If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base.
Start with three big challenges. First, a lot of those who voted for Democrats are expecting action to improve their economic conditions: Run on affordability, you better improve affordability. Second, and related, with Democrats holding a sizable piece of power in Washington, the failures of policy driven by the reckless Trump and his administration could be blamed on them—and it is a sure thing that hundreds of millions will be spent by Trump allies to try to pin the problems on the Democrats. Americans already think Washington isn’t working; if it looks like Democrats are a part of the problem and not of the solution, that could have brutal consequences in 2028.
Third, it is clear that the Democratic Party base wants toughness and serious pushback against the corruption, misconduct, and mayhem that are the core of Trump’s presidency. Witness the negative reaction to the private meeting between House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, looking for areas of possible common ground after January 3. Rank-and-file Democrats want pushback, not compromise. Of course, compromise will be necessary to meet the first challenge of improving people’s economic circumstances. But if it is not led by Democrats using every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base.
TLDR:
Don’t be a neoliberal…
It’s literally that easy, and considering the voting members of the DNC pivoted 20 months ago, there’s no reason to assume incoming dem leadership will be the same shitty neoliberals as this current Congress.
The DNC is the party and it’s a dictatorship under the chair…
The current chair spent the last decade turning Minnesota from purple to Blue, filled with some very progressive Dems. In the middle of “the heartland”…
I think your confusion is you think Schumer/Jefferies have any power, they’ve been lame ducks for all but two weeks of this Congress
Because their power came from a neoliberal DNC willing to withhold state party funds.
Those funds are gone, given to the state parties. There literally is no more “club” for Schumer/Jeffries to wield
Like, it’s really not that complicated, but I feel like Im constantly explaining this shit still…
People need to put more emphasis on the funding thing when discussing this, Schumer and Jeffries basically lost the only thing they had to throw around. It’s entirely possible that if the Dems take the house and/or Senate either of them could be thrown from influence simply because the Congress critters don’t need to worry nearly as much about funding. Hell you could even see a situation where Schumer and/of Jeffries are pushed into supporting more progressive shit simply because the new blood can about them down without worry.
AIPAC is already toxic to a campaign in a Democratic Party election. They started funneling AIPAC money through hidden channels to support war mongering neoliberals.
TLDR:
Don’t be a neoliberal…
It’s literally that easy, and considering the voting members of the DNC pivoted 20 months ago, there’s no reason to assume incoming dem leadership will be the same shitty neoliberals as this current Congress.
The DNC has had the same neoliberals running the party for decades. They will not retire because the new generation of Americans is not worthless.
The DNC is the party and it’s a dictatorship under the chair…
The current chair spent the last decade turning Minnesota from purple to Blue, filled with some very progressive Dems. In the middle of “the heartland”…
I think your confusion is you think Schumer/Jefferies have any power, they’ve been lame ducks for all but two weeks of this Congress
Because their power came from a neoliberal DNC willing to withhold state party funds.
Those funds are gone, given to the state parties. There literally is no more “club” for Schumer/Jeffries to wield
Like, it’s really not that complicated, but I feel like Im constantly explaining this shit still…
People need to put more emphasis on the funding thing when discussing this, Schumer and Jeffries basically lost the only thing they had to throw around. It’s entirely possible that if the Dems take the house and/or Senate either of them could be thrown from influence simply because the Congress critters don’t need to worry nearly as much about funding. Hell you could even see a situation where Schumer and/of Jeffries are pushed into supporting more progressive shit simply because the new blood can about them down without worry.
Israel has the DNC bought and paid for. Political corruption has completely broken American politics.
Maybe just vote for the candidates that spend the least on elections rather than parties.
If you hate money in politics, stop voting for it
AIPAC is already toxic to a campaign in a Democratic Party election. They started funneling AIPAC money through hidden channels to support war mongering neoliberals.