"The DLC was an insurgency. We built our own playing field and played by our own rules. We put on our own conferences and conventions. We arranged our own trips around the country. We raised our own money." The party needs something like that today: - ThreadSky

thebulwark.bsky.social • 74 days ago

"The DLC was an insurgency. We built our own playing field and played by our own rules. We put on our own conferences and conventions. We arranged our own trips around the country. We raised our own money." The party needs something like that today:

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cjseahorsemom.bsky.social•74 days ago

I thought Kamala ran a brilliant campaign. Bill Clinton ran before Fox launched in 1996. We need to counter the Fox propaganda machine.

tepidlatte.bsky.social•74 days ago

Maybe pruning the quislings, appeasers, backsliders, "bipartisans," and DINOs would be a good place to start.

piranha4d.bsky.social•73 days ago

Ugh.

lillieta.bsky.social•73 days ago

Me, reading the acronym: "The download able content was an insurgency:

Also me: ... I need to go the fuck to sleep

outofmanyone.bsky.social•74 days ago

More something like Elon’s PAC if you ever want to win again, b/c the game has changed and there are no refs

gabibd.bsky.social•74 days ago

Ok fine but I’m not sure it’s as broken as the punditry would have it. The election was close! Anti-incumbency sentiment was a worldwide thing! Downballot Dems did pretty ok for an opposition election!

2plus2equals.bsky.social•74 days ago

Bulwark is just hoping the new Dems can be the old GOP and be even more right wing of a center-right party.

tuocodem.bsky.social•73 days ago

You’ve posted this his article 3 times now and it still ain’t hitting.

distantreplay.bsky.social•74 days ago

He literally pulled out of the campaign to personally oversee the execution of a brain damaged non compos guy on death row.

tstack.bsky.social•74 days ago

I don’t think it’s the ideas and platform that hurt the democrat. It’s how people consume the message

johnignatius56.bsky.social•74 days ago

The old rules don't apply in the internet age.

craigevergarden.bsky.social•74 days ago

Is this the Bill Clinton who sold out the working class to court corporations?

gilroy0.bsky.social•74 days ago

Eh. The DLC is part and parcel of what generated the landscape we're in now. Playing as Republican-lite just helped drive the Republicans even further rightward. Accepting the Overton window doesn't settle things; it encourages further movement.

biliousmillie.bsky.social•74 days ago

One of the biggest problems is that We the People suck!

davidjcox.bsky.social•74 days ago

The Dems need to learn to communicate to the under-educated. It’s really that simple

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