So, with a recent interview she did, Kamala Harris is hinting at possibly running for president again. I've also been listening to 107 days, and she honestly doesn't seem to have a clue about why she lost. if anything, she sounds like Hillary Clinton again.
Can she just...please go away? She lost, she should be a pariah at this point, but it seems like Joe Biden is the scapegoat that got the party into that mess. it's not like the entire democratic party or its brand are unpopular and out of step with the American people or anything, it's that Harris didn't have enough time to make up for Joe Biden's problems.
*sigh*, do I have to trot this out again?
These are my election predictions. Harris did a lot better than Biden did, but let's face it, she didn't pull it off. Why? Well, in retrospect, it's because she didn't offer anything different than Biden. She had all of this initial energy, but after it became clear we were just getting Joe Biden except as a black lady, people soured on her and Trump won. Harris deserved her own defeat. I don't deny that she did good all things considered, but I think what people really wanted was something that wasn't Joe Biden. Harris was basically Joe Biden, but offering to put republicans in her administration.
Harris was actually more moderate and tasteless than Joe Biden. Her awesome healthcare plan from 2020? Gone. She didn't even support Joe Biden's public option. She had no real vision. She had an "opportunity economy" which just sounds like rebranded trickle down economics. She had band aid proposals. She didn't offer anything. She was just Joe Biden minus the cognitive decline.
Since the election, it's become clear to me that actual left wing ideas aren't unpopular. Zohran Mamdani is an outright socialist who has darned near a 100% chance of becoming the next mayor of NYC (he's ahead by 17 points, which is well beyond the 99.9% threshold). People LOVE the guy. Bernie Sanders is still filling stadiums on his "stop oligarchy" tour and is passing the torch to AOC as his ideological successor. People LOVE bernie and AOC. LOVE. If anyone should be the 2028 nominee, it's probably AOC. I would like someone more aligned with my own ideology, but let's face it, AOC is the next best thing. Graham Platner is popular in Maine, even as he faces accusations of being both a communist and a Nazi. The thing is, people are tired of the status quo. That's why Clinton lost, that's why Harris lost. They are tired of choosing between neoliberal democrats who will do F all to make their lives better, and right wing populists who promise to make their lives better but fail.
People voted for Trump in 2016 because he promised to bring back the jobs. They voted for him in 2024 because he promised to fix inflation. I'm not saying Trump can do those things. Trump himself is a demagogue and I do not believe that he has any satisfying answers for fixing the economy. In order to do that, you must go left. Either you must go to democratic socialism, which is just a rebrand of FDR's new deal liberalism, or you must go with something akin to my human centered capitalism. And sadly, my own ideology never got off the ground, so new deal liberalism it is, it seems.
As such, I guess AOC 2028 is where I stand. I don't want Harris. Oh god no, don't give us Harris again. She's done. She should go away. I dont really want Gavin Newsom either. I like the anti trump energy he brings to the fight. He is pretty much a made for TV president and his trolling of trump, is, well, it's REALLY FRICKING FUNNY. But...substance wise? I think he's just another centrist democrat. He's not compelling to me. And oh god no, please no Pete Buttigieg. He's about as interesting as dry wall. We need actual left populist solutions to our economic problems, or this cycle will just continue. The population will lose faith in the democrats again, and then we'll elect another psycho fascist guy. No more psycho fascists, no more centrist losers. Lets just please get a progressive for a change.
Again, unless a better option presents themselves who is more aligned with my politics, I'm all in on AOC 2028. She's the new Bernie. She is the idea person. She is "it" for me. You'll need to run a UBI centric human centered capitalist to beat her in my mind. Otherwise, yeah, give me AOC.
And yeah, that's where I stand on 2028. Of course, given the general election, I will just vote for whomever the dems put up. Again, as much as I'd like to be picky and protest vote, well...I ain't doing that with democracy under assault like it is. If we were dealing with more normal republicans who weren't an existential threat to democracy, I'd consider it. I mean, I dont like centrist dems. BUT....yeah....if we're dealing with literal fascists on the republican ticket and they arent screwing around, well...yeah. I'll vote for whomever. Even if it is kamala harris or pete buttigieg. Still. I believe that very few people actually want that, like that, and that such candidates don't have staying power. Even if they win, our country will still be under threat from a future republican fascist like JD Vance or any member of Trump's circus of horrors. As such, I believe the democrats need to do better.
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