JPW -- "Whether you want to admit it or not, this thread is absolute proof that progressives, for all their self-righteous puling, are happily jumping onboard for the race to the bottom."

AOC has every right to run in the primary. The voters will determine if she is qualified or not. Saying that voting for her is a "race to the bottom" is absolute BS. Look at the mayor of NY and what he has accomplished in a short time. Did he have the "accomplishments" you are harping on AOC for? I believe AOC has an uphill climb simply because she is a woman but you cant even admit that this is her biggest challenge. You keep harping on the accomplishments thing but I cannot find any example of the same worry about any man in the past that tossed their hat in the primary. Why are you still here vehemently against anything AOC? Nothing you say on this site is going to change whether she enters the primary and certainly wont change one voters mind on whether they like her or not. In fact just seeing that you are still here today so against her I am more for her and might actually go google her. Give it a rest.

JPW, I dont live in New York but have a friend over there that has nothing but good things to say about AOC. Something about a tutoring program and other stuff for her actual district. I thought she was cooing over the Puerto Rico thing at one point but maybe I misunderstood or she had her facts wrong (a good possibility). They believe she is accomplishing things for them and I guess that perception is reality when you are in it.

I also dont believe that Kamala slept her way to the top, or what does that say about the men? She did have to gather votes for positions in Cali. Clearly she was unprepared to jump in at the last minute and run for POTUS, I mean she didnt even do well in the primary she was in. Biden should served the one term like he said he would and the Dems should have had an open primary.

I dont think Mark Kelly wants it so that might be a moot point.

I would like to see Pete Buttigieg in a primary again. It will be interesting to see if there are any good candidates this time. I am not sure I would vote for Pete but he seems well spoken and not as far left as AOC. I also think a gay man has a better chance than a woman at this point.

I think I could get behind Mark Kelly but see AOC as a challenge. Dems have not won (against Trump of all people) with 2 qualified women and I honestly believe it is going to be that way a lot longer than anyone wants to admit. Also, you will have people like JPW that dont know what she has accomplished and think she is just a face with a loud mouth. She has actually been in there putting in work. Nothing that she has authored alone has passed but that is true for most of congress. She has gotten several amendments to other pieces of legislation through and co-authored the new green deal. If I recall she was involved in getting Puerto Rico funding for cleanup but I could be wrong. She has also gotten funding for several projects in her district and has gotten them results so they keep voting for her. I dont agree with her on a lot but you cant act like she is getting nowhere.

#140 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-05-07 05:49 PM

You cant be serious. There is no other explanation for your persona than a troll. No one person could be as incredibly stupid as you post.

Which must be exactly what he voted for.

Our founders were smarter than that.

#7 | Posted by boazreborn

The founders didnt have a cap on the number of representatives in the House, that came along in 1929. The cap directly affects the Electoral College. Representation is now so uneven that EC is not doing its job. Fix the House and ban gerrymandering.

Idiots like you want to vote for Tom Steyer, because who cares what his policies are, all that matters is that D!

#17 | Posted by ClownShack

I honestly feel like the time to try is in the primary. When we hit the general election for POTUS there really are only 2 viable candidates. R or D and if Trump is the R does it really matter who the D is by then if you live in a swing state? Those of us in a state with a foregone conclusion are given the opportunity to vote 3rd party and try to stir things up in future elections but for now there are really no other choices...

#60 | Posted by ClownShack

Absolutely, I grew up in Central Cali where there is still so much racism and hate. It is a very red belt through there.

#55 | Posted by ClownShack

Unfortunately I have seen the same in Cali and Idaho. I hear so much whining about whites becoming the minority.

" an actual moderate." #50 | Posted by BellRinger

Why is it the responsibility of the the Dems to find an actual moderate? -- right in the A** if you think that Kamala wasnt already a moderate. You cannot be JeffJ, he was really leaning into being a loser there at the end but this character is aw--l, he at least seemed fairly intelligent.