Wait, you don’t need any experience whatsoever in politics or government to run for president? Well then, I volunteer. Transit worker, HS teacher, Adjunct - that’s all the resume I apparently need.
Having the DSA as your campaign network guarantees failure, unless the backlash against Trump is as strong as the backlash against Dems/Harris in 2024, in which case any empty head will win. And the party machinery will guarantee that there are no truly popular candidates. (Ever hear of a guy names Platner?) AOC couldn't have found Iran on a map before Trump attacked, and still has no coherent position in opposition to the war.
The focus for a popular campaign in anti-trust, anti-monopoly, hold corporations accountable, including an intelligent campaign against unaccountable health care providers who are already working primarily on public money. Part of that is promoting union organizing (shop level demands for respect, not the public blustering of piecards like Shawn Fain.
Your point that it's important to run for President because that's the campaign that the public pays attention to is valid. But much of that importance lies in the coattails a presidential candidate provides to candidates for Congress, state legislatures and local offices. It's a mistake to run a candidate for President by herself. That campaign needs to be linked to workers' campaigns for as many offices as possible, from the local sewer district all the way up to Senator.
Abu El Sayed has said, and I believed him, that he doesn't want to be in D.C. he wants to stay in Michigan. I don't know that what DSA or whoever thinks would be decisive but the ones that come to mind are Ro Khanna who is obviously running, that guy in Md who went to Visit and save his constituent in El Salvador is good... if someone like the President of the airline union was more in the public eye, rather than only known generally by the Left, then i could see them as part of a team. just chatting..
The example of Mamdani staying on message is compelling, but I feel like he stuck to a principle (the universal political principle of 'affordability) more than 1-2 specific policies. (Please correct me if I am misremembering). Or if you disagree with the general thrust of my contribution.
So if a candidate were to replicate that framework they should rather find the throughline that underlies the issues they want to be laser focused on.
So if it's M4A and ending aid to Israel that would be... Humanity? I dunno. I'm spitballing at this point.
AOC? She seems to go whichever way the wind blows. Don’t see her as a strong presidential candidate.
Wait, you don’t need any experience whatsoever in politics or government to run for president? Well then, I volunteer. Transit worker, HS teacher, Adjunct - that’s all the resume I apparently need.
Having the DSA as your campaign network guarantees failure, unless the backlash against Trump is as strong as the backlash against Dems/Harris in 2024, in which case any empty head will win. And the party machinery will guarantee that there are no truly popular candidates. (Ever hear of a guy names Platner?) AOC couldn't have found Iran on a map before Trump attacked, and still has no coherent position in opposition to the war.
The focus for a popular campaign in anti-trust, anti-monopoly, hold corporations accountable, including an intelligent campaign against unaccountable health care providers who are already working primarily on public money. Part of that is promoting union organizing (shop level demands for respect, not the public blustering of piecards like Shawn Fain.
Your point that it's important to run for President because that's the campaign that the public pays attention to is valid. But much of that importance lies in the coattails a presidential candidate provides to candidates for Congress, state legislatures and local offices. It's a mistake to run a candidate for President by herself. That campaign needs to be linked to workers' campaigns for as many offices as possible, from the local sewer district all the way up to Senator.
Abu El Sayed has said, and I believed him, that he doesn't want to be in D.C. he wants to stay in Michigan. I don't know that what DSA or whoever thinks would be decisive but the ones that come to mind are Ro Khanna who is obviously running, that guy in Md who went to Visit and save his constituent in El Salvador is good... if someone like the President of the airline union was more in the public eye, rather than only known generally by the Left, then i could see them as part of a team. just chatting..
No more Fight Agency lol
The example of Mamdani staying on message is compelling, but I feel like he stuck to a principle (the universal political principle of 'affordability) more than 1-2 specific policies. (Please correct me if I am misremembering). Or if you disagree with the general thrust of my contribution.
So if a candidate were to replicate that framework they should rather find the throughline that underlies the issues they want to be laser focused on.
So if it's M4A and ending aid to Israel that would be... Humanity? I dunno. I'm spitballing at this point.