Will AOC be the next dem nominee? Or Jasmine Crockett?

AOC would be my preference ... a progressive POTUS candidate (who actually becomes the party nominee for the general election, unlike Bernie) would actually be something different since 1992 ... would actually be a genuine alternative for once in three decades, not more of the same-old-same-old uniparty that ultimately precipitated MAGAts ... and that alternative might actually win if it could sacrifice the identity politics component for at least one or two election cycles, progressives need to prioritize the things that will get them elected first, and vocally downplay the things that lose elections for them — loudly and repetitively enough to overcome the toxic rightwing disinformation apparatus which is able to make actual lies into the accepted narrative for low-information voters in an epic fashion — at least for awhile, until the Overton Window actually moves

I don't even think of Fetterman as a Dem at all, just a MAGA-Lite Israel lobbyist

As for Pete Buttigieg ... please, not another centrist ... we've had 3 decades of Third Way neoliberals already, and they are the entire reason we have seen the rise of a far right populist fringe become mainstream now, primarily because ever since Bill Clinton it has been hard to distinguish Dems from Republicans, with Dems embracing Republican economics and abandoning the working class (who have now, paradoxically, turned to the very thing which Third Way Dems were emulating in the first place, and which alienated the working class in the first place) ... moreover, if the US is still so regressive that the majority cannot imagine voting for a woman (a very non-radical and Israel lobby continuity candidate like Harris), then I suspect they also aren't ready for a gay man, and thus we continue losing strategies before the Overton Window has actually moved)

Moreover, Dems need to return to the way POTUS candidates were nominated prior to the 1970s — i.e., get rid of the primary system and just have the party select a candidate like it used to ... primaries only got us Hillary and Biden, instead of Bernie or Liz Warren) ... but first progressives need to somehow get control of the DNC away from the scourge of centrists trying to cosplay as Republicans


And yet having even a truly progressive POTUS in office doesn't really matter much unless progressives (not just Dems) also hold both the Senate and the House ... not much progress will be made without that. Every f*cking race matters, in every cycle, mid-terms included. People have to show up at the polls consistently, and to also not have a voting identity crisis if some economic indicator not actually within the control of a POTUS causes that voter to have a bad quarter for which they just nonsenically punish the incumbent party, or just STFU when nothing ever changes, administration after administration. Lack of a realistic understanding / minimal education in economics / politics, or laziness and apathy about voting or staying informed via real news (not social media and MAGA media), only enables a natural slide into fascism, every time, and everyone who is not consistently voting against fascism is complicit.

Switching parties every cycle, like a cat watching a tennis match, doesn't make you an "independent" any more than shunning journalism makes you a "free-thinker" 🤦🏻‍♀🤦🏻‍♀🤦🏻‍♀