You are absolutely wrong....to win u need the people in the middle u need to win the independents.....you need to win the misogynistic blk male vote......u need to win Republicans who are being burned by Trump.
Sooo u need a centerist which she is not.
Plus she is a she n I'm sorry the USA is filled w racist female haters....which is so beyond sad.
Unfortunately, our politicians are too in hock to big business to realise it’s the citizens to elect them. They promise vague solutions and then carry out policies that only benefit big business. Some of our political class have forgotten their purpose.
In the Uk, we’ve got a Labour government (supposedly left wing for the workers and ordinary people) acting like a version of the right wing lot that we just kicked out after 14 years of austerity and mediocrity.
Here a populist, right wing, anti-NHS could very easily win the next election.
Thank you for your article. It sounds like the Democratic has a long way to go before they wake up and lead the resistance to Trump in a meaningful way.
YES! Also UK and thinking exactly that. The first party that runs on TAX THE RICH in either country (and many others) will win a landslide… which is exactly why the backers of Trumpet and Farrago want them in power, to if possible get rid of those pesky elections.
Great article, Alicia, about one of our favourites: and there are others! As you say, the problem is the money. Even worse in the States than in the UK, thanks to Citizens United…
I agree with much of your analysis of the problem, and Crockett might be a great candidate. Where does she stand on the US meddling in other countries and selling weapons to Israel?
I don't see the Democratic Party getting its act together on the national level. It is so sexist, racist, classist and unteachable, plus beholden to big donors and the war machine, that there is no way it would ever back Crockett.
Some Democrats even voted for the unbelievable budget bill in the U.S.House, which has allowed it to go to the Senate. The party will not get another vote or donation from me, no matter how many good local candidates there might be, until there is massive change at the upper levels. I've been waiting for 50 years for the Dems to prove themselves, and I am finished.
This piece is fantastic! I would vote for Jasmine for anything she ran for just like I voted for Stacey Abrams twice for GA governor. But you're correct that the DNC won't pull their heads out of their asses long enough to see that she's the real deal.
Not one mention of Palestine. Not one mention that Jasmine Crockett has consistently voted to fund the genocidal apartheid state, or how Crockett voted against the First Amendment by going along to suppress "antisemitic" speech, which only means anti-genocide speech these days.
Not one mention of Crockett's unquestioning support of all of Joe Biden's disastrous policies, from the Covid lockdowns and mandates, to deliberately engineered inflation to claw back the gains the working class made during the pandemic, to his positively idiotic foreign policy.
Finally, she's a Democrat. The Democratic Party is a slaughterhouse built by the establishment where progressive movements and dreams are sent to be corralled, killed, and processed into neofeudal capitalist sausage. There is no hope there.
Love Jasmine Crockett! As a professional and as a person.
She's absolutely great the Dems will vote for her
You are absolutely wrong....to win u need the people in the middle u need to win the independents.....you need to win the misogynistic blk male vote......u need to win Republicans who are being burned by Trump.
Sooo u need a centerist which she is not.
Plus she is a she n I'm sorry the USA is filled w racist female haters....which is so beyond sad.
I disagree. This is the myth the DNC keeps spewing and (gestures around at everything) look where it got us.
I will vote for her whatever she runs for, especially President!
Crockett is a national treasure.AND she shares the name of another folk hero in Davy Crockett. Somebody get her a Bowie knife!
She ran her own criminal defense and civil rights law practice.!? She ‘s a badass.
She can go toe to toe with any of those clowns on the hill, and she does!
Unfortunately, our politicians are too in hock to big business to realise it’s the citizens to elect them. They promise vague solutions and then carry out policies that only benefit big business. Some of our political class have forgotten their purpose.
In the Uk, we’ve got a Labour government (supposedly left wing for the workers and ordinary people) acting like a version of the right wing lot that we just kicked out after 14 years of austerity and mediocrity.
Here a populist, right wing, anti-NHS could very easily win the next election.
Thank you for your article. It sounds like the Democratic has a long way to go before they wake up and lead the resistance to Trump in a meaningful way.
YES! Also UK and thinking exactly that. The first party that runs on TAX THE RICH in either country (and many others) will win a landslide… which is exactly why the backers of Trumpet and Farrago want them in power, to if possible get rid of those pesky elections.
Great article, Alicia, about one of our favourites: and there are others! As you say, the problem is the money. Even worse in the States than in the UK, thanks to Citizens United…
Lifelong New Yorker. Old white guy. Ivy League educated.
I fucking LOVE Jasmin Crockett! Every time I see her she’s awesome. Total leadership package, totally upfront.
Possibly the only thing that could ever make me even a little bit envious of Houston. Just wish she were in NYC so I could vote for her.
I agree with much of your analysis of the problem, and Crockett might be a great candidate. Where does she stand on the US meddling in other countries and selling weapons to Israel?
I don't see the Democratic Party getting its act together on the national level. It is so sexist, racist, classist and unteachable, plus beholden to big donors and the war machine, that there is no way it would ever back Crockett.
Some Democrats even voted for the unbelievable budget bill in the U.S.House, which has allowed it to go to the Senate. The party will not get another vote or donation from me, no matter how many good local candidates there might be, until there is massive change at the upper levels. I've been waiting for 50 years for the Dems to prove themselves, and I am finished.
I love the way you write!
I would love to see her run for Governor of Texas! I know she is presidential but I am tired of “Hot Wheels”!
By the way my friends and I call him pop wheeIs, so she was nicer. I would love her for Governor of Texas! Or the President of the USA. 🇺🇸
I love how smart she is!
She’s dumber than a dead horse. Stop trying to beat her into sentience. She’s a moron. That’s her schtick.
My kind of woman! She has more ovaries than anyone I know, and ovaries beat cojones any old day! If men had babies, abortion would be a sacrament!
The elected need to be age and other demographics of the constituency
So a MUCH younger range of folks, and all colors shapes and sizes need to run!
And yes - Crockett needs to be upgraded!
Jasmine Crockett’s smart, sanguine about the prospects and policies for achieving what’s best for Americans, and has serious BS detection skills.
Seek professional help.
This piece is fantastic! I would vote for Jasmine for anything she ran for just like I voted for Stacey Abrams twice for GA governor. But you're correct that the DNC won't pull their heads out of their asses long enough to see that she's the real deal.
I'm sharing this with my subscribers immediately.
Not one mention of Palestine. Not one mention that Jasmine Crockett has consistently voted to fund the genocidal apartheid state, or how Crockett voted against the First Amendment by going along to suppress "antisemitic" speech, which only means anti-genocide speech these days.
Not one mention of Crockett's unquestioning support of all of Joe Biden's disastrous policies, from the Covid lockdowns and mandates, to deliberately engineered inflation to claw back the gains the working class made during the pandemic, to his positively idiotic foreign policy.
Finally, she's a Democrat. The Democratic Party is a slaughterhouse built by the establishment where progressive movements and dreams are sent to be corralled, killed, and processed into neofeudal capitalist sausage. There is no hope there.
U R Waaaaaaacist! Waaaacist, d*mnit!
Totes!
Jasmine Crockett has the IQ of pond scum and the morals of Hunter Biden.
Those are her good points