Vote anyways

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I mean, look. I was on both of Bernie’s campaigns. I put in thousands of calls for the guy. But brother, Its a pipe dream. Bernie polls 20-25 points ahead of both Trump and Biden. It wouldn’t be a W, it would be a Blue version of this map. Bernie would CRUSH Trump.

    But its not going to happen. The DNC would rather lose to Trump than ever consider a genuine socialist. I would LOVE to be wrong on this, but its not going to happen.

    Honestly, we could probably get Katie Porter through the wickets. We could probably get Gretchen Witmer through. I think we could get Inslee in. I’d put each of these at less that 20% stand alone probability.

    Honestly, the best bet, the one I think has both the highest probability of getting the nom, and can actually win:

    Andy Beshear

    He’s a somewhat progressive southern > two term < Democratic governor.

    He’s won Kentucky. Twice. Hes “a bit” progressive, but not a Bernie or a Ro Khanna.

    You know who else was a two term, southern, slightly progressive governor?

    Bill Clinton.

    I’ll bet Bernie with my heart. I bet its going to be Andy Beshear with my wallet.