Would Tim Walz be good for 2028 after all?

 So, TYT reported on tim walz coming out swinging and saying that by the time trump is done with everything, we're probably gonna want universal healthcare. They mentioned how he seemed muzzled in 2024 and how now he's saying what he actually thinks. Yeah, no crap. That was the entire problem with harris's entire campaign. She couldnt be her. Walz couldnt be himself. They were contorting themselves to meet some ideal of some centrist candidate that NO ONE FRICKING WANTED outside of donors and party insiders.

Seriously, fire every third way activist inside the democratic party. Have all the old guys minus bernie retire. Get new blood in there. Implement a "project 2029" aimed at reversing the damage that trump has done and then replace it with an actual new new deal for america. That's what we need. If walz wants to actually fight for stuff this time, then I can support walz. I really dont know who I will support in 2028, it depends who emerges and who is actually good. Not opposed to supporting walz though.

In 2024, what REALLY soured me on harris? Two things. 1) lack of universal healthcare. 2) the creepy opportunity economy framing. The fact that harris abandoned universal healthcare to win over centrists was a sin and a compromise that really alienated me myself from the party. I tolerated it because, again, had to beat the LITERAL FASCIST that is donald trump, but yeah. I wasn't happy. And honestly? Stop the creepy work worship. We need an entirely new ideology around work itself. Less fetishization. less framing of de facto wage slavery as an "opportunity", more focus on workers' rights, and UBI, and universal healthcare and crap. We need a new approach to the economy. We need a new approach to politics, what we're doing isn't working. 

So yeah. Walz 2028 is a possibility. If he is the one with the balz (i know, terrible pun), I'll support him. I'll come up with a new metric for 2028 by the time candidates start to emerge. I don't think I'll be modifying my existing ones much. I have a good idea of what I want. Just to give a recap, this is my 2024 metric:

Basic income support- 10 points

 Universal healthcare support- 10 points

Other economics- 10 points

Social issues- 10 points

 Foreign policy- 10 points

 Ideology/Worldview- 20 points

Commitment to the above- 10 points

Experience/competence- 10 points

Not a spoiler- 10 points

Total- 100 points

 Honestly, it seems like a good metric overall. I'll work with it. Idk if I'll change it or not, but yeah. 

I might also reintroduce a second metric geared toward my economic purity tests, but I doubt I'll use it to really judge candidates unless they're really close on metric 1 (like say, within 5-10 points). But yeah.

I'm not opposed to walz. If he came out in favor of universal healthcare, he'd be a strong candidate for me. 

Other possible candidates I'd be willing to see are:

Jon Stewart

Andrew Yang

 Nina Turner

Literally 87 year old Bernie (assuming a good VP given that level of age)

AOC

Really. It all depends who emerges and who is actually worth supporting. Right now this is the last thing on our minds given 2024 was just 4 months ago and we're nearly 2 years away from mid terms, but it's something to think about.