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.

[Iormlund]

Perhaps there's something I'm missing, but by far the biggest problem I see with the Democratic Party is their last significant piece of legislation passed almost 15 years ago.

And even that (ACA) was a watered-down piece of shit.

No amount of messaging will help with that.

[Admiral Yi]

Perhaps there's something I'm missing, but by far the biggest problem I see with the Democratic Party is their last significant piece of legislation passed almost 15 years ago.

And even that (ACA) was a watered-down piece of shit.

No amount of messaging will help with that.

So the biggest problem with Democratic party is they have not controlled both houses of Congress for a long time.

[Valmy]

Perhaps there's something I'm missing, but by far the biggest problem I see with the Democratic Party is their last significant piece of legislation passed almost 15 years ago.

And even that (ACA) was a watered-down piece of shit.

No amount of messaging will help with that.

So the biggest problem with Democratic party is they have not controlled both houses of Congress for a long time.

Well not since 2022.

[Admiral Yi]

Is that right?  My bad.

[Valmy]

Is that right?  My bad.

Yeah. It was how they were able to pass all that stuff in Biden's first two years. The Republicans weren't going to help them.

Well except for that gay marriage bill, which was appreciated.