Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came out in support of President Joe Biden amid growing calls in the Democratic Party for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race.
This isn’t really a progressive politics issue though. The alternative to Biden isn’t a progressive, it’s an establishment moderate who can reliably form a coherent sentence. I’m disappointed the people with the sharpest critiques of the decay in Democratic politics aren’t taking on this fight, but it’s not something I’d hold against them. I think whatever was said in that meeting convinced them that nothing would ever make Joe Biden resign. No influence campaigns, no public statements by politicians, no donor rebellions. He’ll drive the car off the cliff before he gives up his ego, so they’re just trying to see if somehow they can make it work.
I don’t agree, but it’s a reasonable choice to make if you fully believe the guy holding the party hostage will die before giving in.
This isn’t really a progressive politics issue though. The alternative to Biden isn’t a progressive, it’s an establishment moderate who can reliably form a coherent sentence. I’m disappointed the people with the sharpest critiques of the decay in Democratic politics aren’t taking on this fight, but it’s not something I’d hold against them. I think whatever was said in that meeting convinced them that nothing would ever make Joe Biden resign. No influence campaigns, no public statements by politicians, no donor rebellions. He’ll drive the car off the cliff before he gives up his ego, so they’re just trying to see if somehow they can make it work.
I don’t agree, but it’s a reasonable choice to make if you fully believe the guy holding the party hostage will die before giving in.