DSAer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), 36, has been reluctant to say she will run for her party’s ticket in 2028 to be president. However, she’s now heavily hinting at it, while trying to latch onto former President Barack Obama’s “hope and change” schtick. She just passed Pete Buttigieg, leaving Kamala Harris in the communist dust in a new key 2028 battleground poll as Republicans cheer her on.

You can almost hear Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer breathe a sigh of relief as well. He’s up for reelection in two years, and AOC has become a serious threat for his seat in communist New York.

AOC for President

When the former bartender turned progressive politico was asked recently about running for higher office, Ocasio-Cortez said her goal is to “change the country.” That’s the understatement of the century.

Indiana’s gay former mayor of South Bend came in second with 21 points in the New Hampshire poll, one point behind AOC. Buttigieg has already been campaigning for 2028, and to see the brash, intellectually challenged Ocasio-Cortez pass him must have him stomping his feet.

Believe it or not, Buttigieg is now seen as a moderate. That alone is a death knell in today’s Democratic Party.

“Nearly half of socialists and one-third of progressives support Ocasio-Cortez, while pluralities of liberals and moderates support Buttigieg,” Andrew Smith, the director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, noted, according to Fox News.

Ocasio-Cortez is also arguably the most popular potential leftist candidate, with 64% having a favorable opinion of her versus 9% who have an unfavorable opinion, giving her a net favorability of +55 among Democratic primary voters. Buttigieg follows closely, with a +54 favorability rating.

The poll surveyed 1,458 New Hampshire residents between July 15 and July 20. The margin of error is +/-2.6%. Take it for what it is worth – polls are not exactly reliable.

Not Bringing Their Best

No one would accuse the Democrats of having a deep bench for the upcoming election. In fact, it’s more of a patch of dirt than a bench. But when AOC is the best you can bring, hilarity ensues.

Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona came in third with 9 points, and California’s Gavin Newsom followed him with 8. Newsom has dropped seven points since February. 84-year-old Bernie Sanders had 6 points, and Kamala Harris came in last with 5. Harris dropped 5 points since February. Looks like the hardcore communists are ascendant.

Despite coming in dead-last in the New Hampshire survey, Harris tops an average of the latest national polls in the hypothetical race for the 2028 Democratic nomination. If she runs again, it would also be a gift to Republicans.

If those are the Democratic contenders for 2028, Christmas is going to come very, very early for Republicans. Name recognition tends to play a large part in surveys in the early stages of a presidential cycle, and there could always be a dark horse candidate that emerges. Chances are, though, they would be DSA-backed. All of these people have the charisma of an old commie shoe.

It’s ironic that New Hampshire held the first-in-the-nation presidential primary for a century, before Democrats decided to trash that tradition for their nominating calendar in the 2024 cycle, moving South Carolina to the lead-off position. All because of racial pandering.

On Friday, the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) Rules and Bylaws panel is set to unveil a new calendar for the 2028 cycle, which would be voted on at the DNC’s summer meeting in Austin, Texas next month. The question is if they can top their New Hampshire screw-up from last time.

Republicans are sticking with what has worked for them in the past, keeping the Iowa caucuses as their lead-off state, followed by New Hampshire.

Electing Another Republican President

So far, in the GOP race for the presidential nomination, 36% of likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire said they would support Vice President JD Vance, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at 26%. But Rubio is on the rise and will be a serious contender for the nomination – he’s risen 19 points since February. Either way, if the two join forces, the Democrats don’t stand a serious chance of winning.

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who ran for the nomination in 2016, is considering another bid and stands at eight percent in the survey. Former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was the runner-up to Trump in 2024, also came in at eight percent. Neither one is a serious contender.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who also bid for the nomination in 2024, grabbed six percent in the poll, with everyone else tested at 4% or less. The difference for DeSantis is he’s considered a very serious contender in the party, and his popularity is off the charts.

Last Communist Standing

Currently, the Democratic Party is tearing itself apart from within as the communists seek to take full control. They have almost assuredly overplayed their hand and will be trounced in an election.

AOC is trying to distance herself from them, claiming she is not a militant leftist, but a working-class candidate. Someone needs to tell her you are judged by the friends you keep, and the fake southern accent isn’t helping. Just ask Hillary Clinton.

Despite Ocasio-Cortez’s run for the presidency inducing belly-laughs, Americans should still take it seriously.

She has the favor of Obama and the backing of unions, as well as communist support.

To keep that Marxist support, though, she will have to turn on Israel:

The congresswoman fell out with the Democratic Socialists of America in July 2024, whose members withdrew their endorsement of her after she supported Israel receiving defensive weapons from the U.S. during the war in Gaza.

The group alleged that she had conflated “anti-Zionism with antisemitism and condemned boycotting Zionist institutions,” which it called a “deep betrayal.”

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, told Axios he believes AOC could “definitely” win a state like Michigan and also win the White House.

“I believe she could,” he said. “It’s going to come down to who working-class people believe is going to represent their interest, and who they perceive is going to fight for them.”

The next presidential election will come down to who will save the country, and it won’t be a communist.