The Democratic leadership engineered this situation and must therefore desire it. Win or lose, it remains in control of a vast shadow apparatus: consultants, pollsters, lobbyists, fundraisers, key positions on Capitol Hill. Any concessions to new forces within the party would undermine this control, whereas losses to Republicans do not.
The Democratic leadership would far rather lose an election or two - or even become a permanent minority party - than open the party to people it cannot control.—
Thank you for such a complete summation (with links to docs) of the utter shambles of @thedemocrats, as well as the utter frustration We the People are feeling at 100% too little too late taking credit and not leading of the 'Opposition'.
I wonder what happened at the Wednesday/yesterday meeting .... nothing but a bunch of talk probably.
I think the simplest and best explanation is that the Democrats just don’t care. No matter what happens, they’ll be able to buy their way out of it, so they don’t have any real reason to care. Their constituents aren’t so lucky but still.
There’s a reason the party mobilized faster to stop Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib far more than they ever did for Trump. Those two posed far more of a threat to the donor networks than Trump ever did.
In fact, it should be abundantly clear by now that the Democrats would rather lose to Trump than risk anyone coming into power who might pass the legislation that would threaten longstanding power structures that undergird the party.
Seriously, what the fuck? Even my fucking cat would know what to do and how to do it. And he’s dead.
Vote out every single one of these Neville Chamberlains.
The Democratic leadership engineered this situation and must therefore desire it. Win or lose, it remains in control of a vast shadow apparatus: consultants, pollsters, lobbyists, fundraisers, key positions on Capitol Hill. Any concessions to new forces within the party would undermine this control, whereas losses to Republicans do not.
The Democratic leadership would far rather lose an election or two - or even become a permanent minority party - than open the party to people it cannot control.—
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-2024-win-blame-the-democratic-party-establishment-by-james-k-galbraith-2024-11
Thank you for such a complete summation (with links to docs) of the utter shambles of @thedemocrats, as well as the utter frustration We the People are feeling at 100% too little too late taking credit and not leading of the 'Opposition'.
I wonder what happened at the Wednesday/yesterday meeting .... nothing but a bunch of talk probably.
I think the simplest and best explanation is that the Democrats just don’t care. No matter what happens, they’ll be able to buy their way out of it, so they don’t have any real reason to care. Their constituents aren’t so lucky but still.
There’s a reason the party mobilized faster to stop Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib far more than they ever did for Trump. Those two posed far more of a threat to the donor networks than Trump ever did.
In fact, it should be abundantly clear by now that the Democrats would rather lose to Trump than risk anyone coming into power who might pass the legislation that would threaten longstanding power structures that undergird the party.