The Democrats 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 done this🤬 Biden's abhorrent crime bill was in response to conservatives accusing the Democrats of being weak on crime. The Republicans didn't get us into this nightmare without Dem help, either by enacting right wing policies or by allowing the Republicans to run roughshod over them. Almost forgot, Clinton repealed the Glass-Stegall Act leading to the housing market crash and he signed NAFTA, which decimated blue collar areas nationwide. Biden is also partly responsible for the student loan debt crisis. He signed on the bill that disallowed student loan debt to be discharged via bankruptcy.
Sometimes it feels like every time Democrats get a solid issue (abortion) that will get voters to come out in droves to enthusiastically vote D, they do something to screw it up (Gaza/immigration). Rs are not going to vote D. The best hope Democrats have is getting their own base excited enough to stand in line and actually vote.
Democrats need young people to vote if they want to win this election. Palestine is a topic they're passionate about. Watching children and humanitarian aid workers getting bombed with no repercussions is going to discourage those voters. They may not vote for Republicans but they won't vote for Democrats either.
It shouldn't be hard to say bombing children and humanitarian aid workers is wrong and to stop sending more bombs until it stops.
Just once I’d like to see Democrats cater to their base prior to elections and really press hard on it. Maybe the math says the undecideds lean more conservative, but I’ve always felt—and seen in election results—the adage that, if you want a Republican, you’ll vote for a Republican. The never-Trumpers know what they’re getting when they throw their lot in with the Democrats to try to defeat Trump.
But the much younger demographic that watches the lefty YouTube shows that I listen to as podcasts are pissed about Gaza and really, really pissed about the failed “compromise” border bill. They’re happy it failed, and really mad about the treatment of refugees. There is no enthusiasm for Biden in this crowd.
They welcome immigrants, oppose abortion and contraception restrictions, are horrified at anti-Trans legislation and book bans and are calling into shows saying they can’t vote for a president who continues to fund genecide. Some weren’t old enough to vote in 2016, and their memories or Trump are mixed up with Covid. They know about Project 2025 but it’s not real to them. I’m very worried about turnout.
Why aren't you (Oliver Willis) advising Democrats' campaigns? Why are the candidates spending lots of our donation money with out-of-touch hacks like Plouffe, Axelrod and Penn? That's where these stupid assembly-line-voter ideas come from. Mark Penn thinks he can fine-tune all the dials, but all his basic premises are wrong at their foundations, so he ALWAYS gets the wrong answer. And candidates pay huge amounts of money to these guys, the entire Consultant Class, for their "ideas."
Stop listening to these hacks, candidates! And don't hire any of them who say you can't listen to anyone else, only them. Broaden your listening range, read and hire Oliver Willis, Duncan Black at Eschaton, and the cussin' crew Adam and Sam over at Today's Big Stuff. They'll steer you right; your expensive consultants never have and won't start now.
Excite your base! Register new voters! Ignore the consultant class! Run hard! Win!
There was a time when this kind of thing worked very well. Al Gore spoke of it many years ago. But for it to work it looks like two things are necessary. You must have accurate polls AND the partisan divide can't be as deep as it is now. There may well be a formula that works for what the political class intends, but it's not the one they're using now. They're twiddling knobs on a radio that can only produce static.
To lead one stands up and says, “Here’s what I think we should do and why. And I’m going to convince you it’s a good approach.”
Going into that is considering what people want and gathering input from different viewpoints, but ultimately having done so a leader says they are planning to do and convinces others to follow.
Democrats have certainly been far too much in the “I must see where my people are going so that I can step in front of them and lead them.“ mindset.
The Democrats 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 done this🤬 Biden's abhorrent crime bill was in response to conservatives accusing the Democrats of being weak on crime. The Republicans didn't get us into this nightmare without Dem help, either by enacting right wing policies or by allowing the Republicans to run roughshod over them. Almost forgot, Clinton repealed the Glass-Stegall Act leading to the housing market crash and he signed NAFTA, which decimated blue collar areas nationwide. Biden is also partly responsible for the student loan debt crisis. He signed on the bill that disallowed student loan debt to be discharged via bankruptcy.
Sometimes it feels like every time Democrats get a solid issue (abortion) that will get voters to come out in droves to enthusiastically vote D, they do something to screw it up (Gaza/immigration). Rs are not going to vote D. The best hope Democrats have is getting their own base excited enough to stand in line and actually vote.
They did not screw up Gaza. That would be Hamas and their sm troll helpers
Democrats need young people to vote if they want to win this election. Palestine is a topic they're passionate about. Watching children and humanitarian aid workers getting bombed with no repercussions is going to discourage those voters. They may not vote for Republicans but they won't vote for Democrats either.
It shouldn't be hard to say bombing children and humanitarian aid workers is wrong and to stop sending more bombs until it stops.
Just once I’d like to see Democrats cater to their base prior to elections and really press hard on it. Maybe the math says the undecideds lean more conservative, but I’ve always felt—and seen in election results—the adage that, if you want a Republican, you’ll vote for a Republican. The never-Trumpers know what they’re getting when they throw their lot in with the Democrats to try to defeat Trump.
But the much younger demographic that watches the lefty YouTube shows that I listen to as podcasts are pissed about Gaza and really, really pissed about the failed “compromise” border bill. They’re happy it failed, and really mad about the treatment of refugees. There is no enthusiasm for Biden in this crowd.
They welcome immigrants, oppose abortion and contraception restrictions, are horrified at anti-Trans legislation and book bans and are calling into shows saying they can’t vote for a president who continues to fund genecide. Some weren’t old enough to vote in 2016, and their memories or Trump are mixed up with Covid. They know about Project 2025 but it’s not real to them. I’m very worried about turnout.
Why aren't you (Oliver Willis) advising Democrats' campaigns? Why are the candidates spending lots of our donation money with out-of-touch hacks like Plouffe, Axelrod and Penn? That's where these stupid assembly-line-voter ideas come from. Mark Penn thinks he can fine-tune all the dials, but all his basic premises are wrong at their foundations, so he ALWAYS gets the wrong answer. And candidates pay huge amounts of money to these guys, the entire Consultant Class, for their "ideas."
Stop listening to these hacks, candidates! And don't hire any of them who say you can't listen to anyone else, only them. Broaden your listening range, read and hire Oliver Willis, Duncan Black at Eschaton, and the cussin' crew Adam and Sam over at Today's Big Stuff. They'll steer you right; your expensive consultants never have and won't start now.
Excite your base! Register new voters! Ignore the consultant class! Run hard! Win!
Those 3 are not advising anyone. Where do you people get this stuff?
Plouffe, Axe, and Penn?! Surely you don't believe they are feasting merely on air?
There was a time when this kind of thing worked very well. Al Gore spoke of it many years ago. But for it to work it looks like two things are necessary. You must have accurate polls AND the partisan divide can't be as deep as it is now. There may well be a formula that works for what the political class intends, but it's not the one they're using now. They're twiddling knobs on a radio that can only produce static.
They should really start polling with AI or robots. I bet Big Dog has some opinions. We have to stop worshiping toasters.
To lead one stands up and says, “Here’s what I think we should do and why. And I’m going to convince you it’s a good approach.”
Going into that is considering what people want and gathering input from different viewpoints, but ultimately having done so a leader says they are planning to do and convinces others to follow.
Democrats have certainly been far too much in the “I must see where my people are going so that I can step in front of them and lead them.“ mindset.
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