Re: OT: Ukraine WH-meeting news coverage

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:32:35 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:16:54 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:
 

On Sun, 02 Mar 2025 22:52:29 -0500, shawn
<nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
 

That would be nice but the truth is many of the likely Republican
candidates will just try to run as Trump 2.0. Not that any seem likely
to succeed but they are likely to see that as their best opportunity
to win the election. I'm not sure what the Democrats will do as the
only one that would run if he could and have a strong platform is
Bernie Sanders (yes, I know he is officially an Independent) , but he
will clearly be too old to run at that point. I don't see AOC making a
run for the Presidency then so I'm unclear who else is likely to step
up in a 2027 campaign.

 
I heard an analyst earlier today saying that Sanders wasn't running
for President in 2028 (he knows he's too old to do so) but for the
right to anoint his chosen candidate which the commentator expected to
be AOC.
 
Can you imagine the attack ads that would be run against her
containing nothing but 25 seconds of her film clips followed by 5-10
seconds of "Do you want this? Vote for <whoever the GOP candidate
happens to be>"

 
I don't see AOC running for President in 2028, but based on what I've
been seeing of her in the past year she's better than either Biden or
Trump.

>
Oh, come on. She’s not even better than Harris or Carter (in his current
condition).

I don't expect you to agree but she's been doing quite well from what
I've seen recently. I wouldn't have said that a few years ago, but
she's at least saying the Democrats have to get out there and fight
back if they expect people to support them, including calling out
Schumer for going along with that vote on the budget.

Whether Schumer is right about  Trump using a vote against the budget
extension as an excuse to shut down any part of the government he
dislikes and keep it shut down, I don't know. I do think that not
fighting for at least some concessions leaves people with little
reason to support the Democrats as they can be seen as Republican lite
if they aren't going to push back against Republican plans.