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No, Jeffries and Schumer don’t have the imagination or the fortitude. I don’t know Slotkin. But there is a lane there for someone to take. Maybe they’re not taking it for fear of alienating leftists for their economics and do-nothing centrists for doing something.

I would say Gavin Newsom is in the fight/centrist quadrant.

We've created a sweeping constitutional reform amendment that is EXACTLY this. Check it out at amendamerica.org/amendment

We still don't have a left wing in the US, but the underlying premise is true.

Left, right, or center, America needs universal healthcare, equal rights amendment, affordable living AND clean food and water.

I've been making this argument for several years--that the constitutional failure we have experienced requires fundamental systemic reform: progressive.org/case-for-re-...

I mean, it's right there in the acronym

I'm fine with an Islamic socialist but America is a selfish, lazy, racist, bigoted country. Americans fucked us over in 2024 by voting for Trump or not voting. AMERICA voted for this. This could have waited 2 years. THAT'S the problem with the Democratic party. We snatch defeat from victory.

During a year where Texas and Alaska could flip? Especially in a state that twice voted for "Barack Hussein Obama" by large margins?

Hell yeah

well, if they did learn, there'd be a lot more dead billionaires already

dang. sounds like the political system could use some major, disruptive change, then.

This isn't about age, it's about frustration with the economy and lack of power to fix our problems. Younger folks are less attached to the current system, but older folks have had longer to see the system isn't living up to its promises.