Letitia James for President
Ms James is the current Attorney General for New York State. So far, she has won several lawsuits against Trump and his organization. She will be trying him for the felony misappropriation of funds. Yesterday she won a judgement against the three top executives of the NRA for a total of $6.4 million and has banned them from running any New York based organization for three years. (Now that sounds familiar).
I could see her up against Harris for the 2028 president Democratic candidacy.
Myself, if I am still around, I would vote for her (don't worry, I plan on being around).
(ETA title typo, DT, Admin)
I could see her up against Harris for the 2028 president Democratic candidacy.
Myself, if I am still around, I would vote for her (don't worry, I plan on being around).
(ETA title typo, DT, Admin)
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From a distance, and relying on possibly biassed news sources, I agree she's impressive.
There aren't many jobs that translate immediately to being a good President. Governor is maybe closest, but I think you could make a case that AG is as applicable as, say, US Senator.
I don’t know about that. A senator has to deal with legislation, getting votes, and answering (in some degree) to constituents. An AG doesn’t have to deal with any of that, besides every however many years getting voted back into office (so I guess there’s a little bit of constituent work but not as much). There’s also the skill of speaking for the great mass of people, which AGs don’t have to do as much.
I think James would probably be a good candidate, but I’d like to see more legislative engagement before making that decision.
To my mind, one of the more significant differences between a state AG and a US senator is potential foreign policy experience.
Still, there's no harm in looking ahead hopefully.
I’m aware of this because I voted for her
Van Buren’s election is evidence in my favor, if anything.
The biggest difference in Ms Jame's case, is she has wide name recognition nationally. I would say more than Kamela Harris who was the AG in California. I knew of Ms Harris because I live in the West, but I had friends east of the Rockies asking who is she.
Kamala Harris was a Senator from California when she ran for president and then was tapped to be Biden's running mate; I'd bet that's why you knew her name. I wouldn't say Leticia James has widespread name recognition beyond us US news junkies.
Being a state's AG doesn't prepare someone to be president. And James dropped out of the 2022 NY gubernatorial race two months after declaring her candidacy, which was all the time it took for her to figure out she wasn't going to be able to put together the money it was going to take to beat Kathy Hochul. If she can't compete in a gubernatorial race, she can't compete for the presidency.
Fully agree. Again, I like AG James. She was on the local NPR station regularly for interviews and I always thought she was great. None of that means ipso facto that she would be a good president. Also, the obsession with the presidency isn't a great thing to encourage. By that I mean it's important to have good, competent people in all levels of government. AG for New York is an important job, maybe she should stay there and continue doing an excellent job rather than being shunted up to presidency (of course she hasn't actually been, I know, but just saying).
First of all, Kamela Harris was elected the California AG in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She was elected to the US Senate and served only two years before being nominated for VP.
Lelita James dropped out of the race for governor of NY because of investigations her office was working on, like the sex case against Cuomo and the investigation against the Trump organization.
There is an old saying, you can't jump in the same stream twice. Ms James has had a number of successes under her belt now. She is widely known. If I had the money, it would be on her.
It’s nice that everyone is having such trouble spelling her first name.
I’m not sure why you’d put money on her. She’s certainly a good AG, but why do you think that translates well into being a good national candidate? And why do you think she’s so much better than VP Harris?
Her years of experience on the New York City Council seems more directly relevant to govern in ng than serving as NY AG.