Too much fealty to “progressive” purity tests was a contributing factor to the loss. And now you want more of this Marxist-inflected garbage? Have you learned nothing?
hate this get 'Democrats once again on the side of the little guy' BULLSHIT!
If his starting premise is the GOP/big media lie that democrats have strayed from helping middle-class & working class Americans, then he's already a loser with no chance of success. Democrats haven't strayed in a 90 years
Counterpoint, he was part of the apparatus that ensured Biden had no primary in Wisconsin so voters had zero choice, and we all saw what a disaster that turned out to be.
During his time, he lost a House seat, nearly let Repubs gain veto-proof majorities in the state leg, and had nothing to do with the grass roots movement following the Dobbs decision that won the state Supreme Court seat, which is the only good news out of WI since he has been the state party chair.
Okay fine always like seeing you say your thing on the TV News but the 47 won the recent election in Wisconsin by 30,000 votes over Harris. If Wikler can’t win the big race in his state how can he win the big one nationally? He lost that recall election on the Wisconsin Republican Governor.
Do Americans really believe there’s going to be mid-terms in 2026 and an election in 2028? I think your experiment never really took off. With men like Putin and Orban in Trump’s ear, democracy is dead in the water.
He lost wisconsin to Trump, but he "knows how to win elections?" We do NOT need any more Ivy Leaguers, it's time for the DNC to initiate class-based quotas. Get me some labor leaders in positions of power inside the DNC, or start a Labor Party to do the stuff elites only talk about doing.
10 ish yrs ago WI was Ground Zero for Koch Bros mischief w/their puppet Scott Walker. I live across the Big Lake from WI & I’m impressed w/how Ben has worked w/the grassroots& have watched how Ben & Co. have flipped many seats from red to blue, including their Supreme Court.
Ben has nothing but the welfare of the people in mind. He didn't lose Wisconsin, young blue color men did. They bought the propaganda. Ben spoke out for the people, always.
Dems always take the bait from Reps & end up reacting - usually overreacting - about those pointless gotcha issues.
And if it isn't elected Dems doing that, it is people online who foolishly think we should waste time on those topics.
As a party, Dems need to only focus on a handful of vital issues.
It’ll take more than just talking to people. It will take action—putting into law programs that benefit the common person and hurt the big donors. Not just saying you’ll do it. We’ve had years of them talking and doing nothing and ignoring us in red states.
I'm looking forward to this but have issue with his statement that "we need to unite, we need to fight....". We have been uniting and fighting so if that is not elected officials have been doing than we have bigger problems.... Maybe should say: need to continue fighting...
The Democrat party lost.
The Democrat party lost Democracy to the the party of fools. Yeah they ie Biden Administration failed to protect democracy and voting rights and women's rights.
Yep
It's time for the Dems to reclaim the FDR legacy that served the nation so well, that built the middle class and that made progressivism the driving force of American politics. That's real patriotism.
I’ll check him out. You could also give a lot of Dems some pointers. Evidenced by this straight to the heart speech with politicsgirl. Appreciate you Robert keep up the good work.⬇️⬇️
If he knows how to win elections then why did Ben & Jaime Harrison drop the ball with VP Harris?!? Ben is literally a DNC rep. Look...I like Ben personally, but I'm not jumping on anyone's bandwagon unless I see & hear real change from the candidate that has a sincere winning strategy in mind...
I guess you just stated that Democrats aren't currently on the side of the little guy.
You are correct. People are waking up and realizing it. The MSM propaganda machine isn't working as well as it used to.
Nothing will change until boomercrats go to the glue farm. They would rather keep power and lose elections than address young people's concerns (e.g. israel war crimes, guns, criminal capitalism like rent).
There might be no elections in 4 years thanks to boomercrat selfishness.
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The Democratic Party needs a strong, vocal, insightful Progressive to manage a complete, successful party reform effort, or the party will drop 30% of its voter base in 2026.
"Once again"? Only in eyes such as yours did we ever leave that side. Who is the little guy? Biden supported the "little guy" up the wazoo, including union workers, and working people with the Infrastructure act alone. I support this guy for chairman, but cut it out.
