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awesomerwb1

(5,114 posts)
26. Better late (20 years) than never I guess
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 12:27 PM
Jun 2025

The Democratic party is like a monster with many heads. All the heads have their own ideas and criticize each other in public instead of voicing their disagreements in private. There is hardly ever a unified message. A ridiculous amount of energy and even resources is spent disagreeing with each other. It doesn't help.

Have a bloody private convention where you can voice your disagreements and then come up with a strong playbook that works in incredibly turbulent times before it's too late. And nobody leaves until it gets done. Black smoke means we're working on it, white smoke means it's done.


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This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jun 2025 #1
Yes agreed! RJ-MacReady Jun 2025 #5
I don't think "special interest groups" is a sufficient description. CincyDem Jun 2025 #53
Yes true RJ-MacReady Jun 2025 #61
That is being a weather vane dsc Jun 2025 #2
It depends on what they do. yardwork Jun 2025 #6
Or it could mean supporting already popular Democratic positions Renew Deal Jun 2025 #10
depends RJ-MacReady Jun 2025 #11
The popular ones Renew Deal Jun 2025 #12
Yes those are sensible gun control regulations RJ-MacReady Jun 2025 #13
Agreed! k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #24
You need pretty long arms bif Jun 2025 #29
Any discussion of guns has to be framed as "common sense." yardwork Jun 2025 #17
I get that RJ-MacReady Jun 2025 #19
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Hm. I've seen some histrionic posts on DU today... yardwork Jun 2025 #42
Just drop it. yardwork Jun 2025 #39
That is exactly what Harris and other Democrats tried to do USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2025 #41
Harris shouldn't have ignored the ads. yardwork Jun 2025 #47
Yes it was a very close election USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2025 #49
I think Trump won in NC and the nation because of 5 major issues. yardwork Jun 2025 #69
You may be correct USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2025 #71
Yes, it all added up. yardwork Jun 2025 #73
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The whole country is talking. We are supposed to let it go? OrlandoDem2 Jun 2025 #50
Yes. Let "the whole country" talk about it. yardwork Jun 2025 #52
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What do you suggest? yardwork Jun 2025 #56
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I don't think it's up to the federal government to make that decision. yardwork Jun 2025 #67
You are correct USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2025 #72
I'd suggest BannonsLiver Jun 2025 #59
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I agree with you. yardwork Jun 2025 #68
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Please read my reply # 44. hamsterjill Jun 2025 #45
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So Immigrants, LGBTQ-BIPOC, the poor, disabled, women, healthcare and the environment LuvLoogie Jun 2025 #7
Curious where you got that idea? AkFemDem Jun 2025 #8
SAM LuvLoogie Jun 2025 #20
Marriage equality, support for the poor, disabled, women, health care, and the environment are all broadly popular Renew Deal Jun 2025 #9
I disagree strongly with this framing. yardwork Jun 2025 #16
Summary: Become Republicans to get elected, basically. Oneironaut Jun 2025 #34
" reject interest group agendas" Translation.Forget issues . Just shut up and follow orders." Ping Tung Jun 2025 #14
Special interest groups, try billionaires. Blue Full Moon Jun 2025 #15
Right now, the reality is that it takes billionaire donors to win. That's where Searchlight's Seth London, an adviser ancianita Sep 2025 #74
Jentleson in the NYT: 'supply-side progressivism offers a good guide, embracing limited deregulation' Celerity Jun 2025 #18
Gluesenkamp Perez is my rep. I sent her a letter warning her that her votes decide my vote in primary. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #21
What the heck is supply side progressivism? Raven123 Jun 2025 #31
"Hope they figure this out." yardwork Jun 2025 #36
it is under the third way, centrist, neoliberal Abundance Agenda umbrella Celerity Jun 2025 #38
Honestly? hamsterjill Jun 2025 #22
Bring back Howard Dean and the 50 state strategy. yardwork Jun 2025 #23
We could run on efficiency. Trump, Musk, GOP have ceded the issue. They fouled it all up. bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #30
Another controversial opinion is that the 50 State Strategy paid off hugely in 2008 Ursus Rex Jun 2025 #63
Better late (20 years) than never I guess awesomerwb1 Jun 2025 #26
Big Tent on principles, not on agendas bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #28
They can start by rejecting their own "interest group" frame unblock Jun 2025 #32
This. yardwork Jun 2025 #35
Here's a clue stick for the think tank UpInArms Jun 2025 #33
This just further supports the idea that Democrats stand for nothing DSandra Jun 2025 #46
Well they best, their old one hasn't been worth squat. republianmushroom Jun 2025 #51
It's about time. George McGovern Jun 2025 #57
Oh, I get it now Bettie Jun 2025 #60
And pay no consequences when we lose. Passages Jun 2025 #62
OK. But will enough people pay attention to this to matter? lees1975 Jun 2025 #66
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