It's time to find a better progressive than Cori Bush

I live in St. Louis, voted for Cori, happily door knocked for her — but she was an abysmal candidate all around. People in the city genuinely dislike her, even progressives who largely share her opinions. If I had to describe to you the average Bush voter in STL right now, I don't think I could. There isn't one. There's just voters who are voting AGAINST Wesley Bell. And as we know from the establishment Dems, that's not a winning campaign strategy.

I'm disappointed to say the least. The Lou has real potential to be a source of progressive momentum. I hope that we can turn this ship around and the progressive powers that be (i.e. the national DSA) can find a real quality candidate in 2028 to throw their resources behind. This fruitless endeavor of continuing to clamor for Cori is just going to hurt our cause repeatedly in a city that could arguably be very important for the national movement.

There's plenty of local government progressives who could take up the mantle — Rasheen Aldridge and Meghan Green on the city council come to mind.