General Discussion

in favour of a dying (and now dead, unfortunately) septuagenarian in Connolly for ranking member on Oversight. Almost zero chance they will support her for Speaker anytime soon, if ever. They probably will not even vote for her as Chair of a major House Committee.

Her main best hope is to run for US Senate in either 2028 or 2030. She cannot win a Dem POTUS primary I fear (and is even less likely to win a POTUS general, at least not for ages) and any winning Dem POTUS nominee will be under massive pressure to NOT pick her as their running mate.

IF she does run for US Senate in 2028 or 2030, it is going to be a shitshow both here on DU and in the NY Dem primary. There will perhaps be hundreds of millions spent against her by all the anti-progressive Dem groups, plus AIPAC and all the RW billionaire-backed groups. It will likely make the 2025 NYC general election with Mamdani look like a stroll in the park, as it is the best (and likely last if she wins a US Senate seat) chance to run AOC out of all elective offices at a federal level.