That comment jumped out at me too. The whole NGO apparatus is Democrats wielding power. Not to mention academia and, in some cases, the civil service. It was a bizarre thing to say and think.
That comment jumped out at me too. The whole NGO apparatus is Democrats wielding power. Not to mention academia and, in some cases, the civil service. It was a bizarre thing to say and think.
I'm on the West Coast, and the Nonprofit/NGO apparatus is an impediment to democracy. You want the local DA to prosecute shoplifters? Your local Advocacy groups will stop it.
Totally agreed. I would argue that the Democratic Party definitely blundered the post Biden v Trump debate aftermath, but that in no way indicates to me that have lost the ability or will to wield power. They still run most major cities, have major influence in all the things you mentioned, and after losing this election, they have a chance to win stuff in the next 2 years and in 4 years.
You're fighting a straw man, though Katie's thought could have been more clearly articulated. It's not that the Dems don't know how to perform the basics of day-to-day governance. That's obviously untrue and not what Katie meant. The Dems have been failing at wielding power in such a way as to *stay* in power. They have lost the ability to win hearts and minds -- to feel the voters' pain. There's no other way to explain the shifting numbers among traditional pro-Dem demographics.
I am cautiously optimistic that Shumer's about-face will quickly become known broadly among Democrats as Shumer's Folly, and that it will lead to something akin to a foundation for the redevelopment of a killer instinct.
Both parties have a hard time staying in power since no one is willing to govern for mass popularity vs popularity with their partisans anymore. True, Biden had that bipartisan infrastructure bill, but the benefits of it and the IRA were delayed since they larded it up with so much Groups favored regulatory stuff. I don't see how the Dems are especially "feckless." One could argue that the Rs are much less effective in actually accomplishing anything domestically or even (in the prior Trump admin) staffing the agency positions that have always been appointees or picking people capable of pushing their priorities. Who knows about the current admin yet, as they seem to be running around breaking things like insane people, but that hardly seems a staying power strategy.
I think members of both parties use a similar construction of "there was a clearly defined problem that needed fixing and our party had the votes to fix it and didn't fix it and thus the party has extended its long history of being feckless."
And a common corollary is, "our legislators need to be like the other party's legislators, who are highly disciplined and always vote in lockstep."
That comment jumped out at me too. The whole NGO apparatus is Democrats wielding power. Not to mention academia and, in some cases, the civil service. It was a bizarre thing to say and think.
I'm on the West Coast, and the Nonprofit/NGO apparatus is an impediment to democracy. You want the local DA to prosecute shoplifters? Your local Advocacy groups will stop it.
Totally agreed. I would argue that the Democratic Party definitely blundered the post Biden v Trump debate aftermath, but that in no way indicates to me that have lost the ability or will to wield power. They still run most major cities, have major influence in all the things you mentioned, and after losing this election, they have a chance to win stuff in the next 2 years and in 4 years.
You're fighting a straw man, though Katie's thought could have been more clearly articulated. It's not that the Dems don't know how to perform the basics of day-to-day governance. That's obviously untrue and not what Katie meant. The Dems have been failing at wielding power in such a way as to *stay* in power. They have lost the ability to win hearts and minds -- to feel the voters' pain. There's no other way to explain the shifting numbers among traditional pro-Dem demographics.
I am cautiously optimistic that Shumer's about-face will quickly become known broadly among Democrats as Shumer's Folly, and that it will lead to something akin to a foundation for the redevelopment of a killer instinct.
Both parties have a hard time staying in power since no one is willing to govern for mass popularity vs popularity with their partisans anymore. True, Biden had that bipartisan infrastructure bill, but the benefits of it and the IRA were delayed since they larded it up with so much Groups favored regulatory stuff. I don't see how the Dems are especially "feckless." One could argue that the Rs are much less effective in actually accomplishing anything domestically or even (in the prior Trump admin) staffing the agency positions that have always been appointees or picking people capable of pushing their priorities. Who knows about the current admin yet, as they seem to be running around breaking things like insane people, but that hardly seems a staying power strategy.
I think members of both parties use a similar construction of "there was a clearly defined problem that needed fixing and our party had the votes to fix it and didn't fix it and thus the party has extended its long history of being feckless."
And a common corollary is, "our legislators need to be like the other party's legislators, who are highly disciplined and always vote in lockstep."
I am not and have never been a member of the Democratic party. Democrats do not control academia or use it to wield power.