I’ve been scouring U.S. Democratic politics since November 2024 desperately looking for hope.
Hope in the human form of some decent, talented, progressive Democrat who can challenge the MAGA hellhole that the U.S.A. has become, rise to the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket and take back that country in 2028.
Assuming there will still be a democracy in that country to run in and a country to save.
So far, the usual list of prospects - from Gavin Newsom to Pete Buttigieg to Kamala Harris to Josh Shapiro - has left me feeling hopeless and anxious. None inspire much confidence in me. AOC is promising but it's probably too early for her.
I hadn’t given Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff much consideration before watching this speech he gave yesterday in Atlanta. Ossoff won his Senate seat in a political nail biter in 2021 the evening before Trump’s January 6th coup. Now in his late 30s, he oozes intelligence, decency, and dare I say it some hot charisma. He reminds me a bit of JFK.
Have a watch of this great speech. Watching it reminds me of Barack Obama’s electrifying 2004 speech to the Democratic convention which awakened much excitement that would eventually lead to his presidential election in 2008.
After this speech, Ossoff definitely jumps into major consideration, assuming he can hang on to win re-election this year in Georgia. Let’s hope!
Special thanks to the Rational National for his post today for alerting me to this great speech.