Good analysis. One thing I would add is that Dems are losing population in their 3 largest states. Americans are voting with their feet on Democratic policies. You just can’t be a national force if your example of success is sky high housing and eroding public finances. Rs have a deep bench of governors they can pull from, even if it is laughable. Dems have almost nothing.
My theory? The party actively didn't want #5, because the current leaders are all progressive, Biden turned out way more progressive than anyone thought, and winning that sort of primary would involve Democrats they can't just write off as racist partisans giving an honest critique of the last four years.
Not only did they lose the election but they now have the drunken idiot Kamala around their necks until they can find a way to dispose of her. I hope she runs and wins the nomination and exposes what an empty and hypocritical shell the Democrat party has become.
Ironically, Donald Trump is the only reason they still exist and the only thing they have to run on/against. With Generic Republican Candidate vs Kam-Kam the election would have been a historic landslide.
The historic Democratic icons FDR, and JFK would laugh at what passes for policy in their beloved party. Although they were upper class they understood that victory for their party depended on appealing to working class voters. Current party leaders distain the “deplorable” and “racist” members of the working class.
A laundry list of things for Democrats to keep and to dump if they ever want to actually win again nationwide.
Keep a woman’s right to choose for the first trimester.
Dump abortion until birth unless the mother’s health is at risk or the fetus is not viable.
Keep a concern for climate change and the environment and grow nuclear power.
Dump intermittent, unreliable renewable energy that requires backup continuous generating capacity which is then used intermittently. A ridiculously expensive approach. Even more important, realize that the stifling maze of environmental procedures that now must be followed to build anything has raised the price of necessities like mass transit and housing that the working class needs to survive. Figure out how to build stuff quickly.
Keep and develop new effective vaccines.
Dump vaccine mandates.
Keep equality of opportunity for all.
Dump equity of results based on discriminating against men, whites and Asians in a futile attempt to compensate for past discrimination against women and blacks. Recognize that D.E.I. Is unconstitutional.
Keep the protection of gay and lesbian rights.
Dump men in women’s sports, private spaces and prisons. Oh, and mutilating children who might grow up to be gay.
Keep an opportunity for selective high value immigration.
Dump sanctuary cities and open borders.
Keep helping the homeless find jobs and a place to live.
Dump camping in cities, shitting in the streets and allowing open drug use.
Keep a concern for due process in criminal justice.
Dump letting shoplifters and other petty thieves off the hook and releasing predators back on the streets without bail to kill and maim again.
Keep support for unions and fair wages
Dump “free trade” policies that have devastated our manufacturing sector.
Do all of the above and start governing like you know what the fuck you’re doing and you might just find your way back to power.
Good analysis. One thing I would add is that Dems are losing population in their 3 largest states. Americans are voting with their feet on Democratic policies. You just can’t be a national force if your example of success is sky high housing and eroding public finances. Rs have a deep bench of governors they can pull from, even if it is laughable. Dems have almost nothing.
My theory? The party actively didn't want #5, because the current leaders are all progressive, Biden turned out way more progressive than anyone thought, and winning that sort of primary would involve Democrats they can't just write off as racist partisans giving an honest critique of the last four years.
Not only did they lose the election but they now have the drunken idiot Kamala around their necks until they can find a way to dispose of her. I hope she runs and wins the nomination and exposes what an empty and hypocritical shell the Democrat party has become.
Ironically, Donald Trump is the only reason they still exist and the only thing they have to run on/against. With Generic Republican Candidate vs Kam-Kam the election would have been a historic landslide.
Here are some suggestions that might work.
The historic Democratic icons FDR, and JFK would laugh at what passes for policy in their beloved party. Although they were upper class they understood that victory for their party depended on appealing to working class voters. Current party leaders distain the “deplorable” and “racist” members of the working class.
A laundry list of things for Democrats to keep and to dump if they ever want to actually win again nationwide.
Keep a woman’s right to choose for the first trimester.
Dump abortion until birth unless the mother’s health is at risk or the fetus is not viable.
Keep a concern for climate change and the environment and grow nuclear power.
Dump intermittent, unreliable renewable energy that requires backup continuous generating capacity which is then used intermittently. A ridiculously expensive approach. Even more important, realize that the stifling maze of environmental procedures that now must be followed to build anything has raised the price of necessities like mass transit and housing that the working class needs to survive. Figure out how to build stuff quickly.
Keep and develop new effective vaccines.
Dump vaccine mandates.
Keep equality of opportunity for all.
Dump equity of results based on discriminating against men, whites and Asians in a futile attempt to compensate for past discrimination against women and blacks. Recognize that D.E.I. Is unconstitutional.
Keep the protection of gay and lesbian rights.
Dump men in women’s sports, private spaces and prisons. Oh, and mutilating children who might grow up to be gay.
Keep an opportunity for selective high value immigration.
Dump sanctuary cities and open borders.
Keep helping the homeless find jobs and a place to live.
Dump camping in cities, shitting in the streets and allowing open drug use.
Keep a concern for due process in criminal justice.
Dump letting shoplifters and other petty thieves off the hook and releasing predators back on the streets without bail to kill and maim again.
Keep support for unions and fair wages
Dump “free trade” policies that have devastated our manufacturing sector.
Do all of the above and start governing like you know what the fuck you’re doing and you might just find your way back to power.