Question. You cite Virginia as being a case where Dems didn't move to the center. But in Virginia, they literally nominated a centrist candidate. They nominated the most centrist candidate that you could possibly find. And he lost. You can't be like 'actually the centrist was a socialist all along' when there's no evidence of that. It wo…
Question. You cite Virginia as being a case where Dems didn't move to the center. But in Virginia, they literally nominated a centrist candidate. They nominated the most centrist candidate that you could possibly find. And he lost. You can't be like 'actually the centrist was a socialist all along' when there's no evidence of that. It would be like claiming that Hillary lost in 2016 because she was too much like Bernie. It's nonsense.
The other question is this: what exactly is the thesis here? That Democrats need to focus more on kitchen table issues? Well if that's the case the people holding things up are not liberals but moderates like Manchin who refuse to vote on anything. He's the guy who let the Tax Credit expire, remember? Not liberals, but moderates.
It's also worth noting that poll wise, voters prefer the GOP on the child tax credit despite the fact that they oppose it, which tells you that the voters are not responding to policy, and that outcomes are not being driven based on what is actually happening. But we already knew that, because every GOP president since Reagan has crashed the economy before he left office, and every Democratic president has righted the ship, only for voters to think the GOP are fiscally responsible.
You can yell all about 'moving to the center' but you have no cases where this resulted in anything good or successful.
Question. You cite Virginia as being a case where Dems didn't move to the center. But in Virginia, they literally nominated a centrist candidate. They nominated the most centrist candidate that you could possibly find. And he lost. You can't be like 'actually the centrist was a socialist all along' when there's no evidence of that. It would be like claiming that Hillary lost in 2016 because she was too much like Bernie. It's nonsense.
The other question is this: what exactly is the thesis here? That Democrats need to focus more on kitchen table issues? Well if that's the case the people holding things up are not liberals but moderates like Manchin who refuse to vote on anything. He's the guy who let the Tax Credit expire, remember? Not liberals, but moderates.
It's also worth noting that poll wise, voters prefer the GOP on the child tax credit despite the fact that they oppose it, which tells you that the voters are not responding to policy, and that outcomes are not being driven based on what is actually happening. But we already knew that, because every GOP president since Reagan has crashed the economy before he left office, and every Democratic president has righted the ship, only for voters to think the GOP are fiscally responsible.
You can yell all about 'moving to the center' but you have no cases where this resulted in anything good or successful.