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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: Who would you prefer to run for higher office -- Katie Porter or AOC?
A thread elsewhere here about Katie Porter's latest appearance on Laurence O'Donnell's show reminded me how much I like her style and how much I'd love to see her get elected to higher office. She is one kick-butt Democrat and a firebrand, of which we can use more. But so is AOC. So here's the question -- Who would you prefer to run for higher office -- Katie or AOC? (And to add a postcript to answer some of the comments, my inspiration for the thread was that the two have different styles.)
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Katie Porter | |
27 (96%) |
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AOC | |
1 (4%) |
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jcgoldie
(11,971 posts)Srkdqltr
(7,527 posts)ificandream
(10,316 posts)Yeah, I'd love to see both. It's just a question of which one you'd like most.
Srkdqltr
(7,527 posts)No choice unless they were up for the same position and I doubt they would go for that. Both are necessary to our country.
RainCaster
(11,463 posts)At some point Katie will be a great judge. She has a very analytical mind,and can pick her way through bullshit very easily.
LonePirate
(13,838 posts)Other judgeships are simply too low profile for the massive good will she performs.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)benefit from more years learning the enormous and enormously complex world their job encompasses, or perhaps positions appropriate to their abilities in state government.
Emile
(28,678 posts)LonePirate
(13,838 posts)AOC seems like she is headed to the Senate someday whereas Porter seems like she could either end up in the Senate or possibly being a Cabinet member heading up some federal Department. Both would make excellent an president, though.
JustAnotherGen
(33,273 posts)Lauren Underwood and Hakeem Jeffries.
I'm so impressed with their legislative records, and how they communicate in a way that bridges divides, speaks truth to power, and get things done in spite of deep rooted resistance to them even being 'Americans' (hat tip to #MitchPlease who told me what he thinks of me).
gab13by13
(24,588 posts)We need both of them.
Scrivener7
(52,360 posts)ificandream
(10,316 posts)I really like both of them (honest!!), as many in this thread do. I just wondered who is your preference.
TheRealNorth
(9,628 posts)Seems like a shit-stirring post. I like them both.
hamsterjill
(15,441 posts)She navigates the political realm more effectively right now than AOC.
Give AOC a few years. Shes got plenty of time to do great things.
ificandream
(10,316 posts)hamsterjill
(15,441 posts)mvd
(65,393 posts)I have always been a big supporter of AOC, so I chose her, but Katie Porter isnt far behind.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)She could take a stab a citywide office, but the results of the 2021 races wouldn't seem promising.
I don't know enough about Porter to make a judgement.
ColinC
(10,384 posts)In fact, a presidential ticket with both of them -doesn't matter which order.