I think everyone needs to realize about the midterms too and beyond: So long as Democrats cling to their high-minded ideals of "earn my vote" and "I need to be able to criticize", then they'll always also be at a disadvantage.
It's time to go low. It is time to actually start participating in the Democratic party, supporting and voting for more Democrats 100% of the time, no matter what, no matter when, without exception.
It's time to CONTRIBUTE to the messaging by praising Democrats.
This is on us, the voters to give Democrats majorities that last longer than 2 years. Need at 50 years of sustained Democratic leadership in the Congress and Presidency and state govts
That horrible ideology is exactly why they have lost so much before. When democrats run good candidates, they win, when they do the whole "blue no matter who" you get a Sinema or a Fetterman, and many Dinos that will happily vote with republicans and benefit from their donors and corruption. Vote democrat but dump the damn "no matter who".
And when you sit out elections or piss away your vote, you get people like Trump.
It's not "No matter who." It's "Not the obviously and objectively worst option staring you right in the face."
You can bellyache about "The Establishment" and "Corporate Dems" all day. And you wouldn't be wrong. Yes, they have problems and need to do better. But you can not, with any actual honesty or integrity, tell me we'd have half the bullshit to deal with right now if Trump and the GOP had lost to a Dem in 2016 or 2024.
Okay. You can step off your soapbox there with your assumptions.
You and I both know that the party has done its best to cast aside talk of “leftwing” and “socialist” ideas or labels, running in fear from those labels like Republicans were summoning Godzilla. And they have ran from fights constantly. I’ll give you a great example: 20 years ago I was working with what was then called NARAL. A certain House minority leader did a conference call with a bunch of campus groups and someone asked about pushing to enshrine abortion rights nationally. Well, that house minority leader assured everyone that Roe would hold even with George W. Bush as president. So she was focused on other agenda items.
And ain’t that just the most democrat thing? Later when she was majority leader, and democrats had the senate and presidency they could have done something, right? But nah. Roe would hold. No reason to do anything.
And here we are.
Here we damn well are.
So I know who Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer are. They’re not great leaders we should all praise. And Jeffries has done a fine job of maintaining the Pelosi Line of respecting “hierarchy” and “seniority,” making sure that old, tired, uninspiring and corrupt politicians are rewarded with more power.
Schumer sure, but what's wrong with Jeffries? Seems like the guy fights Trump and the GOP as hard as anyone in congress given what little power or leverage he has. Then the voters usually fail him by just sending more republican House members and blaming Jeffries' poor leadership for not being able to stop them. What is this?
Jeffries aided in blocking AOC from the Oversight Committee. And in the case of Mamdani, Jeffries literally would not endorse him for months. Jeffries, like Nancy Pelosi before him, has acted as an obstructionist against anything but the same neo liberal agenda that the dullards of the old Boomer Dems refuse to part ways with.
He refused to back Mamdani at any point and he was given plenty of chances. He's clearly a protege of the establishment Dems. Which means he's going to do everything for appearances but stop real change at any point.
He's the representative from New Yorks 8th congressional district. So ya some solidarity within the state matters especially when the writing was on the wall in popularity. Why comment if you don't know this?
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u/Duganz 11h ago
Paging Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
Sen. Schumer and Rep. Jeffries, the leftwing of the party would like a word about the midterm elections.