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'Newsom Does Not Want to Tax Billionaires,' Say Campaigners, 'But Wants You to Think He Does'
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Please don't let this guy be who ends up on the 2028 ticket.
Democrats just be opening the door for Republicans every election since 2016
And then they are surprised to be called controlled opposition.
AOC please. I don't even agree with her on every single thing but she's whip-smart and constantly pushing and principled
The DNC will pull every trick in the book to make sure it's him and not a progressive... Then he'll pick a right-wing running mate and liberals will claim any criticism is enabling whatever Nazi Vampire the GOP puts forward.
The only reason it could be him and not a progressive is if progressives split their votes while the corporate-backed party members defer their votes to him, which is pretty much what happened in 2020’s primary.
If the Democratic primary happens with most states using a form a Ranked Choice Voting for their party’s primary, then progressives have a better chance since the progressive candidates aren’t knocking each other out of the running.
2020 only had like a month or so when the progressives totaled more than 50% in polling.
The good news is in 2028 is I can't really think of many viable progressives in the first place, and there are a ton of mediocre moderates who all think this is their time.
I think we’d better prepare a progressive front runner sooner rather than later. Otherwise we end up like California’s most recent governor primary where the most progressive candidates didn’t really step forward until the last minute, knocked each other out, and now California gets another Newsome-lite type candidate as the front runner against a Republican rather than up against a Progressive.
What happened is largely the fault of the voting system being a jungle primary instead of a more favorable system like a Ranked Robin version of ranked choice voting.
Dont worry, itll be Shapiro or Pritzker.