Let's talk about AOC.

[orwell]

1. She's young...

...and she'll learn with experience. She has a bright future if she learns to be more strategic in her messaging and learns to build power through working political coalitions.

In a recent interview on the Intercept Jeremy Scahill was trying to goad her into some real anti-democratic party rhetoric that she might have fallen for a year ago. I was surprised to hear her moderate her views somewhat showing a growing sense of realism about what can and can't be accomplished in the short and long term.

It is one thing to be a flame-throwing firebrand, it is quite another to craft legislation that can actually be passed, build working majorities, and maintain consistent messaging to the mostly politically detached public.