There aren't enough liberals to elect a president. I'd bet liberal turnout in 2024 was as high or higher than any other group (after all, who hates Trump and MAGA more, and who is getting hurt worse by them?). There aren't enough blue states anymore. To win the presidency, you need to win more purple states, and you do that by throwing y…
There aren't enough liberals to elect a president. I'd bet liberal turnout in 2024 was as high or higher than any other group (after all, who hates Trump and MAGA more, and who is getting hurt worse by them?). There aren't enough blue states anymore. To win the presidency, you need to win more purple states, and you do that by throwing your "vulnerable" groups under the bus, at least rhetorically. And, you can't pussy-foot it or fake it. You can't just shut-up about it, and hope that will be OK. You need to say it our loud and demonstrate it with policy positions. Moderates and Indies who are squeamish about MAGA won't vote for Democrats who they hate/fear even more, just because they aren't MAGA.
You have to do what Bill Clinton did: 1) You have to make the voters you want to vote for you think that you like and respect them, and ; 2) You have to repudiate the things that keep those voters from voting for you. Bill Clinton had a Sister Soulja moment. He campaigned on "the era of big government is over". He said we shouldn't ask or tell. He said he was going to cut taxes (that was a lie, but it worked). He was a semi-genuine southern bubba, who hobnobbed not with the coastal elites and minorities, but with the same donors that the Bushes were hanging with. And a lot of the Reagan Democrats came home.
THAT is what you need to do to cure the brand. Doubling down on woke is not going to work. So far, I am seeing total denial and absolutely no evidence that the national Democrats are up for it. Instead, they celebrate AOC and Bernie touring red states and entertaining basically all the Democrats in a state, and a bunch of accident gawkers who are never going to vote for them. Yee-Haw!
In 2028, for the first time in a decade, you won't have Trump to run against. Republicans like me will probably go home to a far less offensive GOP candidate, basically anybody but Trump. That just makes your job that much harder. I guarantee you woke won't win in 2028. It's your choice whether you run on something else, or not.
The GOP has proven it is the party of Trump. Mitt Romney’s reticence and cowardice underlines that. There is no going back. Believe me, I hope I am wrong. But when Republicans won’t even stand up for due process, it is a dark day indeed.
I wouldn’t be so sure that you won’t have Trump on the ticket in 2028. (And yes, I know that sounds alarmist and fantastical, but I believe the odds of it happening, while not greater than 50%, are not zero either.)
He may try to stay president by some other means (though I doubt it), but he won't be the GOP nominee. Even he admits that the Constitution says you can't be elected to more than two terms.
There aren't enough liberals to elect a president. I'd bet liberal turnout in 2024 was as high or higher than any other group (after all, who hates Trump and MAGA more, and who is getting hurt worse by them?). There aren't enough blue states anymore. To win the presidency, you need to win more purple states, and you do that by throwing your "vulnerable" groups under the bus, at least rhetorically. And, you can't pussy-foot it or fake it. You can't just shut-up about it, and hope that will be OK. You need to say it our loud and demonstrate it with policy positions. Moderates and Indies who are squeamish about MAGA won't vote for Democrats who they hate/fear even more, just because they aren't MAGA.
You have to do what Bill Clinton did: 1) You have to make the voters you want to vote for you think that you like and respect them, and ; 2) You have to repudiate the things that keep those voters from voting for you. Bill Clinton had a Sister Soulja moment. He campaigned on "the era of big government is over". He said we shouldn't ask or tell. He said he was going to cut taxes (that was a lie, but it worked). He was a semi-genuine southern bubba, who hobnobbed not with the coastal elites and minorities, but with the same donors that the Bushes were hanging with. And a lot of the Reagan Democrats came home.
THAT is what you need to do to cure the brand. Doubling down on woke is not going to work. So far, I am seeing total denial and absolutely no evidence that the national Democrats are up for it. Instead, they celebrate AOC and Bernie touring red states and entertaining basically all the Democrats in a state, and a bunch of accident gawkers who are never going to vote for them. Yee-Haw!
In 2028, for the first time in a decade, you won't have Trump to run against. Republicans like me will probably go home to a far less offensive GOP candidate, basically anybody but Trump. That just makes your job that much harder. I guarantee you woke won't win in 2028. It's your choice whether you run on something else, or not.
The GOP has proven it is the party of Trump. Mitt Romney’s reticence and cowardice underlines that. There is no going back. Believe me, I hope I am wrong. But when Republicans won’t even stand up for due process, it is a dark day indeed.
I wouldn’t be so sure that you won’t have Trump on the ticket in 2028. (And yes, I know that sounds alarmist and fantastical, but I believe the odds of it happening, while not greater than 50%, are not zero either.)
He may try to stay president by some other means (though I doubt it), but he won't be the GOP nominee. Even he admits that the Constitution says you can't be elected to more than two terms.