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I’ve heard that the guy leading the Democratic Party right now has been pushing for a 50 state approach as well as pushing for all levels of government, even state legislatures. Putting more money into state parties as well. Seems like the right approach at least.
The last guy who had that idea got absolutely railroaded for showing enthusiasm during a stump speech.
He was right, though.
Well yes, but that wasn't enough to save him once the powers that be decided they wanted him gone.
That is certainly a better start than years past where they simply ignored everything except top level offices. Including their voters.
But it still won't help anything if they try to run the most focused group tested, middle-of-the-road, oligarch approved, bland candidates. Mamdani and others are showing another path. But so far, local and national Democrats have always seemed to want to fight their kind.
We should not care who they try to run, and instead show up in the primaries to dictate to them who we choose.
Wether we should or shouldn't doesn't matter since the last election showed people will either stay home or defect if Dems run another Corpo shilling milquetoast do nothing right of center candidate.
I'll still vote for them just to spite the Fascist Right Cunts but I certainly won't like it and I will certainly bitch about it.
Just be aware that you're not bitching into a vacuum. Think about the consequences.
I do think there's room to bitch, but it's important to be smart about it.
And yeah, let's win some primaries. I'm not compromising in the primaries. And I'm not going to be fooled by a run slightly left to be followed by a run towards center-right.
I agree. Though one addendum. showing up in the primaries is good, but it's not going to solve bad candidates. We need to start running ourselves. Rebuilding state parties ourselves. And telling the disastrous national party to get fucked.
That sort of concentrated power always results in conceitedness and corruption.
I think it’s important to remember that different parts of the country require different types of candidates. Dems flipped out about Manchin, but he was the only Democrats would get elected in the region.
I don't understand why people are so hot on Mamdani. His vote totals were actually significantly lower than most recent Democrat nominees in this primarily Democratic city.
Because according to conventional wisdom. People like him weren't supposed to be able to win.
According to progressive wisdom he should be able to win elsewhere but even in blue Minneapolis the same kind of progressive lost.
It's not a silver bullet and the person replying above you that it takes all kinds is entirely right. I like mamdani but there's not a shot in hell he'd win my city.
But hey, I'm sure more purity tests will help progressives as always.