AOC could unify the party behind her, but she'd need to do it with a primary. The Biden delegates and/or the party establishment aren't going to make a wild swing-for-the-fences play like that with an appointment.
You legitimately think the Democratic party will get behind any of these nominations enough to defeat Trump? I'd say most are considered more controversial than fuckin Hillary was.
Seriously. This is a pretty mild list of semi-proven politicians with national recognition. Warren (or maybe Franken) are the only ones I can see being potentially controversial and even they're both still broadly liked within the party.
Also, how does someone who's not familiar with Kelly or Duckworth have a strong opinion about who's controversial in the Democratic party? They're not superstars, but you weren't exactly digging up no-names.
That continues to be a piss poor rebuttal because the two questions are separate. Many people literally don't care. And anyone who thinks this is some sort of ratfucking is either detached from reality or doesn't actually know that many Democrats. The calls to step down (and frankly depression) have been coming from across the party right from the night of the debate. The gaslighting is just the worst possible response to an already bad situation.
Harris/AOC. I'm not stoked that Harris is a cop, but she is a centrist and that's what the owners want. AOC as the VP pick to actually motivate real people to vote, and to give her experience to run for President in the future.
And, ideally, every bigot's head would explode simultaneously upon electing two women of color into the highest offices in the land.