Quo Vadis, Democrats?

[Admiral Yi]

Suggestions that out of touch progressives have been controlling the DNC seem laughable to me. None of the strong progressive voices are close to the inner circles of the party. None of them were close to Biden, or Harris' inner circles either. If their voices seem louder, it's because the "official message" from the DNC is muddled, weak, or inexistant. In that vacuum, some more progressive voices get heard more.

The DNC's role is to raise money for campaigns and run primaries.  It's not their job to message.

[Valmy]

My point is that marginalized people aren't being catered to, it's that Democrats defer to elites that share some characteristics with marginalized people.  Simply being Black doesn't give you special insight into the lives of all Black people.  So deferring to wealthy Black scion from Colorado who attended Columbia University when crafting policy for poor Black people in Mississippi is counterproductive.

Well that's true.

But still one might expect a politician who operates in San Antonio would know something about the priorities of southern Texas Tejanos.

But nope.