The Dems need their own Trump. Or, to put it a little more palatable, a modern Teddy Roosevelt. We need a bully for a bully pulpit who isn't afraid to call people racists when they are, and who isn't afraid of oligarchs because they have their own money. But unlike Trump, someone who has actual beliefs and principles that they want to en…
The Dems need their own Trump. Or, to put it a little more palatable, a modern Teddy Roosevelt. We need a bully for a bully pulpit who isn't afraid to call people racists when they are, and who isn't afraid of oligarchs because they have their own money. But unlike Trump, someone who has actual beliefs and principles that they want to enact through policy. And someone who isnt afraid to piss off the center (of whom I count myself).
Honestly, the closest that comes to mind is JB Pritzker, but I don't know that even he is bully enough for what we need.
I don't know that we want more billionaires like Pritzker/Trump/Bloomberg running for office, but yea, a Teddy Roosevelt type would be nice. I could go for some trust-busting right about now.
If Harris loses this is exactly what Democrats will decide. And they may be correct. But I don’t know that we’re ready to understand what that would mean.
Unfortunately that won’t work with dems. It’s because of their voters. Republicans are a very homogeneous party (white, male). Dems is just too diffused to make a powerful leader.
The bully pulpit hasn’t worked in a long long time. Obama used it 3 times in his first term but his campaign team measured it and he didn’t use it ever again because (1) it didn’t work and (2) it actually caused more backlash.
The Dems need their own Trump. Or, to put it a little more palatable, a modern Teddy Roosevelt. We need a bully for a bully pulpit who isn't afraid to call people racists when they are, and who isn't afraid of oligarchs because they have their own money. But unlike Trump, someone who has actual beliefs and principles that they want to enact through policy. And someone who isnt afraid to piss off the center (of whom I count myself).
Honestly, the closest that comes to mind is JB Pritzker, but I don't know that even he is bully enough for what we need.
I don't know that we want more billionaires like Pritzker/Trump/Bloomberg running for office, but yea, a Teddy Roosevelt type would be nice. I could go for some trust-busting right about now.
If Harris loses this is exactly what Democrats will decide. And they may be correct. But I don’t know that we’re ready to understand what that would mean.
Unfortunately that won’t work with dems. It’s because of their voters. Republicans are a very homogeneous party (white, male). Dems is just too diffused to make a powerful leader.
The bully pulpit hasn’t worked in a long long time. Obama used it 3 times in his first term but his campaign team measured it and he didn’t use it ever again because (1) it didn’t work and (2) it actually caused more backlash.