I’d vote vote for anyone (Mark Kelly) over anyone who protects pedophiles. Plain. Simple. Straightforward.

And I will seriously consider voting for just about anyone else left of him in the primary. No offense to him, he seems like a very solid dude, but the time for half-measures, centrists, and people that believe institutions will save us is well beyond over.

Either the next president will be a Democratic Socialist, or it will be a fascist. Democrats need to get back 20% of their base, plus the margin they need to pick up in the places they need to make up the differences they'll need to win the big house.

Ask yourself this without looking at this announcement: Can a corporate Democrat do that?

I'm telling you now, either the next president will be a Democratic Socialist, or the Republicans win. No amount of glazing liberals is going to make them capable of winning an election.

He might have to clarify a lot of his stances to get widespread support. For examples,

he opposed the Republicans tax bill giving cuts to the rich, but he has no comments on Kamala's proposed unrealized gains tax for the rich

he has a 100% scorecard from reproductive freedom advocates, but exactly how far he supports bodily autonomy and by extension trans rights is unknown

Sadly one thing he has been clear and consistent on is when the war in gaza began several years ago, he supported aiding Israel and moving a carrier group to threaten Iran and Houthis into deescelating. He still as recent as January promises to continue "aiding" Israel despite acknowledging the carnage.

Honestly, I don't like the idea. But he's a little better than Newsom and he's 10,000x better than Trump.

I will vote for anyone that promises to hurt Republicans

So if he wins he will be at retirement age when he is starting? Are you sure he is old enough for American voters?

Personally, what I am hoping for is a ticket with AOC as president, and Mark Kelly as vice. He can help AOC with military issues, while she can guide the nation towards some flavor of Democratic Socialism.

I think we will see a civil war, so we definitely need a military expert in a major role. Kelly should do nicely.

i like mark kelly and gabby would be a fantastic first lady but please not right now; we need a radical to clean up the mess.

I'd vote for him. Back when Biden was dropping out, I posted the question of peoples preferred democratic candidate, and Kelly was suggested by several people.

I think he could have won the '24 election had he been the candidate, and I think he could win the next election also.

The fact that (as he said in the video) he "Doesn't consider himself a politician" is a huge plus.

It's a bit sad that he's starting to get old though. 60 seemed perfectly okay, 65 is a bit on the high end.

Worker led revolution please this system doesn’t serve us.

I am hard pressed to think of a democrat I would vote for in a primary over him.

He would be 65 in 2029 when he actually took office. Can we get someone who is about 20 years younger?

He seems ready to fight, and seems fearless. He has my vote if he starts demanding trials, convictions, and jail time for the traitors and pedophiles.

ITT: People placing their hopes on a presidential race when they don't even know if they are even going to be able to have a legitimate rollover on the midterms.

Heads must roll for what the trump regime has done already and the billionaires and corporations that allowed and backed it. So any candidate must be the driving force of implementing those consequences, or get out of the way.

Maybe he could be AOCs VP, maybe.

Id have to look into his voting history first and his donors.

Honestly I'd love for him to run in the primary against a progressive.

He's left of center centrist to be sure but miles ahead of that slimy ass Newsome.