1. Not sure about some of the analysis, because states like ny are losing people while red states like Fla and Texas have been gaining.
2. Texas has 30 million people and republican presidential candidates like trump win easily with less than 6 million votes. That's as much of a problem as any othe…
1. Not sure about some of the analysis, because states like ny are losing people while red states like Fla and Texas have been gaining.
2. Texas has 30 million people and republican presidential candidates like trump win easily with less than 6 million votes. That's as much of a problem as any other.
3. The Supreme Court is captured for decades unless the democrats actually do something about that, which they easily could have last year.
4. The voting rights act addressed states with a history of discrimination, and this needs to continue to be addressed. It's pretty sad if the Virgin Islands is the only strategy to help rectify discrimination in Alabama. Adding stares might help but doesn't necessarily address the tend away from democracy.
5. Democratic Party is corrupt and horribly ineffective. Massive failure in my district (ny-17) - 3 of the most powerful republicans today are from the bluest states.
Yes, everything said here about Republicans is true, and we are dealing with fascism, and we are dealing with some really dangerous and horrible politics. But I continue to believe that much of this, and certainly much more than is typically accounted for in the media is due to the complete failure of the democratic party to represent democratic interests, and to align itself with ordinary / working class people. It's great to read about Henry Wallace here and we should continue to extol and inform people about what real Democrats look like and what can be expected from them.
Many of the most influential politicians have come from a background of very sophisticated legal work, and having a legal or prosecutorial background of taking action against powerful interests through the law I put not just Lincoln and Roosevelt in this category, but Rudy Giuliani and others have come to prominence this way. Yet we look at the current leaders and we see someone like Biden, who has a legal background, but has never acted in any capacity to assert claims against powerful interests. The last prominent democrat of this description was Eliot Spitzer, who, unfortunately burned out due to a scandal, but we have to understand that someone like Elliot Spitzer was very willing to use legal strategies in an effort to reveal and attack corrupt powerful interests. We need more of THIS. People like Robbie Kaplan and lititia James are some of our greatest heros right now.
It would be just fine to add states, but:
1. Not sure about some of the analysis, because states like ny are losing people while red states like Fla and Texas have been gaining.
2. Texas has 30 million people and republican presidential candidates like trump win easily with less than 6 million votes. That's as much of a problem as any other.
3. The Supreme Court is captured for decades unless the democrats actually do something about that, which they easily could have last year.
4. The voting rights act addressed states with a history of discrimination, and this needs to continue to be addressed. It's pretty sad if the Virgin Islands is the only strategy to help rectify discrimination in Alabama. Adding stares might help but doesn't necessarily address the tend away from democracy.
5. Democratic Party is corrupt and horribly ineffective. Massive failure in my district (ny-17) - 3 of the most powerful republicans today are from the bluest states.
Yes, everything said here about Republicans is true, and we are dealing with fascism, and we are dealing with some really dangerous and horrible politics. But I continue to believe that much of this, and certainly much more than is typically accounted for in the media is due to the complete failure of the democratic party to represent democratic interests, and to align itself with ordinary / working class people. It's great to read about Henry Wallace here and we should continue to extol and inform people about what real Democrats look like and what can be expected from them.
Many of the most influential politicians have come from a background of very sophisticated legal work, and having a legal or prosecutorial background of taking action against powerful interests through the law I put not just Lincoln and Roosevelt in this category, but Rudy Giuliani and others have come to prominence this way. Yet we look at the current leaders and we see someone like Biden, who has a legal background, but has never acted in any capacity to assert claims against powerful interests. The last prominent democrat of this description was Eliot Spitzer, who, unfortunately burned out due to a scandal, but we have to understand that someone like Elliot Spitzer was very willing to use legal strategies in an effort to reveal and attack corrupt powerful interests. We need more of THIS. People like Robbie Kaplan and lititia James are some of our greatest heros right now.