Too late, the USA is doomed. The new regime will find a way to put the opposition in jail and I will not be suprised if people just start disappearing. The USA has become a banana republic. Only 1/3 voted wisely, 1/3 voted Trump and 1/3 didn't give a shit. So the majority of the USA is pure stupid.
Ask the people of Russia how they deal with the situation, you don't have to kill yourself as long as you dance to the tunes of the regime. Ask the Russian journalists who disappeared, ask Navalny what happens if you don't agree with the leader...The USA has made the biggest mistake ever.
Demonstrations will be dealth with the Russian way. Never asked yourself how it was possible police was understaffed on J6, while a couple of months before a BLM demonstration was brutally ended because a centain president wanted to have a photoshoot?
Nonsense? Just ask how much freedom the Russians have after Putin won his democratoc elections, ask Navalny... don't think there is a fair chance on winning the next elections in 4 years time. This is exactly the path how countries lost their freedom, the USA is not different. History lesson #1.
From what, we need to raise the bar super high, Hakeem Jeffries is my pick, I want somebody that is actually going to be formidable, I’m not looking for someone to play nice or be nice
Mandela Barns was run against Ron Johnson for senate, should have been an easy flip. Ben and company miss-read WI, many were not ready for a Black Senator, just like as a nation Harris was rejected due to female and if color.
He lost by 20K though and more Democratic voters from 2020 sat out than Republican. Some always sit out versus a presidential election year, but Rs will always be more energized. It's a turnout game.
Dem messaging is the problem and it has been for 50 years. The GOP still exists based entirely on their decades long refinement of successful communication. Started in earnest with Reagan and it's firmly intact today.
If Dems don't focus on that over all else, they will continue to be doomed.
Pelosi should be locked up with Clinton, Bushes and Trump. Maybe start with zero Demorats currently in office.
We need more than two corrupt military controlled parties.
All well and good, Bob, but that's just more of the same approach that got us beat this time. Somehow the Dems have to offer suggestions that cause those suburban and rural, non-minority, middle-class or lower Trump voters to reconsider who they're supporting.
People vote on self interest. Mostly economic reasons. Few in the working class have the luxury of voting for any other reason. Of course every time they get convinced to vote like they’re billionaire worrying about paying for entitlements.
So will this guy stand for the dollar in their pockets?
Yes, I say let's give the progressive wing of the party a chance. We've already seen that the centrists haven't come up with a compelling platform to win over these voters.
Exactly. Every time Dems won, they led with a left wing message. Each time they lost, they tried to move more Center aiming to get Never Trumpers who make up such a small voting percentage.
Dems need to go back to simpler messaging for the working class. While I understood the policies Kamala was pushing, it’s clear that some of the messaging, eg “child tax credits with all of these restrictions” wasn’t resonating well.
Trump was going everywhere saying no more taxes on anything. 🤣
Lay out the progressive pipe dream of things we want to achieve that buck the status quo. People are more forgiving that way when they actively can see who is trying to prevent that scale of progress.
He is middle of the road, and there’s nothing wrong with being middle of the road. I don’t want to be mean to Ben. He’s doing good work in Wisconsin, but we’ve got a whole country, that needs to be energized.
Absolutely! Ben Wikler’s focus on grassroots organizing and fighting for the 'little guy' truly sets him apart. We need more leaders like him in the Democratic Party!
So the party that was cancelling student debt and offering people money to buy their first home or start a small business wasn’t on the side of the little guy?
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Only one issue. His badge says Democrat. It's a tainted brand now imo. Establishment Dems will never give up power to progressives. Look what they did to Bernie, etc. Look at what Estblshment Dems have let run the USA. I think progressives should split and give voters a real progressive option.
Wow, I'd kinda like to ask him to come spend some time in Texas, actually. As they say, as goes Texas, so goes the nation. And Texas is going nowhere good, and it's taking the country with it.
Willer seems like the obvious choice. The Dems need to get away from the good old big names that are just more of the same. New blood, new ideas, new energy. Dems get over your timidity & fundraising fixation!
Well Bob you lost it at the word Progressive. It’s just Liberal spelled differently. The American people aren’t interested in hearing any of that crap. That’s how you lost. 30 years of that nonsense has left us with a Fascist going back to really make a mess. You need a complete do-over.
