Take the Senate Run….
You don’t have a chance for President….
And Senator Schumer would be doing the “Right Thing’ for New York and the US Senate…
Ole Chuck just ain’t getting it done….
Allies to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) say she is weighing a number of options as she considers the next steps in her political career, including a potential run for president.
The allies say she is also considering a possible challenge to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) amid frustration from a number of Democrats who say the party needs to clear the way for fresh voices.
“Why wouldn’t she be considering this?” said one source who has spoken to the congresswoman about her options. “She’s one of the biggest voices in the Democratic Party, she fundraises like no one else, and she’s authentic and true to herself. Can’t say that about a lot of other people in the party.”
Democratic strategist Joel Payne, who has not spoken to the congresswoman, added that “one of her clear advantages is that she offers not only energy and a generational change but a built-in constituency.”
“Very few people on either side of the aisle can offer that off the gate,” he said….
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“There’s one theory that says after four more years of Trump, people might want to go back to normal,” he added. “But there are also those who think the pendulum is going to swing all the way to the other side and want a candidate to break the system. The latter theory works better for her candidacy.”
There are those who think Ocasio-Cortez would have a better shot at winning a Senate race, uprooting Schumer in the same way she blindsided former Rep. Joe Crowley (N.Y.) — a 10-term incumbent and the fourth most powerful Democrat at the time — in 2018.
They say the congresswoman can tap into the generational anger many in the party are feeling.
“She could win in the Senate,” said one source in the Sanders orbit who has spoken to Ocasio-Cortez, adding that running for president still seems like a step too far for her.
But one Democratic strategist said winning the Senate also seems insurmountable.
“Schumer sees her coming a f—ing mile away,” the strategist said. “And he has relationships that go back decades.”
One unknown factor for Ocasio-Cortez’s candidacy in either race, multiple Democrats said, is whether Zohran Mamdani — whom she has staunchly supported — is able to win the New York City mayoral race and if so, how effective he is at governing.
“If it’s a complete train wreck, it’ll really hurt her chances,” one strategist predicted.
Either way, one thing is certain, few people have her star power…..
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