re: If you were a Democrat who would you want for POTUS in '28

How come I always think of the Jewish thing when I hear about Shapiro, but not immediately when I hear about Ossoff ? Maybe b/c Shapiro has been around longer ? Or maybe b/c 'Shapiro' is a slightly more Jewish name ? Im not sure, but I know im not the only one .


Also, even though I was not alive- there was a time when it was almost taken as gospel truth that a Catholic could never win the Presidency.. Until JFK did it .

I’d prefer Shapiro over anyone else from the Dems probably.

Republicans, I think I’d want Rubio or Kemp.

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My heart wants Rho Khanna, he's smart enough for the job. He went to Chicago University for undergrad then Yale for law school.

I just don't know that he has the charisma necessary.

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I tend to agree .. You can have all the credentials in the world, but when you're trying to lead 350 million people, ya gotta have likability and the ability to persuade people .. and that requires some level of "rizz" as the kids say .

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Ossoff

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Wet noodle of a candidate and a white male so doubt it

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Aka your wife is a dem but your friends are republicans.

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Im always impressed by people who think they have it all figured out, while at the same time being utterly clueless .


I am happily divorced ... so you're wrong there.. And ive been Registered Independent since the year 1996, when I was finally old enough to vote.. I am not proud of my first vote (for a third party candidate at that time, a guy named Ross Perot) but I tell you that just to illustrate that for me, and I suspect for most Independents, it isnt just some passing fad like many of yall write it off as.. since you cant fathom not falling hook, line and sinker for the psychotic American two-party system .

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It's gonna be Ossoff even though he is Jewish.

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I don’t think the Muslims will vote for a Jew. Precisely why Kamala didn’t pick Pa Gov as VP candidate.

At this point democrats can run anyone and GOP voters will line up to vote for them.

They just want to stick it to Trump.

I understand how short the memory of a voter is, the GOP just helped elect a bunch of liberal and DSA candidates.

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Has anybody outside of Georgia ever heard him or is he just a white guy who can pass for normal?

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I am 9,000 miles away from Georgia (Georgia the state, not Georgia the country) and I have heard of him .


Seriously though, he became a "name" iirc about 3 or 4 years ago nationally during the last cycle.. and while ill admit I dont know much about him other than his party affiliation, in my most humble opinion- what is needed in America in this moment more than anything else, are Centrists.. I dont give two shits if they are labeled R or D.. but guys (or women) like Reagan and Bill Clinton.. my two favorite Presidents........ b/c they were both basically two different sides of the same coin, one leaned SLIGHTLY right and the other slightly left, despite the revisionist history here .. I will however give the edge to RWR for seemingly being a better guy, in his personal life, than Clinton was.. but I honestly dont care as much about their personal peccadilloes and indescretions if they get shite done .