The DNC needs a huge overhaul and this seems like a great place to start. Impressed with Wikler's track record, he seems like a natural fit to help Dems right the ship.
Democrats are useless. They failed to hold Trump accountable. Pushed hard to help the genocide of the Palestinians.
They fucked Bernie over. There’s no chance they’ll let any decent person run.
Well the dems better figure something out unless y'all want King Matt Gaetz in 2028.
The corp abuse must be reined in. I say look to Jerry Brown and some of his policies.
He got a lot right.
Probably would have been President if it weren't for clinton.
Hate to break it to you, but if we don't get a new election we won't have any more elections. This election was full of fraud and interference and we cannot trust the results we deserve a new one we also need to know if I known cheater cheated. Once he's in the White House he will dismantle
the constitution, no more lawsuits, no more legal holdbacks, especially no more elections. If he takes that oath, We will no longer Americans. We will be an arm of Russia. Period.
Quit. Being. Naïve. About. This. We the People deserve to know our election results are legit & a cheater didn't cheat
Here’s what this progressive knows. Elitist democrats lose. And they have no chance without progressives. We will no longer hold our noses and vote for the anointed choice of the party. If you want to win, you’d better figure out a way to include us.
People have bought into Bernie Sander and Robert Reich who believe democrats have lost their way moving to the right to please corporate donors. "centrism" is very much right wing bullshit according to Bernie and Robert.
Both parties need to step back and take a hard look at what they are selling. And having a progressive take over the Dems is not the best direction. Over 50% of the people in Colorado are Independents
💯 I am an enlightenment era liberal and agree and progressive taking over the Democratic party would give the GOP more attack points and create even bigger electoral losses for us.
Focus on project Blue map and figure out what rural people want, not what political consultants want.
Funny, I keep hearing that most people want financial help with childcare, affordable healthcare, good schools, good jobs that don’t require multiple degrees: all that lefty stuff. Too bad they fall for a charismatic grifter who will deliver none of it
Thank you for pointing this out. I agree with you those are top of mind for urban/suburban people.
A list of rural concerns are too long for this format but they seem to center around financial viability, enabling multi-generational farmers, and living 2 hours from medical services. Imo of course.
The Conservatives might not relinquish power for many years to come. The Democratic Party has failed on so many levels that it’s really hard to believe that they can do anything to stop the nightmare.
While fair Robert I think the Democrats are failing because they do not have a controversial candidate that grabs people’s attention. People constantly talk about Trump, they really didn’t talk about Kamala. AOC is controversial, and is one of the most popular democratic candidates.
Ben Wikler's own bio in WisDems cites aspirations and platitudes, but no victories. In contrast, the very first paragraph of Ken Martin's MN-DFL bio in says "The Minnesota DFL has won every statewide election since Ken was elected Chairman and secured two trifectas." The better choice is clear.
In 2026 every person that can help democrats win the majority in the House, Senate and presidency needs to step up and do their civic duties and get this done.
I may not be a party insider, but I’ve run and won in election after election as a Dem in Trump turf.
We win when we fight for working people and communicate that unapologetically, everywhere and to everyone. I’ll bring that message across the country as DNC chair.
Well, yes, but we basically did that all by ourselves while Scott Walker was running rampant and the national Dems didn't lift a finger. Wonder who was in office then (2011)? Where were you, Obama?
If you want him you might wanna stay shtum.
Your endorsements are not the plus you think they are.
Wikler is Dem, Dems are Liberal, we have lil to do w what passes for prog these days. Lib Dems are to the left of modern progs in real accomplishment.
Dems are on the side of the lil guy.
He record in Wisconsin has been nothing less than DAZZLING! If he can pull the DNC back from the brink in one state, imagine what he can do for the whole country! He’s certainly got my vote!
The side of "the little guy" is a word choice. Also bullsht considering Harris' platform and what Biden did to help the average person. But sure, have the dnc pivot to the right where only yt men matter...lets see how that goes.
