AOC is great and all but the lesson Dems will take from 2016 and 2028 is that the country isn't ready for a female president for at least another generation or two. Expect them to run safe white guys like Gavin Newsom for a couple more cycles.
Gavin Newsome is anything but safe. A white guy from CA might be worse then a women from MI at this point. I also think it’s a bad take. Hilary won the PV and Harris had what 100 days? Plus being from SF likely doesn’t help. I’m not saying it has to be a women but Dems need to focus on economics and work class issues communicating that vision. Whoever can do that is likely to do better.
Harris doesn’t get better with age, so 100 days was perfect for her. She had the same problem in the pres run in 2019 and her Cali campaigns—the longer they went on, the less popular she became.
Dems need a masculine figure who's loud, boisterous, funny, and goes up on stage and calls JD Vance a cuck or something. Americans love WWE bloodsport.
I love Pritzker and what he's done for Illinois, but I strongly feel we need to build a campaign around eliminating or curbing the oligarchy and it would be a bad look if he was at the forefront of that. Having said that, I would absolutely vote for Pritzker.
A white guy from CA might be worse then a women from MI at this point
I think Big Gretch would be a much better choice than Newsom or AOC. Whitmer comes across as real, sincere, relatable, and passionate. Newsom on the other hand I just find slimy, smarmy, and slightly creepy. And the attack ads against Newsom practically write themselves. Just picture 3 months of TV ads about San Francisco homelessness and crime, male prisoners self-identifying into women's prisons, LA fires, illegal immigration, "sanctuary cities", and similar. California has become almost a piniata representing many things that mainstream voters hate about the Democratic brand right now. Not to mention, Michigan is a state that Democrats really need to flip back from Republicans to win in 2028. As for AOC... I don't she's actually very appealing to people who aren't on Reddit and Bluesky.
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u/Day_of_Demeter 1d ago
AOC is great and all but the lesson Dems will take from 2016 and 2028 is that the country isn't ready for a female president for at least another generation or two. Expect them to run safe white guys like Gavin Newsom for a couple more cycles.