The Democratic Party is about to become a regional party

[the cac mamba]

They should get rid of it.

im all for it but the votes arent there, on either side of the senate

dems just have to win more seats

 

[Jalether]

As I have been saying this is not a serious party and it's full of the weakest people in American politics





A party that constantly gets walked all over by the opposition and never plays offence, only the occasional weak defence

 

[acri1]

the under-discussed aspect of the filibuster argument

i dont think HL would like what president deathsantis, chief justice roberts, leader mcconnell, and speaker mccarthy do without a filibuster in 2025

What makes you think they won't just get rid of the filibuster if it suits them?

 

[acri1]

As I have been saying this is not a serious party and it's full of the weakest people in American politics

A party that constantly gets walked all over by the opposition and never plays offence, only the occasional weak defence

Yeah, I've said for years now that, aside from being incompetent at dealing with the media, this is the Dems worst problem.

They NEVER go on offense about anything, all they do is respond to Republican talking points. Which is a losing fight by design.


CRT is one of the worst examples. They should be calling out Republicans for advocating censorship, instead all they do is ignore the "issue" and hope Republicans will stop talking about it eventually.


One of the best things Obama said (paraphrasing) is that ignoring the elephant in the room isn't a winning strategy. Put the GOP on defense for once...


If I was a Democratic strategist I'd be rallying the base (especially black voters) by accusing the GOP of trying to censor black history (which is exactly what they're doing).

 

[Jalether]

Yeah, I've said for years now that, aside from being incompetent at dealing with the media, this is the Dems worst problem.

They NEVER go on offense about anything, all they do is respond to Republican talking points. Which is a losing fight by design.

Republicans literally make sous chef burger out of a nothing burger i.e benzaghi,Hillary's email,hunters laptop,CRT,woke etc

Yet dems are unable to go on the offensive and hurt republicans with real ammunitions like Jan 6,voter suppression, trump vast crime empire, gini and clarence thomas, anti gay, anto abortion, Florida's violation of 1st amendment by retaliating against sidney and many more

I mean republicans produce a lifetime worth of fukk ups that a serious political party should be able to capitalize on but they never do

 

[puckkhead]

Joe Biden reportedly told Barack Obama he's running in 2024

its the new york post...a sensational news outlet...

 

[John Reena]

More gloom n doom postings

 

[acri1]

More gloom n doom postings

 

[mastermind]

As I have been saying this is not a serious party and it's full of the weakest people in American politics





A party that constantly gets walked all over by the opposition and never plays offence, only the occasional weak defence

most of these consultants do not know what they are talking about and just collect a bag.

I have no idea why Carville is still relevant in 2022. The goober is a doofus who lucked up working with Clinton.

 

[the cac mamba]

What makes you think they won't just get rid of the filibuster if it suits them?

because trump told them to get rid of it in 2017, and they didnt

its mutual asssured destruction in the senate. theres enough on both sides who know that the filibuster is pretty much the only thing holding america together

 

[the cac mamba]

Joe Biden reportedly told Barack Obama he's running in 2024

its the new york post...a sensational news outlet...

biden/kamala is not winning in 2024. i dont even think he beats trump anymore tbh; not only is it laughable to make biden the most powerful man on earth until 2028, theres just too many negatives associated with his name. and most of its not even his fault, but thats the game. he wanted the job

the dems only shot is a completely new ticket that can just blame everything negative on biden, whos retiring

 

[Hood Critic]

Relevant article by economist Noah Smith on the issues within the far left @Pressure

Alot of what he points out is prevalent on this forum

The American socialist worldview is just totally broken

This was a good article...a few of the standouts and my thoughts:

The Ibrahim Al-Assil thread perfectly sums up several frequent HL posters who default to blame America.

The conversation in the Obama thread

At the center of the new American socialist worldview was a “theory of change”. It was almost impossible not to talk to socialists between 2016 and 2020 and not hear this phrase. In purely electoral terms, the socialist “theory of change” seemed to be that Bernie Sanders held a unique ability to unite traditional progressive constituencies with White working class voters of the kind who switched from Obama to Trump, all while energizing the youth to come out and vote.

But Bernie was simply unable to do this. In 2020 he lost the White working class voters who had flirted with him in 2016, while never really managing to connect with the Black voters who form the core of the Democratic primary electorate. Nor did the youth come out to vote. When most primary voters coalesced around Joe Biden on Super Tuesday and afterwards, Bernie supporters tried to craft a narrative that they had been stabbed in the back by an establishment conspiracy, instead of simply being rejected by the voters. The narrative did not take.

I personally haven't seen many progressives tout degrowth but he did state this concept was more popular in EU than in the US.

His critique of Left-NIMBYism makes me think about the thread here on the topic several months ago.

I am personally one of the progressives who he says bought into the MMT cult. I still feel MMT has some qualities that aren't purely pseudo-economics.

 

[ogc163]

This was a good article...a few of the standouts and my thoughts:

The Ibrahim Al-Assil thread perfectly sums up several frequent HL posters who default to blame America.

The conversation in the Obama thread


I personally haven't seen many progressives tout degrowth but he did state this concept was more popular in EU than in the US.

His critique of Left-NIMBYism makes me think about the thread here on the topic several months ago.

I am personally one of the progressives who he says bought into the MMT cult. I still feel MMT has some qualities that aren't purely pseudo-economics.

His summary regarding Bernie encapsulates the issue with many progressives,even on this board. They have subpar ersuasive skills and t think either a) being "objectively" right or b)morally righteous should be enough to get people on their side, and when they consistently get subpar outcomes they resort to overstating the impact of constraints built by moderate democrats.

 

[BaltimoreTwilightMarauder]

What makes you think they won't just get rid of the filibuster if it suits them?

The filibuster benefits conservatives WAY more than it benefits liberals.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Let it burn. I honestly don't give a shyt anymore. And its Democrats fault for having zero backbone.