The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Eric the Green]

(12-02-2020, 05:42 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-02-2020, 03:06 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(12-02-2020, 01:34 PM)David Horn Wrote: The Dems need to be a lot more like their rivals: on-message, tough and uncompromising and willing to take it to the Republicans like the Republicans do to them.  Instead, they look fractured and weak, and neither is flattering.  My opinion: they'll need to take a far more Progressive stance, and be willing to not just defend it but attack the alternative ... hard!  They actually have a solid argument if they can just agree that it's one that needs making.

My take on why: the people remain hooked on false ideologies. It's true the Democrats need to be bolder and more unified, but Democrats are cats (hard to herd) and Republicans are dogs (loyal to their master). The basic statements by Biden were good.

I'm afraid that the Dems are just as sold on the nonsense as their voters.  If the leaders can't get it that the people voting out there are not interested in mush or over intellectualized argument, they're not going to move the needle one iota.  Kinser is right: the Dems don't understand memes at all, but the voting public reacts to them every time.

Quite true. Come 2024, the Democrats are going to need to be lucky about who steps up to run, if Biden is unable to continue. If they are stuck with Harris, who cannot articulate those memes convincingly or touch and connect with the people, they will lose. If Landrieu steps up and runs and is nominated, they will win. The primary race, and who runs, will determine if the Democrats can stick around long enough to move the needle on the great needs of the time.