I have said that I think the whole "sit and wait" strategy from Schumer and Democratic leadership has a lot of strategic merits. It is extremely clear that most Democrats do not agree with me.
I am not quite sure people grasp the white-hot anger from the base building up.
I am not quite sure people grasp the white-hot anger from the base building up.
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Once again the extremely online are falling for the "iT's On thE inTErnEt it mUst bE reAl" okey doke. 🙄
Dem leaders are on CSPAN, social media & podcasts every damn day. They are voting NO as a bloc & using every delaying tactic available.
What do people EXPECT?
People who think Saint Bullshit's finger wagging shouty rant of a stump speech is "dOinG soMEthing." When for FORTY YEARS it's done NOTHING.
But they want shouting, FIST FIGHTS, pulling fire alarm! 🙄
I am CERTAIN that I am far from alone in that
He should not be minority leader while energetic Senators like Murphy want to take the fight to the corrupt GOP.
Even some Democrats have been falsely led to believe that Dems can win even if they attack them almost constantly too it seems.
Right now we WANT shouty.
We NEED shouty.
Instead we get Schumer.
The choices he made in '20 to beat Kennedy could very easily bite him in '26.
And someone more moderate like Auchincloss, who's 40+ years younger, could very easily use it against him.
Which is daft, because a progressive in his mold is sitting right there in the House in the form of Ayanna Pressley, who'd possibly clear a primary field.
Why risk a more moderate replacement like Auchincloss?
and this "but what I want" strat is in the face of Modern Liberal Deliverism getting the most possible...and getting no reward for 4 years of it.
it also hides the knock-kneed that aint meeting the moment and/or who cant read the room like this
Status-quo / liberal / moderate only choices really?
And pundits wonder why it's all about culture war
Luckily for people, the Dems have never actually promoted those policies, but this seems not to be widely understood.
I don't think abandoning our trans brothers & sisters or illegal immigrants is the right way to go. AND I do think we need to frame the issues differently.
The challenge with that is (and people are going to hate this answer) it's a VERY longterm fix. The GOP didn't build that ecosystem overnight. It took literally years.
I don’t actually care that much what their stance on taxes is.
I WANT THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE NAZIS.
Other actors have to step us, like us ourselves.
What specifically would you have them do that they aren't already?
Norms are gone, find another way. Thats the job. No one said it would be easy enough that a rando on social media could respond to “how” with a simple answer.
Which is somewhat understandable! But they need better messaging if so, cause it sucks right now