How did it happen?
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Cindy, as I've said before, a ham sandwich would have been a better choice than DT. I will admit, I think Harris could have been more inspiring. I don't think she ever really caught fire. She could have done better. But damn, she worked her ass off. And, to me, this is really important--what DT offered was much, much, much worse for working people. So this argument that she didn't do enough kind of falls flat. I mean, people voted for the worst of two evils. How does that make sense?
As for a better plan for the housing crisis, our wonderful senator in Montana laid out an excellent, pointed plan for addressing the housing shortage. He lost badly to a Trump-backed millionaire carpet bagger who wants to privatize public lands and ban abortion. All while Montana voters also passed a constitutional guarantee for abortion.
The folks who wouldn't vote for Harris because Biden sent arms to Israel--are they happy now? Look who DT's new ambassor to Israel is going to be--a guy who says the Palestinian people don't exist.
Something is wrong with this picture. And to me it smells like Elon Musk.
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Pod Save America has Ezra Klein talking about next steps. The country has fundamentally changed, but Dems haven’t. They just aren’t listening.
I’m a lifelong Dem. But even I have considered becoming an independent. I feel like the party is much too caught up in fringe issues. Take trans sports participation. Why do Dems have a dog in that fight? It has nothing to do with helping the middle class. Why can’t we just say it’s a local issue and move on.
I don’t dislike Harris. I have said for years that she is not very smart and has poor political instincts. She did her best. But the way that she lost shows how tone deaf the party is.
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Pod Save America has Ezra Klein talking about next steps. The country has fundamentally changed, but Dems haven’t. They just aren’t listening.
I’m a lifelong Dem. But even I have considered becoming an independent. I feel like the party is much too caught up in fringe issues. Take trans sports participation. Why do Dems have a dog in that fight? It has nothing to do with helping the middle class. Why can’t we just say it’s a local issue and move on.
I don’t dislike Harris. I have said for years that she is not very smart and has poor political instincts. She did her best. But the way that she lost shows how tone deaf the party is.
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@Steve-Miller take Black people. As someone born in 1961, I cannot imagine civil rights and discrimination being much lower than No. 1 on a black person's list of concerns. And to vote republican made you a pariah.
Trump won a bigger share of the Black vote each time her ran.
I think a lot of black people see racism as less of a motivator than before.
More generally, I think Dems see giveaways as a way to win votes, but it isn't. Part of the problem is that folks just dont understand the reasons they are struggling because the reasons are complex.
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Cindy - "Part of the problem is that folks just dont understand the reasons they are struggling because the reasons are complex."
I believe this may be a large part of "how did this happen?" - that Republicans have gotten good at providing simple reasons... no matter that those reasons aren't true, they resonate with voters... Seems to me that I remember Hillary having a plan and policy for everything, but it took more than a few words to explain.
