Sykes: "Naturally, Ruy Teixeira provides a sobering counterpoint along with his usual tough love. . . . He starts with the assumption that the GOP will nominate Trump and offers five (!) reasons why Biden might still lose. You probably don’t want to read this, but you should anyway . . . ."
Sykes: "Naturally, Ruy Teixeira provides a sobering counterpoint along with his usual tough love. . . . He starts with the assumption that the GOP will nominate Trump and offers five (!) reasons why Biden might still lose. You probably don’t want to read this, but you should anyway . . . ."
No, don't read Republican apologist Teixeira unless vyou also read JVL's critique thereof
JVL: "Ruy Teixeira tried to make this point yesterday with a column outlining reasons Biden could lose. Charlie linked to it this morning, but I want to push back a bit on Ruy’s reasoning.
"His premise is correct: Biden could lose to Trump. Or to DeSantis. Or any other Republican.
"But Ruy’s reasoning strikes me as not quite on-point. He gives five reasons Trump could win:
"1 Biden really is an extraordinarily weak candidate.
"2 Trump may be a stronger opponent than Democrats expect.
"3 Biden and the Democrats have not moved to the center on cultural issues.
"4 Abortion may not be the silver bullet many Democrats assume it will be in 2024.
"5 There is a working-class sized hole in Biden’s re-elect strategy.
"I like Ruy, but with respect . . . "
Ruy Teixeira is full of stuff, including straw men, disingenuousness, assumption of facts not in evidence -- I especially take issue with his misapprehensions of the culture wars and what Americans want in that context
(This is me saying this, not JVL)
One of Teixeira's beloved first principles seems to be that Democrats must move to the social/cultural right -- imo however Dems must fight harder against Republican (and fellow traveler) lies and bad faith arguments
JVL's five reasons are more firmly and sanely based than Teixeira's
.
Sykes: "Naturally, Ruy Teixeira provides a sobering counterpoint along with his usual tough love. . . . He starts with the assumption that the GOP will nominate Trump and offers five (!) reasons why Biden might still lose. You probably don’t want to read this, but you should anyway . . . ."
No, don't read Republican apologist Teixeira unless vyou also read JVL's critique thereof
JVL: "Ruy Teixeira tried to make this point yesterday with a column outlining reasons Biden could lose. Charlie linked to it this morning, but I want to push back a bit on Ruy’s reasoning.
"His premise is correct: Biden could lose to Trump. Or to DeSantis. Or any other Republican.
"But Ruy’s reasoning strikes me as not quite on-point. He gives five reasons Trump could win:
"1 Biden really is an extraordinarily weak candidate.
"2 Trump may be a stronger opponent than Democrats expect.
"3 Biden and the Democrats have not moved to the center on cultural issues.
"4 Abortion may not be the silver bullet many Democrats assume it will be in 2024.
"5 There is a working-class sized hole in Biden’s re-elect strategy.
"I like Ruy, but with respect . . . "
Ruy Teixeira is full of stuff, including straw men, disingenuousness, assumption of facts not in evidence -- I especially take issue with his misapprehensions of the culture wars and what Americans want in that context
(This is me saying this, not JVL)
One of Teixeira's beloved first principles seems to be that Democrats must move to the social/cultural right -- imo however Dems must fight harder against Republican (and fellow traveler) lies and bad faith arguments
JVL's five reasons are more firmly and sanely based than Teixeira's
.