The Democratic Party just kicked the can down the road again on Israel, deepening the divide between party members and their leaders.
  • nosuchanon
    252·
    17 hours ago

    There is no internal reform. Once they’re elected and there’s not much you can do until the next reelection. If you can’t affect senior leadership due to seniority it takes fucking forever for any meaningful change to come. The system is designed to move slowly And resist change.

    • baronvonj@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      12 hours ago

      The primaries are where we push the internal reform. The pitifully low primary turnout is what allows unpopular incumbents to coast on autopilot to the right for the donor money.

      • nosuchanon
        5·
        12 hours ago

        Yeah, tell me how that fixes someone like John Fetterman? What do you do when someone turns out to be a horrible asshole? They get to continue to fuck you over for the rest of their term? Or what about someone like Joe Manchin or Krysten Sinema? What are you doing in entire state keeps voting the same asshole in to office?

        • Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
          1·
          4 hours ago

          I don’t mind Fetterman, by my account he was a slightly left Democrat who had a stroke and the brain damage made him conservative. The value we get from KNOWING brain damage causes conservatism is worth one traitor.

        • baronvonj@piefed.socialEnglish
          11·
          12 hours ago

          At the end of their term, the voters go vote for someone else in the primaries, then Fetterman has to try and run as an independent or convince some other party to nominate him. During the term, it depends on the individual state if they have a procedure for the voters to recall an elected official or not (looks like Pennsylvania does not).