The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Eric the Green]

(12-02-2020, 01:34 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-01-2020, 02:37 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: We'll see if the folks that shifted over to the blue perspective shift back after Trump is no longer in the White House.  We'll see if Trump stays gone, or keeps the base as a hostage to bring the Republican Party down.  The regeneracy starts January 20th.  We'll see how the crisis flows from there...

It's looking a lot like the shift never occurred.  Dems lost seats in the House, and couldn't even overthrow Susan Collins, who pissed-off vast numbers in her state playing footsie with Trump.  My take on why: the Dems don't have a message they can run on, so they all run alone.  Abigail Spanberger in the House and Joe Manchin in the Senate are almost Republicans, while over in the House, AOC and the the Squad are Socialists and Ed Markey in the Senate isn't far behind.  Anyone looking in from outside can find something to hate with a spread like that.  

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.