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J. Horowitz's avatar

I just checked that AOC was born in NYC and is 35 years old, therefore eligible for presidency (unlike de facto president Musk). Whether she would be a good candidate or good president, don't know, but certainly very promising.

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John Jennrich's avatar

Yes, promising, but not now. Democrats need to focus now on winning. If that requires a moderate white male nominee for president, so be it. Unelected people don't have much power -- unless they're Elon Musk and the prez is Donald Trump.

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Kazz McKnight's avatar

I agree, a charismatic male shouldтАЩve been the game plan for 2024. Unfortunately both men AND women have unconscious bias towards women generally.

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Jon Rosen's avatar

Actually I think a more mainstream (ie white) candidate might have helped in 2024, but more importantly someone not tied to Biden. There are a lot of "if onlys" from 2024. I always thought the best candidate would have been Gretchen Whitmer but once Biden resisted getting out of the race immediately (as he should have in early 2024) the damage was probably done.

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Kazz McKnight's avatar

IтАЩm starting to think this whole shit show had to play out to make much needed change. To get not only Americans, but the whole global community to wake the f**ck up to oligarchical authoritarianism and realise тАШpower of the peopleтАЩ.

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Jon Rosen's avatar

And it certainly IS a sh*tshow, sigh... flying in all directions.

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