’t happen.
Nothing will convert gop to democratic. It’s the Trump cult. We need someone to get out the vote with the people who failed to vote last time, perhaps bring in some disillusioned leftists who can compromise.