A few weeks ago he was trending on bluesky and I read the comments. Females were oohing and awing over how "hot" he was, in addition to all the comments about how he was sticking it to trump. Hey, whatever it takes. He seems to have the charisma and the ability to go on offense that we have been in need of for a while now.

He does it for me

the 🔥. Don't usually weigh in this early, but he's unique.

Maybe a woman or Buttgieg for a running mate? Just spit balling.

I imagine that Mr. Goddard has a very small circle of friends or colleagues with whom he's been chatting to arrive at such a conclusion.

I'm not saying you state it here, but does one exist for you in your head this early?

I think I have one, but it is so, so soon for me to devote bandwidth for this.

Try educating instead of insulting. Works better.

Id invite you to maybe consider taking your own advice.

again. Too early. Wrong focus.

I’d like to know more about who he accepts donations from, but what I’ve seen so far, I like.

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What sort of qualifications are those?

Nope. you'll have to do way better than that to get my support.

This is why we lose.

Most people are. So, leading with appearance attributes is probably not the best approach.

As I said, that is why we lose.

and that's fine and strickly your opinion, but don't be coy about it. Come on out and tell us why we lose with someone like him?

Unless I’m mistaken it wasn’t Ossoff who was talking about how smart and good looking he is.

Start this stuff. Ossoft still has to win his midterm election. If he loses, he'll have zero chance in 2028. We need a Senator in GA more than we need an unlikely presidential candidate in 2028.

We need to regain control of Congress. We don't need distractions from that.

We lose if we do not stay focused. I do not want to lose.

It’s great to have the forum, but there’s not much of a case to be made that people who like to discuss politics on a forum created for that purpose are going to derail the midterms by talking about 2028. And it’s a manufactured “crisis” anyway, given that 2026 mid term threads greatly out number 2028 threads.

:shrug;

about a run for President, is he? He's smart, apparently.

But like it or not people are still going to talk about who is running. You’re free to engage in those discussions, or not.

I'd work on that.

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The GOP Senate Committee has all but given up on picking up the seat. I know that because I chose to inform myself.

I don't vote in Georgia.

From your mouth to God's ear.

It's Georgia. I'll believe he's reelected when I see it.

For over a year, I have become increasingly (cautiously) optimistic. So has he. For the first part of his term, he watched out for whose toes he might be stepping on. Mo more. Now he seeks out whose toes to target, and he has a very clear idea of whose toes he has in mind.

My “believe it when I see it” stance disappeared when he was elected to the Senate in the first place. Now, he is running as an incumbent. That’s no guarantee, especially for a Democrat in a Southern State, but it beats fighting for headlines as an unknown.

I don’t speak Yiddish, but when it is written out in the Roman alphabet and the words are all similar to German, I can figure out simple phrases to that one. A British Jewish friend uses “from your lips to God’s ears” a lot. Modern Germans just say, “Dein Wort in Gottes Ohr.” I find the Arabic “Inshallah” to be more economical, but that’s just my lazy nature, and don’t even bother asking me to write it in the original.

only qualification. If you don't think the others listed are convincing, fine. I also don't remember a time when Dems picked a candidate solely based on looks and lost.

Not a good start.

He states the facts very succinctly.

Communities like DU can perform a valuable service of pre-vetting potential candidates before the party machinery, big donors and media start declaring who we should consider viable.

Thanks for that reply.

I’ve listened to a few of Ossoff’s speeches and was impressed with his willingness to call a spade a spade. I thought he was refreshingly plain spoken which is a welcomed break from consultant-speak.

rePuticans using their own tactics against them.

We're in a good position. I'm happy with the way those two (Newsom and Ossoff) fight back.

the two am with Ossoff. He’s just so wicked smart, cogent, and real.

along with a few other Democratic Senators. He'll have to explain that.

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Thank you, I wasn't aware of that. Kiss of death if he decides to run.

He has from what I've seen that "It guy" thing that defined President Obama, who I regard as the greatest President of my adult life.

“Everyone” is hyperbole and sadly sounds like something I would expect to hear from Trump. The wire should do better

I think he'd be a great candidate from what I know about him and listening to him speak, but first he's got to win in Georgia if he wants to be taken seriously.

he wasn't interested in running in 2028.

But what does he know?

talked to Sen. Jon Ossoff!

I told you I liked him.. as others have said.. he has the fire, and is so interesting the way he articulates it!

He was at my “Marks and Johns” dinner a few years ago. We haven’t sat down for dinner in a year, but we keep in regular touch. I’ve been a supporter of his since his unsuccessful run for the House almost ten years ago. I was over the moon when he made it into the Senate.

When he lost the House seat.

And about 3 years later won his Senate bid against David Perdue. Good Times!

Mahalo, DFW!

..We're just talking.

…is only exceeded by ESPN’s speculation over who will win the next title in NBA, NFL, NCAA, MLB, which is always published within 48 hours of the juts played deciding title game. It’s absurd. There is no news in a commentary that EVERYONE wants xyz to do something. If the media were doing their job, they would be focusing on the very important upcoming election. That is my opinion.

Candidates. Perhaps even on the same ticket.

they can win in red states. I like both of them but wonder about the "two white guy" thing. The Rs are shameless and would definitely try to paint that as hypocritical on our part or something. And the media would go with it.

But so what? You get two popular Southern Democrats on the ticket and that could bring in a lot of red state votes.

