What is AOC's track? House leadership, possibly speaker? Or higher office?

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20. She'll be 35 this year. She has time to move up slowly, capitalizing on her media presence.

She is learning the ropes the right way, too--slowly, forgetting no lessons learned along the way, and making few missteps.

If she wants to go for Schumer's seat when he retires, or Gillibrand's seat (any time she wants to retire is not too soon for me), I think she is ready. The Oval Office is a different story, but down the road a decade or two, it could happen. She will have to start building her alliances soon, and make the right ones. Align with sharp House members who may harbor similar ambitions (Swalwell, Jeffries, e.g.) and distance herself from useless, cumbersome alliances that displease the masses, (DSA, Squad, etc.). I think she is on solid enough ground now to do that--IF she wants to. Or, she could stick around and go for the Speaker's chair, although that might require more patience than she'd want to muster. I wouldn't blame her for that. Jeffries could be around for a good long while if all goes well. If she's smart enough to not flame out too soon, I think many avenues are hers to choose from. She definitely has more smarts than most of her fellow House members. That is no guarantee, though. To make optimum use of them, you have to use them wisely as well.