I’ve never heard of him until just now—one glance and he is elite. This is easily the best candidate they could field.

I'm not even an American and I would be so psyched by a Mark Kelly run for president.

Then all we would need would be to get Chris Hatfield as or PM up here and it would be an intelligent astronaut super hemisphere.

He’ll do the job. He’s only going to work one night a week though…

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” — Douglas Adams

Double edged sword. Jon would make a great President. But, I also bet he would be miserable doing the job and I would really hate to do that do him.

Been saying that for years! PLUS! He can't even use the excuse that it'll turn his hair grey, because, well, c'mon Jon. It's time to look in a mirror. That ship has sailed.

Seems like an interesting guy, and fits my two basic criteria: not being a geriatric and being a reasonable person. I've limited my expectations to avoid disappointment :'D

An astronaut for president? That's actually pretty catchy.

Also seems like an interesting guy outside of that.

Without a doubt the best option the Democrats have right now

Other way round.

University prof? Witty? Sharp tongue?

I'm down.

I like Porter. AOC needs a rest, I think.

I used to be really captivated by her leadership, but in the last few years, I think things have gotten complicated. Perhaps I'm being too forgiving, but during Biden's presidency it seemed like she lost her nerve to stick her neck out for what she believed in more and more. Maybe I'm inventing things, but I get the sense that January 6th scared the fucking shit out of her. I think her life flashed before her eyes, and afterwards she felt like being among the most progressive voices while trying not to rock the boat too much or draw too much personal attention from the right was enough, and that challenging Democrats on their bullshit was too stressful and risky.

If that's the case, I don't blame her. I still admire what she's done, but she does not have the spark she once did.

Pete needs to go mayor some more. He had a few good ideas during the primary, but as Transportation Secretary I'm astounded at his lack of ambition.

There are a handful of administration officials -- Lina Khan first among them -- who've learned to use their power assertively to make changes to broken systems. And Pete... he seems like he just pops up when another piece of infrastructure breaks to let us know that he's on it. Maybe he's doing something more, but if so he's doing it very, very quietly.

I would disagree. The only reason the last woman to run for president failed was because she was Hillary Clinton. If she'd have been virtually anyone else, she'd probably have won.