A bad presidential candidate effects down ballot races.
Which is why Hillary probably still would have handed Republicans the House and Senate if she didn’t take all the states parties funds for her victory tour.
trumps daughter in law controls the RNC’s purse strings tho, they’re probably doing a similar grift already.
Which is why it’s important to keep pressure on Harris from the left. If she gets both houses and doesn’t do anything because she only hears from the right. It’s just handing Republicans one or both houses back for the midterms.
Now more than ever, we have to be ready to get shit done on day one. None of this shit Biden pulls where he assumed office and “looked into” shit until we couldn’t pass the party platform.
Walz is exactly what a democratic “moderate” should be
He might be further to the right than some want, but when they say that. Dude sits down and listens to them and is willing to change his mind.
I don’t think he’ll specifically pull Kamala to the left. But I think if the base disagrees with Kamala, he’ll push for her to listen to what they have to say and to keep an open mind.
It’s kind of depressing that’s such a unique thing, but it’s good it’s happening and I hope it signals a change for the moderate wing.
I don’t think we’d have gotten someone like that if people weren’t vocal about their issues with Biden and his responses. Which is why I think it’s important we keep it up. If the only people pushing for “moderates” to change direction are from the right, we can’t act surprised when they always move right.
We dont have billionaires lobbying for us, we got to make the noise ourselves.
While I wish Biden did more, he did get a ton of fantastic policy through.
Anything that helped the people too much was stymied by Manchin and Sinema (arguably the list would continue with centrists peeling off from Democrats) and the supreme court.
Hopefully a landslide win happens and meaningful legislation is quickly passed. Bringing gov’t programs up to speed for helping the middle class would probably cement democratic leadership for at least a decade
While I wish Biden did more, he did get a ton of fantastic policy through.
You mean legislation that he didn’t veto?
If that counts in his pro column, then everything else that didn’t pass goes in the con column.
Biden himself wouldn’t shut up about how he couldn’t change someone’s mind even if they had a D by their name. So I’m interested in how you take that comment and rationalize giving him credit for how they vote.
I mean. He literally said it would be useless for him to try so why should he try… Then you want to clap for him because he didn’t veto something?
It’s a pretty uphill battle right? Aren’t Dems defending senate seats in Montana, West Virginia, Georgia and Arizona? I think the House is pretty much guaranteed if Harris wins, but the Senate is a long shot.
A bad presidential candidate effects down ballot races.
Which is why Hillary probably still would have handed Republicans the House and Senate if she didn’t take all the states parties funds for her victory tour.
trumps daughter in law controls the RNC’s purse strings tho, they’re probably doing a similar grift already.
Which is why it’s important to keep pressure on Harris from the left. If she gets both houses and doesn’t do anything because she only hears from the right. It’s just handing Republicans one or both houses back for the midterms.
Now more than ever, we have to be ready to get shit done on day one. None of this shit Biden pulls where he assumed office and “looked into” shit until we couldn’t pass the party platform.
There’s zero excuse to repeat that
which is why the walz VP pick is interesting. he seems to spend political capital quickly and effectively
its going to be clear early on how much influence progressives really have in a potential harris administration.
Walz is exactly what a democratic “moderate” should be
He might be further to the right than some want, but when they say that. Dude sits down and listens to them and is willing to change his mind.
I don’t think he’ll specifically pull Kamala to the left. But I think if the base disagrees with Kamala, he’ll push for her to listen to what they have to say and to keep an open mind.
It’s kind of depressing that’s such a unique thing, but it’s good it’s happening and I hope it signals a change for the moderate wing.
I don’t think we’d have gotten someone like that if people weren’t vocal about their issues with Biden and his responses. Which is why I think it’s important we keep it up. If the only people pushing for “moderates” to change direction are from the right, we can’t act surprised when they always move right.
We dont have billionaires lobbying for us, we got to make the noise ourselves.
While I wish Biden did more, he did get a ton of fantastic policy through.
Anything that helped the people too much was stymied by Manchin and Sinema (arguably the list would continue with centrists peeling off from Democrats) and the supreme court.
Hopefully a landslide win happens and meaningful legislation is quickly passed. Bringing gov’t programs up to speed for helping the middle class would probably cement democratic leadership for at least a decade
You mean legislation that he didn’t veto?
If that counts in his pro column, then everything else that didn’t pass goes in the con column.
Biden himself wouldn’t shut up about how he couldn’t change someone’s mind even if they had a D by their name. So I’m interested in how you take that comment and rationalize giving him credit for how they vote.
I mean. He literally said it would be useless for him to try so why should he try… Then you want to clap for him because he didn’t veto something?
It’s a pretty uphill battle right? Aren’t Dems defending senate seats in Montana, West Virginia, Georgia and Arizona? I think the House is pretty much guaranteed if Harris wins, but the Senate is a long shot.
Dems would have to win every competitive race to keep the senate, and that would just be 50-50 so we need Walz as VP too.