We need to win an election. 2026 is not going to be a blue wave. 2028 IDK even what's going to happen but if we aren't running a serious candidate, it's over. There is no time for "let's find someone that passes every single group's tests." This is time for "getting our shit together."
Bill Clinton said it right, Republicans fall in line, Democrats fall in love. Y'all need to stop thinking this a budding romance. It's not. It's the business of recapturing middle America's vote to have enough of a party to DO things like educate voters, which is not happening at all right now, which can then turn into the social change we want. Trying to get out the door with ideologically out-of-touch positions, like letting homeless people encamp anywhere they want, makes middle America turn away from us. It sets us up for failure, and then NO ONE helps the homeless.