You are attributing too much responsibility on the democrats for Meijer losing, and to “fix” the Republican Party. Republican voters are the issue here, and they have to be the ones who have to fix themselves. Short term, beating the crap out of them electorally is the quickest way to get them to reconsider sanity and democratic norms. B…
You are attributing too much responsibility on the democrats for Meijer losing, and to “fix” the Republican Party. Republican voters are the issue here, and they have to be the ones who have to fix themselves. Short term, beating the crap out of them electorally is the quickest way to get them to reconsider sanity and democratic norms. But when up against authoritarians, you HAVE to think short term, and take actions that maximize positive potential outcomes. The nature of authoritarianism makes long term planning difficult. But back to the issue with Michigan-3! With abortion being on the ballot in Michigan this year, a radical election denying MAGA lunatic is very unlikely to win a Biden +8 district. This is a house seat with will flip to us, very much increasing our chances of keeping the house. A democrat flipping a house seat is a much much better outcome than a “moderate” republican whose been abandoned by his party, keeping it. Democrats really didn’t sabotage option B, you’re just upset at the cynicism that must be considered when fighting against authoritarianism.
It would be redundant for me to add to this comment thread, because Casey, Charles, and Catie have said it so well. I will just quote one of them: "...the only way the Republican Party gains some semblance of sanity is for them to lose and lose and keep on losing (likely for several election cycles.). It's the only lesson that will teach them."
You are attributing too much responsibility on the democrats for Meijer losing, and to “fix” the Republican Party. Republican voters are the issue here, and they have to be the ones who have to fix themselves. Short term, beating the crap out of them electorally is the quickest way to get them to reconsider sanity and democratic norms. But when up against authoritarians, you HAVE to think short term, and take actions that maximize positive potential outcomes. The nature of authoritarianism makes long term planning difficult. But back to the issue with Michigan-3! With abortion being on the ballot in Michigan this year, a radical election denying MAGA lunatic is very unlikely to win a Biden +8 district. This is a house seat with will flip to us, very much increasing our chances of keeping the house. A democrat flipping a house seat is a much much better outcome than a “moderate” republican whose been abandoned by his party, keeping it. Democrats really didn’t sabotage option B, you’re just upset at the cynicism that must be considered when fighting against authoritarianism.
It would be redundant for me to add to this comment thread, because Casey, Charles, and Catie have said it so well. I will just quote one of them: "...the only way the Republican Party gains some semblance of sanity is for them to lose and lose and keep on losing (likely for several election cycles.). It's the only lesson that will teach them."