Same w the GOP and 05.Exactly. Dems won a bunch of special elections in 09. Then came 2010 and the red tide.
Nationalizing races is bad for us. This is why midterms are better for us than one off races.
Same w the GOP and 05.Exactly. Dems won a bunch of special elections in 09. Then came 2010 and the red tide.
Right, but this is an argument for forcibly homogenising Democratic Party officials.
Yup. When your opinions are all black and white and stupid and youre a party of single issue voters it's easy to be consistent.I'm saying the reason why they have worse messaging is because they have a lot more varying opinions in elected office than the republicans.
Yep. Very confused tweet.Says a left wing that wants to chase after the White-working-class and wants to abandon "Identity Politics".
Again, this isn't true. The Republican Party has more internal factions than the Democratic Party does, not fewer.
Charisma has little to do with it. You need to fight for policies people need and want.
This makes zero logical sense in the context of Obama
What's the saying? Republicans fall in line, Democrats fall in love.
What's the saying? Republicans fall in line, Democrats fall in love.
Obama is a Nixon era Republican.
What's the saying? Republicans fall in line, Democrats fall in love.
Obama is a Nixon era Republican.
Yup. When your opinions are all black and white and stupid and youre a party of single issue voters it's easy to be consistent.
I mean I've been shying away from this comparison for various reasons but people are talking about them both so much anyway that the hypocrisy is starting to get annoying. Corbyn outperforming expectations to almost achieve victory cannot be an astonishing energizing comback for the left while every Dem run thus far in a special election, from the Bernielike in Montana to the bank exec in South Carolina, coming close to victory represents a "failure of the centrists". Either Corbyn failed, or Dems are poised for a huge success.
Corbyn's loss is celebrated as a win because he took away the conservatives majority. He reduced their power and increased his own despite losing. Republicans still have as much power now as they have had since November.
Corbyn's loss is celebrated as a win because he took away the conservatives majority. He reduced their power and increased his own despite losing. Republicans still have as much power now as they have had since November.
Corbyn's loss is celebrated as a win because he took away the conservatives majority. He reduced their power and increased his own despite losing. Republicans still have as much power now as they have had since November.
I mean I've been shying away from this comparison for various reasons but people are talking about them both so much anyway that the hypocrisy is starting to get annoying. Corbyn outperforming expectations to almost achieve victory cannot be an astonishing energizing comback for the left while every Dem run thus far in a special election, from the Bernielike in Montana to the bank exec in South Carolina, coming close to victory represents a "failure of the centrists". Either Corbyn failed, or Dems are poised for a huge success.
Corbyn's loss is celebrated as a win because he took away the conservatives majority. He reduced their power and increased his own despite losing. Republicans still have as much power now as they have had since November.
The Republicans have a unifying ideology. Their dislike of Democrats. Evangelicals will vote for Satan (R).
GA-06 was lost on culture wars not policy. At no point did Handel argue affirmatively for her policies but rather sought to tar & feather Ossoff. The quicker Dems start using those dirty tricks back at the GOP the faster/better. Dems already have the policies, just need to get madder and grimier!
It's disappointing to watch centrist Democrats continue to condemn the LGBT and black communities by proving unable to win elections with such a milquetoast national party message. Even good candidates can't escape being dragged down by that millstone.
The Republicans have a unifying ideology. Their dislike of Democrats. Evangelicals will vote for Satan (R).
But the Democrats have adopted the same platform, just mirrored towards hating Republicans now. Why does it work for them but not Dems? What secret ingredient are they missing? Diet racism?
There was literally someone here who posted the other day that we need to tone down our message on civil rights.
CIVIL RIGHTS.
But the Democrats have adopted the same platform, just mirrored towards hating Republicans now. Why does it work for them but not Dems? What secret ingredient are they missing? Diet racism?
Even if we won every single special election, the Republicans would have as much power as they have now.
Not really. The UK election was not a win/lose situation. They gained 30 seats in parliament and May didn't even win either.
That's not to say that getting closer isn't good, but Corbyn getting that close had an actual immediate benefit and here it's just maybe a sign that things might not go as terribly in the future.
Idiots unaware that they might gain some voters but also lose another chunk. There is always the probability they wouldn't increase the base, just swap voters around when dropping some issues in favour of others. Unless they believe the current base is a hive mind voting democrat no matter what.That shit was everywhere when Trump won. Liberals straight up arguing to drop civil rights and minority issues in general for desperate expediency.
Panic. lol
We just made a decades held Republican district competitive when it shouldn't have been.
cf. minimum wage, single player health care, taxing the rich, etc.
It's almost as if the Democratic party is a moderately liberal party concerned with propagation of the party above all else and not a hugely progressive party married to ideals of equality and fairness.
That shit was everywhere when Trump won. Liberals straight up arguing to drop civil rights and minority issues in general for desperate expediency.
Ah yes Nixon the lover of LGBTQ folk and minorities everywhere.
Ah yes Obama is a Republican from the era that birthed the Southern Strategy
This is why I can't stand the left right argument. There's always another "lefty" that redefines the spectrum.
But that's precisely what Democrat voters need to do. They need to realise that Republicans are uniformly a bunch of thoroughly despicable cunts who would gladly take a crowbar to their shins if it were legal to do so. The shittiest Democrat is better than a 'good' Republican by virtue of not being a Republican.Unless they believe the current base is a hive mind voting democrat no matter what.
But the Democrats have adopted the same platform, just mirrored towards hating Republicans now. Why does it work for them but not Dems? What secret ingredient are they missing? Diet racism?
Being accepting of LGBTQ or not Racist isn't a political platform. There are homophobes and racists in both parties. Obama opposed gay marriage years into his Presidency. There are Log Cabin Republicans. Etc etc.
It's disappointing to watch centrist Democrats continue to condemn the LGBT and black communities by proving unable to win elections with such a milquetoast national party message. Even good candidates can't escape being dragged down by that millstone.
The Republicans have a unifying ideology. Their dislike of Democrats. Evangelicals will vote for Satan (R).
It's interesting seeing so many people claim that a hard left candidate could never be viable based on historical voting patterns when that same logic told us that the sitting POTUS never had a chance.
God damn. The thread should've ended with this but I know why it will still keep on going.
Stop it please. You guys are killing me. And the corpratecrats have a hard time reading this before their eyes glass over.
Tax the rich.
It is time for full on class warfare.
ossoff was an empty suit and ga06 was probably not winnable by any non-republican
the mistake wasn't failing to run a hard left candidate there, it was dumping millions into a black hole and ignoring other contests because the party is so fucking desperate to get suburban white votes
If it is indeed a "spectrum" then it can't be redefined, you exist on the spectrum and it is you who changes.
Obama's actual political lineage is in line with the GOP circa the 70s, prior to the Reagan years moving the GOP further to the Right.
Now you're not even making sense.
Again you're literally saying Obama is a republican from the literal era that birthed the Southern Strategy