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Better to lose on your feet and be standing for the next election than lose on your knees

So the Dem takeaway should be Stand Up to Bullies. 1) It's the only language they understand 2) It will impress the voters more. Be more AOC, less Schumer.

A lot of that comes from Dems or others making public statements calling Dems weak--which THANK GOD fewer are doing now. It's more a matter of perceptions than actions. Dems are fighting in every way a minority can so the way to be SEEN as strong is to ratchet up the rhetoric--which they are.

"Democrats: They can do it. They just choose not to."

There are Democrats who support Massie in Kentucky because at least he believes in what he says. Democrats need to run authentic candidates to counter MAGA.

Crappy messengers.

Are they asking people who understand how government works? Because they don't have a majority, so they basically have no power in federal government.

Jesus Christ this is the stupidest possible take.

Any weakness I see in the Democrats has less to do with their electoral performance than with their legislative work. We've seen them get steamrolled so often by Republicans who are not afraid to bend rules and make up new ones to block SCOTUS noms and pass shitty legislation.

This, right here, is the underlying problem with the modern leadership of the Dems Progressive v. Moderate, whatever, I have my preferences but I can compromise. What's hard is believing in someone who doesn't actually believe in anything

Yes! It’s why Sanders is still the most popular American politician. Even if people don’t agree with all of his ideas, they believe that he believes them and that’s worth something

The problem is that oftentimes Republicans are perceived as candid even when they’re lying! That’s not a problem Democrats can solve on their own.

at this point I assume any support for Newsom is simply paid for

As I said in another context, authenticity will be the winner in '28. bsky.app/profile/kayk...

This to me is the main lesson from Zohran. Not necessarily that left policies are good electorally (even though I think they are) it's that if you actually have strong convictions on something even if voters disagree they at least respect you. And that gives you space to get them on your side

And she's tough physically. Not blustering and threatening, just tough. We all saw her take a hit and get back up.

"HELLO? I'm talking to YOU!"

evergreen

You’re not gonna be seen as tough when party leaders wish for a “normal” Republican Party

vote for me, a Rorschach test

You think Mamdani subscribes to a “wimpy, pathetic” school of thought?

You don’t need a fucking poll to figure this out.

I an extreme left lifelong democrat voter think the party is out of touch. They seem to think this criticism only comes from the right. I think it’s equal in both sides. The difference is the people who think this on the right will never vote for democrats but far left people can be won back.

The interpersonal equivalent of a popularist is a hollow, people-pleasing person with crippling social anxiety who has no sense of self or real direction because they are defined by everyone around them. Normal people are not attracted to them.

Competent at grifting and criminality?

Does that mean people want them to have a backbone and actually stand for something !?

Voila! And it starts with leadership

it's comprehensible if you understand latent authoritarian americans. Somewhat rich and wealthy, sometimes the 1%ers in the country, feel excluded from society culturally and more than a little bitter about it, deeply christian so they crave a moral leader who tells them they can be awful.

Cynical is the exact right word

Had the same thought.

Kool kidz that go to the Popularism school bring lunch money for the bully, not for lunch.

Thin ideology, is the nerd word you’re looking for. But, yeah. Bad.

It's Daddy issues all the way down

I agree. Most are what I call "squishy". They talk big, but have no backbone.

Own your left people! It’s alright…um…ok

Left versus Right. Capitalism versus Socialism. Christians versus Muslims. Whites versus The Color Of The Day. Those simple distinctions are easy to manipulate when people don't really know what's going on. A good education system and honest journalism won't help much. Capitalism, baby. Profit!

It's why the Bernie Bro's were probably right in 2016, now we have Crockett in TX who might finally flip TX.

He doesn’t have to say anything because he gave your worldview in the follow up tweet:

good thing I'm not asking you for a debate then

Matt, you're an enormous piece of shit who's been wrong about everything for decades

I can hear Marge Simpson right now saying “you got the dud! Hee hee hee!”

This is why Kamala should have called him a motherfucker on the debate stage.

💰The Shorter from the G. Elliot Morris article "The path to 2026 doesn’t run through the center. It runs through the fight." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...

I'll disagree. Populism isn't seen as weak, moderates are seen as weak. They are trying to find the deal, the middle ground, not tell the other side "We are doing this" Populism is vibrant and strong, just look at how Bernie is viewed