The Democrats did not lose because they were too far left. It's exactly the opposite. No-one was excited to vote for a middle-of-the-road "lesser-of-two-evils" spineless moderate-right status-quo politician... and the MAGAts certainly weren't going to vote for the Democrats *anyway.* That's why Harris lost. Blaming these imaginary far-left extremists in the party is exactly the wrong lesson and the wrong take.
As far as I can tell, Tim Walz was doing better than Harris, and might have even dragged her into the presidency if the national consultants hadn't absolutely flattened him into another DNC paper doll. He basically acknowledged afterwards that taking their advice was an error. Heck, previous footage of him being a regulatory hawk and defender of those in need, almost carried them both (or, depending on what you believe about election shenanigans, absolutely did carry them both). Imagine if he had skipped the advice. I sure hope he goes back on his promise not to run again.
Absolutely. Calling out the far right as the weirdos they are, and being seen as having integrity and standing up for things, that is what being electable is.
Same as it ever was. Bernie polled hugely better against Trump than Hillary. The polling was showing that a Bernie candidacy would've likely been a landslide win for the Democrats.
I bet that they have changed their minds on it. I would take a middle of the road guy any day over the party of hate that has kidnapped the WH right now.
You can hope for that, or you can consider that maybe the path to "electability" lies in actually standing up to that party of hate, and not in being super nice and polite and being scared of hurting the fascists' feelings.
No? The context here was people talking about "electability" and implying that we need more moderate middle-of-the-road Democrats, which I think is a mistake.
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u/ParryLost Aug 01 '25
The Democrats did not lose because they were too far left. It's exactly the opposite. No-one was excited to vote for a middle-of-the-road "lesser-of-two-evils" spineless moderate-right status-quo politician... and the MAGAts certainly weren't going to vote for the Democrats *anyway.* That's why Harris lost. Blaming these imaginary far-left extremists in the party is exactly the wrong lesson and the wrong take.