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AOC channels Obama's "Hope and Change" message
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 's message on the campaign trail increasingly echoes Barack Obama's early rhetoric during his 2008 campaign for president.
Key facts
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 's message on the campaign trail increasingly echoes Barack Obama's early rhetoric during his 2008 campaign for president
- Michigan's Senate race has become the key battleground for the left wing in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential race
- Ocasio-Cortez is broadening her pitch beyond revolutionary democratic socialism to something closer to Obama's "Change You Can Believe In" ahead of a potential 2028 run for the White House
- Campaigning in Michigan this weekend for progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez argued for liberal policies while making a more universal case against politics-as-usual
Summary
Ocasio-Cortez is broadening her pitch beyond revolutionary democratic socialism to something closer to Obama's "Change You Can Believe In" ahead of a potential 2028 run for the White House. Former senior Obama adviser David Axelrod also hears the parallels, telling Axios: "Folks forget how much the Obama campaign in 2008 was an insurgency against the broken politics of those times. Campaigning in Michigan this weekend for progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez argued for liberal policies while making a more universal case against politics-as-usual. "Is the answer to our problems to turn to the same playbook over and over again? " she asked a crowd of Democrats here.