Joe Biden Needs AOC

[Celerity]

4. I think Biden made a big move toward this by adopting the two 'more progressive' planks a week ago

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/unexpected-shift-events-biden-endorses-warrens-bankruptcy-plan/story?id=69599659

On a call with reporters Sunday afternoon, senior advisers to Biden announced the former vice president now supports making public colleges and universities tuition-free for students whose families earn less than $125,000 a year. That proposal comes from a bill Sen. Sanders originally introduced in 2017 called the College-for-All act, and is a notable addition to Biden’s current higher education policy, which would make community colleges free for two years, regardless of income.

"Bernie has put forward a plan that would make public colleges and universities free for families whose income is below $125,000. It's a good idea, and after consideration, I am proud to add it to my platform,” Biden tweeted Sunday.

Biden also announced his endorsement of Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy plan, which would largely undo a 2005 law the two famously sparred over in the past.

I must admit I am gobsmacked at so many who seem hellbent to run AOC completely out of the Party, whether via primarying (very unlikely to happen) or via redistricting (which may not work either if she slides over into another district and wins there.) I think they fail to take into account what a negative look and impactful event that will be for millions of progressives and millions of young voters, two groups see her as a bit of a talismanic figure already. Do they really want AOC lobbing fireballs from outside the Party? Or worse, being one of the foundational drivers behind a potential new 3rd Party, one that may not have nearly enough firepower in the beginning to make large electoral gains, but surely will siphon off a shedload from our left flank, which, if we then lurch to the right to make up for those lost voters, may very well set up a negative, self-reinforcing feedback loop that incites further losses from the less extreme left side of our Party.