Dan Osborn Wants to Help the Working Class Run for Office - eviltoast
Mr. Osborn, the industrial mechanic who turned a long-shot Senate bid in red Nebraska into an unexpectedly tight race, is starting a PAC aimed at recruiting more blue-collar candidates like himself.

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By Jonathan Weisman
Nov. 19, 2024, 5:04 a.m. ET

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    Ah, good. I was wondering what had happened to Dan.

    I think he’s on to something; D and R tickets have been poisoned; a new worker’s movement is needed that is proudly independent and runs at municipal, state and federal levels. No need to chase POTUS — if enough independents get seats in the senate, they’ll hold the balance of power. There’s only 100 seats, and all they need to have an initial powerful voice is for both D and R to have fewer than 49 of those. At that point, the independents effectively decide what bills get passed and what bills get defeated.