@Socdem_Michael I don’t think Ossoff or AOC will run but we will see. I know ppl are comparing Ossoff’s remarks to the 06 remarks Obama made, but Ossoff’s been way more vocal about not running.
@grl_fit@TeamTalaricoHQ Even if that were true (and it’s not), the government isn’t the vehicle to spread Christianity. It shouldn’t be pushed on kids in public schools.
@shudnell@yemisi Most black people are probably more economically progressive than they give themselves credit for but our history leans us towards valuing pragmatism and the ability to get things done, along with candidates who at least pretend to be responsive to us rather than lecturing us.
@cjgproduxions Agreed. She’s beautiful, she has the wealth they all want, she is literally that girl in ATL behind the scenes, etc. She can be a lil corny at times and she doesn’t read at the level of some of them, but those are things she can work on.
@KevinR70@Amy_Siskind Not to say moderation isn’t needed or how things get done; I just don’t think more moderates would have gotten us to single payer lol
@KevinR70@Amy_Siskind I get you but my counter is that moderates only get in there by being a bulwark against big ideas from either side and tend to push the party rightward in order to get their vote. This, in turn, forces the party to start from a more right position than fhat would have otherwise.
@Amy_Siskind I’m probably as sympathetic to leftist ideas as it comes, but I do think we have an inability to actually get shit done. Obstructionism isn’t a viable strategy for governing.
@KevinR70@Amy_Siskind Obama was never going to get single payer (and I don’t think Obama even supported single payer). Manchin barely wanted to vote for the ACA. My hope at this point with more moderates would be to get closer to a German-like universal coverage model with private insurers.
@inspireprag Even if you want to say that it cost her Michigan, she wouldn’t have won with Michigan alone. The uncommited movement wasn’t the reason she also lost the other swing states. I voted for Kamala but we gotta be honest actors here.
@Agt00Soul@jameernels18792@MariamaJames13 2024 is a different story. If you wanna blame him for Rashida and Michigan, I can’t argue with that because I do think that was some bullshit. But that doesn’t explain PA or WI then either.