Many, many years ago, as a young reporter, I covered an event with former Sen. Chris Dodd, who explained to the audience that people could always tell which senators wanted to run for president — they were the ones who joined the Senate Foreign Relations or the Armed Services committees.
It's a good barometer: Look at Dodd's friend, former Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden.
While New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not a senator — yet — that might be why, during a panel on global populism at the Munich Security Conference, moderator Katrin Bennhold of The New York Times asked her, "So when you run for president, are you going to impose a wealth tax or a billionaire's tax?"
Ocasio-Cortez responded coyly.
"I don't think that anyone ... we don't have to wait for any one president to impose a wealth tax. I think that it needs to be done expeditiously," she said, never acknowledging the thinly veiled effort at a pronouncement about her future aspirations.
Denying a potential bid for president is usually part of testing the waters — for running for president. But Ocasio-Cortez is more likely to run for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's seat, either in a primary challenge fueled by progressive anger or if Schumer retires.
Still, AOC, as she is better known — initially a progressive insurgent who knocked off a Democratic incumbent — is now seeking to become a major power player, both in the 2026 midterms and in 2028.
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