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Sorry, not seeing a broad appeal fujiyamasan May 2025 #1
trump never won an election for anything mountain grammy May 2025 #10
Yes, but also rich and famous and able to get away with stunts we would never pull. CTyankee May 2025 #11
And that just proves the point of the need to have at least statewide political experience. n/t valleyrogue May 2025 #15
how does it prove the point? cadoman May 2025 #57
Trump already had massive name recognition in 2016 fujiyamasan May 2025 #18
He had a different kind of appeal aimed at a different kind of person. Crunchy Frog May 2025 #63
True that mountain grammy May 2025 #64
Nope. That's wishful thinking and not something that would work in the real world. Oopsie Daisy May 2025 #2
Economic populism appeals massively to the center thought crime May 2025 #30
What proof is there that economic populism appeals massively to the center? betsuni May 2025 #31
The New Deal thought crime May 2025 #40
Not populist. FDR was a top 1% elite establishment wealthy capitalist, not a populist or democratic socialist. betsuni May 2025 #42
FDR / New Deal are often described as populist (in a good way) thought crime May 2025 #66
Trump won Missouri by 18 points and biocube May 2025 #47
History shows that this message is definitely not the way to win national elections. Oopsie Daisy May 2025 #35
Buttegieg 2028 markie May 2025 #3
We tend to elect Presidents with easy, simple last names Polybius May 2025 #17
This is true, Obama is the only president elected so far with a non European last name fujiyamasan May 2025 #19
Eisenhower? Retrograde May 2025 #58
Well, that was 73 years ago :) Polybius May 2025 #59
I like the way you think - no joke. SalamanderSleeps May 2025 #67
I liked Bernie becoming a... Mike Nelson May 2025 #4
You have been here since 2022? pwb May 2025 #5
IK,R? Oopsie Daisy May 2025 #36
Apparently, you never been in "time out." SalamanderSleeps May 2025 #74
This ticket would not work. bottomofthehill May 2025 #6
Sorry, both need to win a state wide race, the US Senate, serve there like Pres. O did before... brush May 2025 #7
The beginning was 20 years before you joined obamanut2012 May 2025 #8
You and I are wondering the same thing. The clues are all there. Oopsie Daisy May 2025 #37
I took it to mean that they've been lurking since day one and just joined in 2022. Xavier Breath May 2025 #46
AOC + Mayor Pete equals a Republican elected in 2028. elocs May 2025 #9
By that I guess you mean that women, and women of color, and homosexuals Jack Valentino May 2025 #20
The sad truth is that there is a 0 track record of electing a woman to the presidency elocs May 2025 #25
The larger truth is that we must change that track record. thought crime May 2025 #29
I've voted for Democrats exclusively for over 50 years now. Your stance is simply stupid, elocs May 2025 #38
I'll join the bandwagon taking your dare. RandomNumbers May 2025 #12
Meeting the majority where they are? IzzaNuDay May 2025 #27
No. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 2025 #33
Sorry but it hasn't. róisín_dubh May 2025 #80
Why not edhopper May 2025 #13
LOL!!!!! valleyrogue May 2025 #14
Too post-modern and academic. David__77 May 2025 #16
The 2028 Candidate has to Mountainguy May 2025 #21
The ticket would work just fine DFW May 2025 #22
If that was our ticket, Vermont would become a swing state. Wanderlust988 May 2025 #23
What does that mean? displacedvermoter May 2025 #32
No chance that will result in a win. I like Mark Cuban somehow dealt into the ticket. Melon May 2025 #24
My choice for 2028 is Tim Walz. BlueKota May 2025 #26
DU was established at the time of the election of George W. Bush. madaboutharry May 2025 #28
So, all the people that read the site but have not joined are not considered 'people' or something? OldBaldy1701E May 2025 #34
I didn't say that. madaboutharry May 2025 #39
It wouldn't work. BannonsLiver May 2025 #41
Sanders has also accomplished so very little in his decades-long legislative career. W_HAMILTON May 2025 #43
2 words "Amendment King." SalamanderSleeps May 2025 #60
links ? speak easy May 2025 #65
Politifact.com/factchecks Emile May 2025 #70
Most all Democratic progressive ideals since 1960 were born from youth and the left of center. PufPuf23 May 2025 #62
'Fraid not justaprogressive May 2025 #44
That ticket would work wonderfully, if you want to give the fascists a landslide victory. BlueTsunami2018 May 2025 #45
If that's the ticket Greg_In_SF May 2025 #48
AOC cannot win statewide in NY Danmel May 2025 #49
If Chuck Schumer can win statewide, so can AOC. Emile May 2025 #69
True SocialDemocrat61 May 2025 #72
Republians would rejoice if that were the Democratic ticket Mysterian May 2025 #50
That ticket would not work in 2028 and it is the DemocraTIC Party, not the Democrat Party. LoisB May 2025 #51
***IF*** They're going after new voters with new ideas yes .. but if they're going after the white male vote... uponit7771 May 2025 #52
I know a tell. Only MAGA trolls say Democrat party. usonian May 2025 #53
It does seem off. Even those that truly want AOC to be President JI7 May 2025 #76
That's a great idea... JoseBalow May 2025 #54
Yeah Bernie is old, but he isn't running, as far as I can tell. AS FOR AOC, DJ Synikus Makisimus May 2025 #55
No dwayneb May 2025 #56
Why what is wrong with AOC? SalamanderSleeps May 2025 #61
I get it. SalamanderSleeps May 2025 #68
I've heard the view expressed anamnua May 2025 #71
It's BS SocialDemocrat61 May 2025 #73
Conspiracy theory easily debunked. Here (1. Myth of the All-Powerful Democratic National Committee) betsuni May 2025 #75
Democratic voters made their choice. Quiet Em May 2025 #78
That ticket won't work Bayard May 2025 #77
If you like that ticket awesomerwb1 May 2025 #79
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