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In reply to the discussion: Dems Unveil New Plan to Beat MAGA: More Gun Shows and Less AOC [View all]
Callie1979
(1,460 posts)8. Just look at the top 3 things voters chose trump over Harris on.
There's your starting point.
They DID try to do something with the border but it was too late. And not accepting that what HAD been done was a disaster was a big mistake.
MAGA did NOT win this election. It was just "average Joe" types who dont pay a lot of attention to politics but have strong feelings about certain things. You just have to turn a chunk of THOSE people & you win.
The mid terms are probably 10x more important this time than Trumps first attempt.
We MUST retake the House no matter WHAT it takes. Drop the hot button things & hit the popular things. And dont be scared to answer a damn question.
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Yup! Once you analyze based on the fact that Harris won, you are looking through a lens,
yellow dahlia
Mar 2025
#85
"small-dollar donors whose preferences may not align with the broader electorate"
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2025
#9
Third Way is NOT the Democratic Party and doesn't speak for them -- "Dems" aren't "unveiling" anything.
betsuni
Mar 2025
#12
Ugh. I should know better by now than to read things like this before my coffee...
halobeam
Mar 2025
#13
Yes, misleading pretending it's a Democratic Party conference, but people are too busy knee-jerk bashing
betsuni
Mar 2025
#33
Capitulate to the right, that is what centrists have done for decades and here we are.
Passages
Mar 2025
#26
Dont say centrist. That's always been a meaningless term. They're corporate shills.
hedda_foil
Mar 2025
#86
Not the old "Trying to out-Republican the Republicans" nonsense. I thought we were over this.
NBachers
Mar 2025
#30
It seems like we already tried going to the center in the 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's and 20s. nt
Gore1FL
Mar 2025
#43
Yeah. I think I need to concentrate on the future of my daughter & grandaughter, and get
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2025
#53
NOW do people see why we should get a PR firm? And maybe put Pete and Stacy to work on messaging?
Scrivener7
Mar 2025
#57
It's a toothless little organization nobody listens to, but the words "third way" used to demonize Democrats
betsuni
Mar 2025
#68
This isn't about Democrats; it's about the Third Way, and nobody is even named
Ocelot II
Mar 2025
#78