06-22-2021, 09:11 AM
(06-22-2021, 12:04 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: That's the nature of a civil war turning. Both sides are pushing. So, one side has to push harder and win. It's called a Crisis, S&H never said it would be easy. The Blue side is waking up, and pushing harder. The leaders are available from the Boomer generation, mostly the younger Boomers now, but they are ready. And Blue Xers are available to help lead and manage, and Blue Millennials are ready to help manage, staff and organize. We can all do our part, even if not in our prescribes generational roles. As for guidance, that has been available for decades. And no, they can't not be hyper-partisan. The Blue Boomers must be as partisan as possible, in the best sense. Keep saying what is needed. There is nothing left on the other side but madness.
A lot depends on who and where. We're still fighting a rearguard action in many places. With the Blues concentrated and the Reds dispersed, I'm still not sure how well this struggle will go. We need the suburbs. If they continue to move as they have been moving, the Blue side will do fine. If...
Eric Wrote:Being partisan now, like many of our Democratic politicians and organizers are being, are just saying what is practical and necessary to do. They are the ones being heard now, not the crazies. Total agreement on our team is an impossible goal, now, or ever. The Blue side is coming together though. From Sanders, even sometimes all the way to Manchin. The House Democrats have a bare majority, and yet are putting things through. They passed HR1, and it's a masterpiece! It won't pass the senate yet, but it's just the reforms I predicted! And the red crazies on the other side cannot be convinced. They don't need to be convinced, or even insulted; just defeated. Yes, we have to ignore or put aside some of the fluff of identity politics and stuff like that, but we've got the people behind us now, 55-43%. A bit of demographic changes ahead will tip the scales. That's our camp, and they are buying. That's the only level of consensus we're gonna git! Let's roll.
I can say I'm impressed by the discipline of the pros. The fringe is still the fringe, but even the most leftwing pros (Bernie, AOC and the Squad) have shown restraint while consensus is allowed to build. For that, they're running red hot in idle, and will need to have running room soon.
Eric Wrote:I hope it works. I know it's not guaranteed. The Republicans still have a lot of cards. The solution is lots of electioneering! Get the vote out! And get the best candidates out there. Your former and future governor Terry is a good one! Use the democracy we still have left before it's too late and gone. Which will be in this 4T if we don't win now. The ball is in our court.
If this cycle in Virginia has the Dems continuing to hold firm, I'll feel good about 2022 and 2024. Virginia typically votes for the opposite party in the White House. When that doesn't happen, assume the dynamics are tilted pretty far.
Eric Wrote:By the way I am encouraged by the Supreme Court. Pundits say they don't want to get into politics too much. Court packing is a threat that might stimulate them to behave and not all be movement conservatives like Alito. Their recent decisions were great. I still cringe about gun laws coming before them, and the abortion issue could be a firecracker. We'll see.
In fact, the Supreme Court very much made my point for me this week! They gave final approval to Obamacare. This was an advance in health care reform that passed on a very narrow partisan vote, only because the Democrats temporarily had 60 senate votes. Even then, it was a watered down version of the original proposal. But the Court approved it because people now depend on it. The point is, consensus is ONLY possible through victory. Once people see that the progressive programs work, they will support them. It may take a few years, but it will happen.
SCOTUS is still TBD in my book. We have 6 Roman Catholics, with 5 very conservative in their faith. If abortion rights survive, they will survive anything. If they fall, then the pro-choice mandate will grow, and fast. I think they know that too.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.