Who do you think - at this time - would be the Dem who could beat Trump’s designated successor?
The governors of MI, PA, IL, and CA seem to be the front runners now.
I hope Kamala doesn’t have another choice. I don’t like her at all.
Who do you think - at this time - would be the Dem who could beat Trump’s designated successor?
The governors of MI, PA, IL, and CA seem to be the front runners now.
I hope Kamala doesn’t have another choice. I don’t like her at all.
The Democrats don't seem to have much of a bench of widely-acceptable candidates.
Random thought: Andy Beshear?
KY gov? I forgot about him.Originally Posted by bae
That may be his greatest strength :-)
He’s living with veto-proof GOP majorities in his legislature, which I would assume has to moderate his options. Josh Shapiro would probably make a very strong candidate, although he may not be sufficiently anti-Israel for a significant segment of his party.
I see Mayor Pete is unpacking his carpet bag up in Michigan now. What comes of that might be interesting.
Protesting in the street is fine, and is a long tradition of expressing dissatisfaction. But I wish you Democrats on this board would be paying attention to what’s happening at the DNC. Who are they electing to their new board? Since they seem to be the king makers in the past two or three elections, are they the sort of people you want selecting your candidate? Making policy?
Three years ago, I begged y’all to Find a candidate who is not ancient, and at the time I didn’t even know how bad off Joe Biden would be in fall 2024. Well you can start now getting a candidate who makes sense, and give him policies that resonate with the American people. Democrats could take back the issue of free speech and be strong advocates for that, there’s room in our culture for them to take that position and fly with it. Democrats have abdicated their responsibility there. They could probably carve out a policy position that makes sense for border control and immigration, just to name a couple of issues they could win on.
If we could only find a candidate with half the charisma and ability to connect to their base as Trump. Considering past presidents of both parties, I would say that Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton and Obama had that kind of appeal. YMMV, but there was excitement about them. I can't think of anyone right now who can fill that bill.
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Nikki Haley?
I've not seen much in the line ups of much excitement, although I don't know much about the guy in Kentucky. I hope they have learned enough to not even let Kamala or Walz set foot in the ring. I saw a reference suggesting a Teddy Roosevelt type lion of a character is needed. The only thing that comes to mind is a young Bernie somewhere.
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I agree with your list. Clinton and Obama were your last superstars. You do need that magic fairy dust in the candidate but the guy also needs to be able to go out and sell ideas that are appealing. Right now the party is hamstringing the candidates and for all you all know, you might be killing the interest of your next magic Bean person.
I agree that if they promote Kamala again, y’all need to make a third-party. Surely they will not be that stupid. And I don’t mean that Kamala was all that bad. She just wasn’t good. But it wasn’t her fault, I blame Joe Biden entirely for the November election fiasco.
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