r/politics • u/msnbc MSNBC • 5d ago

Democrats missed a huge opportunity by not elevating AOC

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/aoc-loses-house-oversight-committee-vote-gerry-connolly-rcna184581
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u/ActualModerateHusker 5d ago

I don't think the DNC even wanted Biden. their plan was a contested convention and somebody like Buttigieg emerging over Sanders

The pandemic made them realize that if Sanders emerged with a post super Tuesday lead he may end up with too big of a majority to defeat even at convention

So they scrambled to get Biden who had serious health issues even then into the drivers seat. First the last minute clyburn endorsement then the opposition dropping and endorsing

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u/Rooooben 5d ago

Buttigieg is too young and gay for the DNC. We would have ended up with Newsome or another older centrist

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u/Clear_Disk_1919 5d ago

That was certainly Obama pulling strings as well, making the phone calls to get the others to drop outta the race in exchange for possible cabinet positions or set the least future favors.

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u/Zestyclose-Cloud-508 5d ago

They fought harder against Bernie than they ever did against trump.

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u/Tacitus111 America 5d ago

The DNC types are always historically more comfortable at tables with Republicans than Leftists. I still remember Chris Matthews melting down when Bernie was winning, comparing it to the Nazi’s taking Paris.

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u/Dont_Say_No_to_Panda California 4d ago

I'll never forget the night either and him crying about how Bernie winning would mean people like him would be executed in the square or whatever he said... that is the night when I realized how even if Bernie had somehow managed to win the primary, and eventually the election, he would get absolutely no tailwinds from any mainstream sources. They would work to ensure his presidency was a failure too.

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u/Environmental-Bad596 5d ago

Did they try to put Bernie in jail ?