chapotraphouse

He's the most progressive president since FDR

Not to defend any of bernies actions for the past few years but a big reason Bernie got such a following is there were videos of him saying the same stuff back in the 80s. He got whittled down and ground out by the DNC but he was relatively progressive for a time with consistent messaging that resonated with people.

AOC seems to be doing a speed run of Pelosi's legacy and you can already make a compilation of her saying something progressive and then weepily explaining why she had to vote for the opposite of that along with the rest of the parry.

Not only is there not anybody even close to bernies previously stated beliefs, people are gonna be less likely to enthusiastically support them after getting burned last time around.

I think AOC will most likely fill that role, but it will functionally be closer to how you imagine it to go with Buttigieg. She's a full on DNC shill, but can still sheepdog just enough of the old Bernie coalition to be valuable. She'll be trotted out as the "radical far left candidate" and it'll be fine if she wins cause they know she'll only be "the most progressive president since Biden" and will sign off on bombing everything they want.

Mayo Pete couldn't even get regular libs excited let alone attract the peoole they need sheepdogged. I'm sure they'll try to keep making him a thing, but i don't see it working

Mayo Pete

The CIA has a strong track record of being politically active in AES countries, I don't see what could go wrong

What, you're not thrilled by Zionist Newsmax boomer or AIDS Faith-Healing Tiktok boomer?

It's still Her turn!

Even libs should cast a hairy eyeball on anyone who came up through McKinsey.

Jeff Merkley is my sleeper prediction. He has some similar beats to 2016 Bernie: no one knows about him, is left of the majority of dems, has a relatively safe seat in Oregon, history of regularly voting against the majority of the senate for things like military budgets, is a socdem. He tried to run in 2020 but wasn't able to convince the Oregon state government to allow him to run for senate and president at the same time.

Though I have my doubts that he has the energy or charisma to rally up the support. Otherwise, I see Pritzker as fitting the role.

My gut reaction says Fetterman but im just basing that on vibes.

The second is basically Obama minus the enthusiasm of being the first Black president, so I see that as the most likely model. Hope and Change!

I'm voting evil Morty.

So your worst possibility is Obama basically

suck the energy out of leftist movements in the imperial core for a further decade.

Your post doesn't mention "workers" a single time, maybe try getting an actual solid foundation before you attempt to build a politic's? Just a thought!

Warren in the short term, AOC in the long term.

I don't even think Bernie could be the successor to Bernie going forward. 2016 an 2020 did a lot to turn young Americans onto leftist (and left-ish) politics, but in the same move they definitively turned that group off from electoralism, and then the man himself drove the final nails into the coffin of his own movement by refusing to meaningfully oppose the Democratic establishment.

AOC either runs for president or she remains in congress like Nancy Pelosi and doesn't contend any races outside of her congressional district. The DNC has been fond of putting in tokens. They could get a "random" who's fairly well known to those paying attention but unknown in the public mind. There are plenty of people in congress and the senate who can claim they're progressive for supporting a handful of policies on paper.

Pete seems to be who they're pushing. The DNC is either more out of touch than I thought or suburban boomer Democrat voters like him more than I thought.