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.
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.
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.