Sanders and Warren in hot pursuit of AOC endorsement

[brooklynite]

Politico

The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez primary is heating up.

For the second time in five days, the star freshman congresswoman is appearing alongside Bernie Sanders at a high-profile event. Rep. Ro Khanna, co-chairman of Sanders' campaign, is talking with Ocasio-Cortez's staff about the primary. And Sanders' team told POLITICO that he and Ocasio-Cortez "have had phone calls.”

Ocasio-Cortez's work on Sanders' 2016 campaign — and the fact that several staffers from that bid went on to work for her and the pro-Ocasio-Cortez group Justice Democrats — suggest the Vermont senator has the inside track for her coveted endorsement. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren is making an aggressive pitch for Ocasio-Cortez's nod, too: She’s met with her privately and wrote a gushing essay about her for Time magazine. An aide to Warren said their teams have been in touch.

“She is excited about both of their campaigns and the ideas they are putting forward,” said Corbin Trent, a spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez. He added that the congresswoman isn't planning to endorse soon.

[still_one]

1. If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is wise she won't endorse anyone this early in the process

[Demsrule86]

2. Seriously? Two long term Senators want an endorsement from a freshman

Congresswoman.

[highplainsdem]

5. Definitely a through-the-looking-glass aspect to it...

[LongtimeAZDem]

3. I don't look at AOC as good judge of character:

[Celerity]

6. glass houses

Joe Biden: "I like Dick Cheney, for real. I think he is a decent man."

Joe Biden’s Paid Speech Buoyed the G.O.P. in Midwest Battleground

The former vice president's address in October helped Fred Upton, a vulnerable Republican, win re-election in Michigan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/biden-speech-fred-upton.html

snip

But Mr. Biden’s appearance in Michigan plainly set his lucrative personal activities at odds with what some Democrats saw as his duty to the party, linking him with a civic group seen as tilting to the right and undermining Democrats’ effort to defeat Mr. Upton, a powerful lawmaker who in 2017 helped craft a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

[LongtimeAZDem]

10. Fair point

[JudyM]

14. Too many here don't see this type of conflict as a problem. We need big change to get away from

conflicts of interest and just do the People’s business. That’s what we should stand for, IMO.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. Love AOC... would be thrilled with her endorsement of either Bernie or Elizabeth.

Either way, it's a win-win!!


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[JoeOtterbein]

7. Thanks for posting my daughter's article brooklynite. Let me add that the entire heading reads:

The two liberal icons court the most important progressive stamp of approval of 2020.

By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and ALEX THOMPSON 05/13/2019 07:24 PM EDT Updated 05/13/2019 08:07 PM EDT

[WeekiWater]

8. She will be endorsing Biden.

Might even appear with him at a couple of events. After the primaries of course.

Keep watching Cortez. She is slowly going to become like a Warren, not a Sanders. She wants to have an impact on the legislative process from the inside. She wants to be an agent of change from the inside. The exact opposite of Sanders. I really feel this about her. She might endorse Sanders pretty early. I won’t make a lot of it as it’s political. But she won’t sit on her hands and pout after Sanders loses.

[zipplewrath]

9. It's about votes

At the end of the day, endorsements aren't about the majority, but about that minority that they will influence.

[democratisphere]

11. WHY???

[highplainsdem]

12. Oh, so AOC "knows the only thing brighter than her spotlight is the 2020 presidential spotlight."

Wow...

To be fair to AOC, she didn't say anything so ridiculous about herself. That statement came from one of her admirers who's quoted in the article.

[underthematrix]

13. And so here it comes.