Give this party, what it wants and needs, he is the only voice that has come forth as strong, unifying, and actually gives me hope that this party could do something, Ben Wikler seems like a good decent leader, we need a WARRIOR
But is he a street fighter? Us little guys don't need pearl clutchers or "gentlemanly" sportsmen. That day's gone. We need leaders who are eye gouging, groin kneeing, hair pulling fighters. Make Trump & everyone of his mofos pay a brutal wealth destroying cost. Billionaires understand ROI.
I can get behind anyone that's able to recognize business as usual hasn't helped us and isn't going to get us out of the hell hole we're about to descend into.
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Not despising the 'little guy'. As uneducated woman hating bigot.
The whole thing is not about who is right, orr who is good for the people, the whole thing is about whoo manipulates the idiots better.
Most ppl are idiots. Stop pretending it's otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVV3x_ysFxk
If his starting premise is the GOP/big media lie that democrats have strayed from helping middle-class & working class Americans, then he's already a loser with no chance of success. Democrats haven't strayed in a 90 years
NOOOOOOOOOOO.
NEVER.
NEEEXT!!!
HOORAY! WILL SOMEONE TELL THEM?😂😂😂
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Really now?
The only ones that the Dems should be talking about - healthcare, tuition costs, inflation, jobs, issues involving people's wallets.
If I hear a peep about nonsense like DEI or trans or being lenient on illegals, then find a new candidate because he won't win.
And if it isn't elected Dems doing that, it is people online who foolishly think we should waste time on those topics.
As a party, Dems need to only focus on a handful of vital issues.
The Democrat party lost Democracy to the the party of fools. Yeah they ie Biden Administration failed to protect democracy and voting rights and women's rights.
Yep
You are correct. People are waking up and realizing it. The MSM propaganda machine isn't working as well as it used to.
There might be no elections in 4 years thanks to boomercrat selfishness.
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The Democratic Party needs a strong, vocal, insightful Progressive to manage a complete, successful party reform effort, or the party will drop 30% of its voter base in 2026.
Schumer and Durbin got this
Series of strong memos coming out shortly
Democratic party is on his side?
REALLY!?
Like Pelosi picking a anti-abortion candidate over a progressive one? Those dems!?
WTF do they stand for?
Hypocrisy?
Corruption?
Zionism?
But still, he doesn't inspire me either.
If Dems don't focus on that over all else, they will continue to be doomed.
An no I'm not part of the LGTB+ community but I support them and I'm a woman... Think about it, Robert. every statement counts....
We need more than two corrupt military controlled parties.
So will this guy stand for the dollar in their pockets?
You still think we’re going to have elections
Obama postured as a populist progressive both times he ran and won. Didn’t deliver, but ran that way.
Trump was going everywhere saying no more taxes on anything. 🤣
Lay out the progressive pipe dream of things we want to achieve that buck the status quo. People are more forgiving that way when they actively can see who is trying to prevent that scale of progress.
🙄
They fucked Bernie over. There’s no chance they’ll let any decent person run.
The corp abuse must be reined in. I say look to Jerry Brown and some of his policies.
He got a lot right.
Probably would have been President if it weren't for clinton.
Quit. Being. Naïve. About. This. We the People deserve to know our election results are legit & a cheater didn't cheat
Focus on project Blue map and figure out what rural people want, not what political consultants want.
A list of rural concerns are too long for this format but they seem to center around financial viability, enabling multi-generational farmers, and living 2 hours from medical services. Imo of course.
Every person. Also in states.
We win when we fight for working people and communicate that unapologetically, everywhere and to everyone. I’ll bring that message across the country as DNC chair.
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Your endorsements are not the plus you think they are.
Wikler is Dem, Dems are Liberal, we have lil to do w what passes for prog these days. Lib Dems are to the left of modern progs in real accomplishment.
Dems are on the side of the lil guy.
Give this party, what it wants and needs, he is the only voice that has come forth as strong, unifying, and actually gives me hope that this party could do something, Ben Wikler seems like a good decent leader, we need a WARRIOR
But the DNC has lost my trust. They have a long way to go to earn it back.
It seems like they are only interested in doing what people who write million dollar campaign checks want them to do.
I don't have that kind of money.
Look at their recent votes.
A taste of things to come.