"The Democratic Party, as it is, fundamentally doesn’t want transformation. It doesn’t see the moment it’s in. Democrats believe they barely lost the presidency, barely lost the House, barely lost the Senate, and so the strategy should be to claw back a few seats, squeak out a win, and return to …
"The Democratic Party, as it is, fundamentally doesn’t want transformation. It doesn’t see the moment it’s in. Democrats believe they barely lost the presidency, barely lost the House, barely lost the Senate, and so the strategy should be to claw back a few seats, squeak out a win, and return to business as usual. But business as usual is exactly what got them here. They aren’t trying to build an overwhelming majority because they don’t believe they need to—and worse, they don’t even want to."
We need to remind the congressmen that they need to take action!
“But business as usual is exactly what got them here.” My oft-expressed sentiments exactly. The Dem establishment and its donor class are tone deaf and dedicated to failure through a commitment to mediocrity. The old guard is chronically derelict and must be defeated.
This from Corbin Trent oped in The Nation:
"The Democratic Party, as it is, fundamentally doesn’t want transformation. It doesn’t see the moment it’s in. Democrats believe they barely lost the presidency, barely lost the House, barely lost the Senate, and so the strategy should be to claw back a few seats, squeak out a win, and return to business as usual. But business as usual is exactly what got them here. They aren’t trying to build an overwhelming majority because they don’t believe they need to—and worse, they don’t even want to."
We need to remind the congressmen that they need to take action!
“But business as usual is exactly what got them here.” My oft-expressed sentiments exactly. The Dem establishment and its donor class are tone deaf and dedicated to failure through a commitment to mediocrity. The old guard is chronically derelict and must be defeated.
IMHO we actually won. We wuz riobbed.