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I'd rather AOC take over the Senate and replace Schumer as majority (minority for now, but majority forever) leader. She'd have more influence for longer than just being a president.
That's fair. IMO, the presidency is more important in this political environment, since setting the direction and tone of the nation is important.
It sucks that we don't have lots of a high-profile progressives, because the spread of competent and fiery people is a bit too thin. Our agenda shouldn't have tradeoffs about who is best for what.
It's been the bureaucratic underpinnings that have kept the country recognizable for now. I would argue that the left needs more long term, behind the scenes work, similar to what the right did for decades before Trump came along.
Maybe. What's more important in setting the shape of the administration? The dough (cabnet, legislative agenda, international stance) good for just 4 years? Or the mold that dough must pass through?
It really depends on whether a president gets two terms, and now the possibility of a civil war. Senate is good if you expect normalish times...which is iffy. I think the midterms will decide what tack AOC and friends will follow.
If it were possible, I wouldn't mind Sanders being the 2028 candidate, if he still has a sound mind and the conditions allow for a peacetime president. Setting aside age, I kinda worry that he lacks sufficient hostility to prosecute the Epstein class - because he is a gentle dude, IMO.
As far as I know, there's no reason that a president couldn't return to the Senate after their term is up. So why not both?
Ben Franklin did it.