Who Should Run For President on the Democratic Side?

[Bofferbrauer2]

DarthMetalliCube said:

No's/Probably not's:
Kamala Harris - Seems like a Hillary Clinton lite, just another cog in the Neolib corporate machine, the fact that she seems to be the establishment and MSM's darling is a worrying sign for me.
Biden - More Obama? No thanks. And another old, establishment Dem Candidate. Snore...
Booker - Don't know much about him, but seems a bit douchey to me
Beto - No little about him too, but I think he's more on the etablishment/neolib side of things too, is he not? Maybe I'll look more into him.
Warren - Kind of found her appealing initially as she seemed anti-Wallstreet and Bernie-esque, but seemed to succumb to the typical identity politics, constant Trump bashing brand of the Dems, not my cup of tea. Plus the fact that she mostly lied about her Indian heritage rubbed me the wrong way.

Maybes:
Bernie - Don't like how he bascially sold out to the Clinton machine in '16 and went out with a whimper after getting screwed over by the super delegates and DNC collusion. Also he's really getting up there in age, and perhaps maybe a little TOO far left for my current tastes.
AOC - Again, somewhat extreme, but I do like that she is largely separate from the corporate Neolib machine. Though she's looking a bit crazier to me than when I initially followed her, and she's also succumbing to the typical "poor me, vote for me b/c I'm a woman!" identity politic bs, which I find extrememly repellent. Though she's currently too young to run anyway, so I guess this counts as a theoretical '28 run..

As of now Tulsi's the only candidate I think I'd really put a definite vote towards on the Democrat side. Though if she ran with Bernie on the ticket (either as prez OR VP, I'd very likely vote for Bern too).

Harris positions are actually much closer to Tulsi, Bernie and AOC than anything Clinton or otherwise establishment; Warren would be more like Clinton. Biden is more like a male Clinton (he's gonna be the establishment's candidate if he runs), and Booker is closer to a more left-wing Obama.

AOC is not illegible, even for VP since she's too young, but she could run in 2024.

But I agree also that Bernie/Tulsi would also be my  dream team for 2020.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 02 March 2019