Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) reflects on Democrats’ losses in the 2024 election after sending a memo calling on his party to “embrace a more populist message.”
I agree that what they did is ridiculous. The macro story should be that the two major parties rig their primary processes in order to sideline potential challengers to the machine apparatus.
The takeaway is you have little to no ability to influence the national candidate selection unless you’re a major player in an early primary/caucus state or you’re a billionaire PAC donor.
Even if they had a “real” primary the DNC would’ve cooked it so Kamala (or whoever the DNC elites picked) got the nod. The Obamas, Clintons, Pelosi, Bloomberg etc. already made the decision at that point and what you or I wanted was never a factor.
I doubt it. We are continue to underestimate information warfare. Look at Romania. A guy sympathetic to Russia who no one heard about few months ago won the first round.
The same techniques were used this election and previous one in US and Europe and we still ignoring it.
You bet your balls a real primary would have helped.
I agree that what they did is ridiculous. The macro story should be that the two major parties rig their primary processes in order to sideline potential challengers to the machine apparatus.
The takeaway is you have little to no ability to influence the national candidate selection unless you’re a major player in an early primary/caucus state or you’re a billionaire PAC donor.
Even if they had a “real” primary the DNC would’ve cooked it so Kamala (or whoever the DNC elites picked) got the nod. The Obamas, Clintons, Pelosi, Bloomberg etc. already made the decision at that point and what you or I wanted was never a factor.
I doubt it. We are continue to underestimate information warfare. Look at Romania. A guy sympathetic to Russia who no one heard about few months ago won the first round.
The same techniques were used this election and previous one in US and Europe and we still ignoring it.