I think its worth a shot. The Bernie route is clearly very difficult, and we will try it again. But the third party route should be pushed as well, but strategically. Just running for president as third party is stupid. The party needs to be created first, and lower level offices should be won first so there is some sort of foundation. And it would be OK if AOC and Bernie were skeptical and didn't join right away. We want them to talk about it though.

There should be as much media buzz as possible about this party so everyone knows and it becomes a household name. And THEN recognizable names should switch affiliation to it en masse, followed by an election cycle.

And yes, we need people like jimmy dore. We need all the progressives.