And for a large, idiotic part of the electorate, that is a big deal.
I will wait until 2028 actually comes and there is a better idea of who the candidates will be, before I start putting my hat in the ring.

The fact that he and Raphael Warlock were able to get elected in Georgia says something, imo.

Very good orator, smart guy, good story. Good policy positions on most things I’ve seen. People will quibble over individual votes but single issue dead-enders don’t really matter that much at the end of the day.

I think our 2028 bench is looking better than any we've had since 2008, IMO. I won't know who I'm supporting until the primaries are in full swing and the likely winner will be decided before the Ohio primary, as it tends to go that way in typical primaries. But he is certainly on my list of "if you want to run, you should" candidates.

I'm going to wait until midterms and take a read of the topography immediately afterwards before committing, even informally, to any one candidate. I'm excited to see the full stage of qualified, serious contenders. And whichever one I do eventually decide on, I'll champion their candidacy rather than attacking another's (the satisfaction of construction always outweighs the visceral destructive tendencies in me).

They don't have the ego or the malevolent narcissism to do what he does. Most do not have the same disregard for the law or the Constitution. Trump is a one of a kind criminal.

give a speech. Amazing how many boxes a viable candidate has to tick and he does it, while still being inspiring.

So let's get him in the Senate and also elect a Democratic governor of Georgia so we can afford to lose him there in 2 years.

As would an Ossoff/Warnock ticket. We have a lot of great candidates. I think the expiration dates on some of the always mentioned have expired however. Michelle recognizes something that Democrats are still hesitant to acknowledge. In any case we need to focus on the midterms.

It’s an antiquated law, but it is still in force. There will be no Ossoff/Warnock ticket.

throw the election of the Vice President to the US Senate if no Vice Presidential candidate receives at least 270 electoral votes.

Virtually every day, they post a "short" that's an excerpt from a speech or senate committee work (Joe Neguse also has a great team posting shorts of him, usually from the House floor or torturing repubs in committee meetings&gt

As a Senator, Jon doesn’t make speeches on the House floor.

"Joe Neguse also has a great team posting shorts of him, usually from the House floor or torturing repubs in committee" is not a phrase that has Sen Ossoff as a referent.

And is he a populist warrior?

He couldn't have pulled that off with no charisma.

Jon seems to have found his footing as a public speaker. In a one-on-one, he solidly convinces because he IS sincere. I also think he has the highest IQ of any Senator, although I only know a very few of them, so take that for what it’s worth. If he knows you have an area of expertise, he asks all the right questions. Not only is he willing to acknowledge that he doesn’t know everything, he is willing to listen and learn (Mark Kelly is like that, too, in case you want to file that away). Jon IS a warrior. He is not a populist. Give that as much weight as you see fit.

I'm also curious to see how he'll vote on this legislation. A yes vote on this would not cause me to support his candidacy for the Democratic nominee for president, should he decide to run.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ndaa-section-224-alarms-progressives-220505140.html?

The dispute comes as Congress takes up the broader $1.15 trillion defense bill. The House Armed Services Committee debated the measure during its June 4 markup, when California Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat, introduced an amendment to strip Section 224. The amendment failed by a voice vote and the bill advanced to the full House. Only Khanna and California Representative Sara Jacobs, also a Democrat, backed the measure.

The provision did not originate in committee. Its text is derived from the U.S.-Israel FUTURES Act, sponsored by Texas Representative Ronny Jackson and North Carolina Representative Don Davis, and by North Carolina Senator Ted Budd and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. That bill stalled, and many of its provisions reappeared in the NDAA.

But he'd have a tough row to hoe in the primary for various reasons, some less shitty than others.

I think people are going to have to buckle in if he or Shapiro throw their hats in the ring. The party is going to have to reckon with some things.

Things are looking good for him for November. He’s been raising a lot of money. Polls show in a comfortable position. And the GOP doesn’t have any strong names…

Assuming he wins, I’m sure he’ll be high on many democrats’ lists.

I first heard him speak. Not surprising that many others feel the same.

I did read that he is not interested in running for President in 2028. Apparently, he wants to be in the Senate again to serve out his 2nd term.

That is exactly how he feels.

Of course, he has not consulted DU for the latest news on how he feels…..

line to Sen Joh Ossoff. That Senator is brilliant!

I’m not giving out his personal email or his private cell phone number.

On the other hand, if there is some issue that is of broad enough importance, and it’s one he doesn’t mind answering “on the record,” I can certainly pass it on. However:

He knows that Republican strategists monitor Democratic blogs, and they have their AI programs combing the internet for anything they can use against him, so keep that in mind if he is careful with what he allows to be on the record, and I respect ALL such wishes religiously. I certainly have no right to make something public that he will regret having told me. I am not on his re-election team, and I will avoid making posts that could be construed as coming from them.

That really nice picture, DFW!

I see you, Sen Kelly and Gabby, too. Don't know the other people?

Dems are such a kind, brilliant bunch!

I met up with Mark in Paris in March when he was on his way home from the Munich conference. Mark has heard the buzz about him being a presidential candidate. It wasn’t on his radar, but he isn’t deaf, either. He said that either way, there is no way he is going to make a decision to run in this year, period. Twenty years ago, a very much more visible Barack Obama didn’t announce until early in the year before the election. Mark is very much aware of that.

Not me, so that's not "everyone" by definition.

are leaning toward Kelly.