Yeah, they want to ride the edge and put forth the most conservative a candidate possible that still has a plausible road to victory (and the plausibility can be pretty thin). The last few candidates haven’t been anywhere close to just lining up with the most popular issues (either within the Democratic party or the larger electorate).
It’s just insane. People are so desperate for change that they’re willing to vote for fascism, and the Democrats are trying to put run a moderate conservative. If they’re not completely delusional, then they must believe the James Carvils of the party who are telling them they just have to wait for the Republicans to become unpopular again to take power. In the best case scenario, they’ll win in four years, then lose in another 4 (probably to a more competent fascist) because people will see they’re not doing anything for them.
The problem is that the party has a lot of control over the primary; they can keep people off the ballot, they can decide who gets to debate, they can set a primary schedule that favors preferred candidates…The reason we got Biden in 2020 was because Barack Obama made a bunch of phone calls and got everyone who would have spit Biden’s vote share to drop out. Progressives need to spend the next four years calling out this corruption and excising these people from the party at the state and national levels.
Yeah, they want to ride the edge and put forth the most conservative a candidate possible that still has a plausible road to victory (and the plausibility can be pretty thin). The last few candidates haven’t been anywhere close to just lining up with the most popular issues (either within the Democratic party or the larger electorate).
It’s just insane. People are so desperate for change that they’re willing to vote for fascism, and the Democrats are trying to put run a moderate conservative. If they’re not completely delusional, then they must believe the James Carvils of the party who are telling them they just have to wait for the Republicans to become unpopular again to take power. In the best case scenario, they’ll win in four years, then lose in another 4 (probably to a more competent fascist) because people will see they’re not doing anything for them.
I’m feeling deja vu from 2016. Hopefully the primary electorate has learned something that the establishment has not.
The problem is that the party has a lot of control over the primary; they can keep people off the ballot, they can decide who gets to debate, they can set a primary schedule that favors preferred candidates…The reason we got Biden in 2020 was because Barack Obama made a bunch of phone calls and got everyone who would have spit Biden’s vote share to drop out. Progressives need to spend the next four years calling out this corruption and excising these people from the party at the state and national levels.
Yes, it’s almost like overthrowing an established power is difficult. Who would have guessed.
Its zionism first, moderate conservative second.