Rick Compton

I’m a progressive, but I think different subsections of the Democratic Party do different things very well, and the best version of the party moving forward takes a little bit from each of them. This will vary by state, district, etc. but this is my ideal blueprint for the national party heading into 2028: — “Name the enemy” progressive economic populism around billionaires, mega corporations, affordability/cost of living, etc. (à la Mamdani/Bernie/AOC) — “Root out corruption root and stem” and litigating the case about how Citizens United is poisoning our country (à la Ossoff) — “Love thy neighbor” empathy and tolerance on trans issues (à la Talarico/Hamilton/Warnock/Beshear) — “America First, but not in a racist/assholic way” around things like tariffs, foreign wars, and spending our tax dollars at home instead (à la El-Sayed) — “Reclaim patriotism and the American flag” (à la Ryan/Deluzio) — “Get shit done” (à la Pritzker/Shapiro) — “Humanely but effectively secure the border, treat immigrants with dignity & dismantle ICE” (à la Pulido/Gallego) — “Protect our kids from preyed on by Big Tech” (à la McMorrow) — “These data centers better pay the fuck up” populism (à la Hinojosa/Hong/Lawrence) — “Let’s regulate the fuck out of these AI companies so we don’t all die” (à la Bores)