Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bashed former President Donald Trump throughout her speech at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention Monday, while highlighting Vice President Kamala Harris’ promises to working class Americans.
Might? I’m pretty sure that the general consensus is that, given her intelligence, political talent, and enormous popularity in spite of all the smear campaigns from both parties, it’s a question of WHEN she will, not IF she might…
The fact that the Democratic establishment gave her a speech at the convention proves this. I was waiting if they’d come around to her instead of kind of distancing themselves from her for a while.
When Bernie ran he didn’t have the Democratic establishment’s blessing; nor a fair media presence especially in 2015. But like Obama, AOC is going to have the trifecta of a) Grassroots energy, b) DNC support, and c) Solid media coverage.
Some Congress Critters like living in the House, so the first question is, does she want to? Perhaps her bucket list doesn’t have a state wide race in it. The second question has more nuance. In order to run statewide, there are compromises to be made with the party and the electorate. Will she make those compromises? Then there’s the side element of money.
If anyone could run statewide without compromising too much, I would think it is someone like AOC.
Progressives won’t sell across NY. It ain’t Vermont. She currently represents a D+15 district where that doesn’t matter what that much.
You’re not wrong and shouldn’t have gotten downvotes. There’s a lot of NY outside the metro areas, and they are rural and conservative. That said, it all depends on where the votes come from and that’s the blue population centers. So while she may not sell across the state, she may sell in enough of the right places to make it.