Poll: Who would you prefer to run for higher office -- Katie Porter or AOC?

[ificandream]

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.)

22 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Katie Porter
	21 (95%)
	AOC
	1 (5%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[jcgoldie]

1. ...

[Srkdqltr]

2. Why not both?

[ificandream]

4. No problem there..

Yeah, I'd love to see both. It's just a question of which one you'd like most.

[Srkdqltr]

6. There is no "most" . they are both different. Highly competent women.

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]

3. They are both right where they belong

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]

10. She would make an excellent SCOTUS justice but I doubt she would ever be nominated for it.

Other judgeships are simply too low profile for the massive good will she performs.

[Hortensis]

5. Neither. They're both still newbies to government and would

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]

7. I like them both!

[LonePirate]

8. Both are very effective communicators but the right only wages war on one of them.

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]

9. If we are keeping it to members of the House

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]

11. Is this poll meant to divide us?

We need both of them.

[Scrivener7]

12. That was my first thought too.

[ificandream]

13. In answer to your question, not at all.

I really like both of them (honest!!), as many in this thread do. I just wondered who is your preference.

[TheRealNorth]

14. That was my first instinct as well

Seems like a shit-stirring post. I like them both.

[hamsterjill]

15. Love them both, but Katie is more savvy.

She navigates the political realm more effectively right now than AOC.

Give AOC a few years. She’s got plenty of time to do great things.

[ificandream]

16. I kind of think that too,,,

[hamsterjill]

19. Great minds think alike!!! LOL

[mvd]

17. Both are great

I have always been a big supporter of AOC, so I chose her, but Katie Porter isn’t far behind.

[brooklynite]

18. AOC is too hard-left to be successful statewide in NY

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]

20. Both.

In fact, a presidential ticket with both of them -doesn't matter which order.