"Any non-AIPAC candidate for POTUS in 2028 would be so refreshing."
Yeah?!?!
Unicorns and lollipops and clouds made of cotton candy might be so refreshing, too.
But intelligent people deal with the cards in their hand, not some imaginary nirvana.
"AOC has the most name recognition and social followers."
AOC is a phenomenal person, a gifted politician, and clearly the voice and face of the future of the Democratic Party.
That said, however, and with a clear vision to what happened to the Democratic Party nominees in 2016 and 2024 ...
... AOC at the top of the Democratic Party ticket in 2028 would make the Republican blowouts in 1972 and 1984 seem like nail-biters in comparison. 'Tis a Republican political hack's wet dream.
Want to see AOC ascend to the top?
Then do all the hard and difficult work of bringing in new voters, educating them, imbue them with a sense of community, working towards electing Democrats.
But damning candidates running in the only viable alternative to the Republican Party in America in 2026 and 2028 - for not being pure - is political suicide.
Never fear the next generation; at one time we were all the next generation
#9 Clown, I was thinking more along the lines of Friday Night Lights, but your explanation works just as well.
:-)