• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      21 hours ago

      Happily, enthusiastically. I don’t think she’ll be the one to take it in 2028, though, and I’d rather not see her burn her political viability this early in her career.

      I’d love to see her unseat Schmuck Schumer, and help Bernie cement the Progressive foundation in the Senate, the way she did in the House. She inspired many others to run for Congress, and now she can help them get a strong foothold on the Senate, too. That’s as important a job to the future of America as being president for a few years.

      After she’s spent a decade or so in the Senate, perhaps as Senate Majority leader or some other leadership role, she should have the support of the voters to be President, and I think she’ll make a truly great one. Just give her time.

      The problem, is that few others approach her in terms of credibility, and we can’t have another weak Democratic placeholder, just filling in long enough for voters to be convinced by a relentless flood of propaganda that they are really better off living in economic and social instability for their entire lives, so that the wealthy can be even more comfortable than they already are. That’s been the role of literally EVERY Democratic president since Carter. Not one of them did anything substantial to protect American citizens from a takeover by the nastiest organized criminals the world has to offer.