I’ll keep saying it: This is not a Mexican standoff you can win because the Dems have an out: the center voter. If you want the Dems to stop going center, they have to win all 3 houses consistently. They’ve had all 3 for only 4 of the last 24 years.
This is an insane take. “Once you show the democrats they have your unconditional support and have given them unchecked power, that’s when they’ll listen to you.” If you want to move american politics left the republicans sure arent gonna do it, but the dems arent going to either if you keep voting for them as they move further and further center. Thats just positive reinforcement and shows them that youre a little bitch who will vote for them no matter what. (Disclaimer: i agree people should vote for kamala in this upcoming election if theyre in a swing state, but they should also be as loud and obnoxious as possible about how distasteful it is, and all of you little bootlickers voting ‘blue no matter who’ just empower them ignoring the voice of the people and continuing to commit war crimes. Stop attacking good citizens who want an end to genocide and start using your voice to pressure the people responsible for it).
No, it’s because you can’t get anything done in the American federal government without clear majority support from at least both houses of congress, just by the nature of how the government works and the current partisan climate. Democrats cannot pass progressive legislation without that support. Republicans are consistently successful in their goals because their goals do not require passing legislation; they require blocking it.
I’ll keep saying it: This is not a Mexican standoff you can win because the Dems have an out: the center voter. If you want the Dems to stop going center, they have to win all 3 houses consistently. They’ve had all 3 for only 4 of the last 24 years.
This is an insane take. “Once you show the democrats they have your unconditional support and have given them unchecked power, that’s when they’ll listen to you.” If you want to move american politics left the republicans sure arent gonna do it, but the dems arent going to either if you keep voting for them as they move further and further center. Thats just positive reinforcement and shows them that youre a little bitch who will vote for them no matter what. (Disclaimer: i agree people should vote for kamala in this upcoming election if theyre in a swing state, but they should also be as loud and obnoxious as possible about how distasteful it is, and all of you little bootlickers voting ‘blue no matter who’ just empower them ignoring the voice of the people and continuing to commit war crimes. Stop attacking good citizens who want an end to genocide and start using your voice to pressure the people responsible for it).
No, it’s because you can’t get anything done in the American federal government without clear majority support from at least both houses of congress, just by the nature of how the government works and the current partisan climate. Democrats cannot pass progressive legislation without that support. Republicans are consistently successful in their goals because their goals do not require passing legislation; they require blocking it.
Also that one time, if I recall correctly, had a bunch of Dems who were “pro-life” and vaguely Dem to get votes but not really progressive at all.
“Blue Dogs”. 2010 and 2012 erased a lot of them.