Wherein I Show Myself To Be Thoroughly Unconcerned With Pragmatism

I've seen pretty much every speech at the DNC winter meetings, and honestly the only one who talks to people like an adult is Mike Gravel. He's talking about things that nobody else ever mentions. The weaponization of space (!), the use of fear, how American exceptionalism is bullshit, Constitutional powers...

He's an old dude and not the best speaker (clearly reading), but he's smart as a whip, and by being out of the spotlight for 25 years, he's gained a new perspective.

Caveat: his central policy appears to be running initiatives on the national level. I guess he's never been to California to see direct democracy work in practice. But the idea of running a campaign completely based on bringing power to the people is at least interesting.

And I like anyone who was sued by Richard Nixon.