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95. No, she says she countered it by saying "Trump says a lot of things about me, but I know the thing you care about

Fri May 22, 2026, 05:54 PM

May 22

is the economy, and quickly pivot to our messages on price gouging, affordable housing, and small-business tax relief. And that was the ad we ran as rebuttal in the swing states."

She kept on message about the economy, what Democrats are told to do and do.

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Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases postelection autopsy that criticizes Kamala Harris [View all] dalton99a May 21 OP

Yes.. agree. But Barack Obama did get 43% of rural, although less than R opponent each time. hlthe2b May 21 #1

A must read article at link, it will set off another angry round of pointless recriminations within the party. sop May 21 #2

POTUS Biden was knee-capped from behind. PufPuf23 May 21 #16

Biden performed horribly at the debate, you can't deny that. dem4decades May 22 #77

We weren't the one harping about MustLoveBeagles May 21 #3

Indeed. I don't recall Kamala spending a lot of time on the culture war issues Redleg May 21 #26

But, we think that people who aren't Bettie May 22 #69

Bingo MustLoveBeagles May 22 #74

The party and Biden should receive the majority of the criticism exboyfil May 21 #4

Much as I respect Biden, I can't disagree. sop May 21 #7

He flushed his legacy down the toilet Jose Garcia May 21 #8

Biden got very bad advice and should have made the Prevention of Trump's Return a top priority. dalton99a May 21 #10

Are we sure it was advice? Polybius May 21 #24

Considering how long it took after the debate disaster, yes it was blind ego. thought crime May 22 #30

I believe that Joe Biden thought he was the only person capable of beating Trump MichMan May 22 #73

He still thought that too after the election Polybius May 22 #97

Partly ego fujiyamasan May 22 #85

While not the biggest Biden fan compared to many here, I can't agree with that EdmondDantes_ May 21 #11

You are explaining WHY he didn't step down. thought crime May 22 #29

Agree, sadly. BannonsLiver May 22 #61

Clan you find a Biden quote ever saying he was going to leave after one term? karynnj May 21 #14

Here you go Sewa May 21 #15

That is others saying he won't run a second time karynnj May 21 #18

The bottomline is that Biden Sewa May 21 #25

Post removed Post removed May 22 #28

"Suggests" is not definitive Mad_Machine76 May 21 #20

It's not typically done to primary a sitting president pinkstarburst May 22 #46

It's also not typical to insist a sitting President removes himself from the ballot and then Quiet Em May 22 #49

Anyone that dared to challenge him in the primary was attacked here MichMan May 22 #75

They were awful candidates Mad_Machine76 May 22 #91

He could have easily declared victory after the 2022 mid terms and announced he wasn't running. BannonsLiver May 22 #62

Here's a great piece RoseTrellis May 22 #98

Exactly this. No one was excited about pinkstarburst May 22 #45

I could write a better "autopsy" in a few sentences. FascismIsDeath May 21 #5

+1. And the migrant surge shouldn't have been allowed. That was a huge gift to Trump. dalton99a May 21 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed May 21 #13

That's one I don't see many addressing fujiyamasan May 21 #17

This is a good analysis. yardwork May 22 #33

It's sad isn't it? fujiyamasan May 22 #57

Absolutely. yardwork May 22 #66

The Harris is for They/Them and Trump is for You commercial was brutal. bearsfootball516 May 22 #54

They couldn't figure out how? yardwork May 22 #67

It's not true. Harris ran rebuttal ads in swing states pivoting to the economy. betsuni May 22 #96

No, she says she countered it by saying "Trump says a lot of things about me, but I know the thing you care about betsuni May 22 #95

Message auto-removed Name removed May 22 #59

Harris was forbidden to distance herself from the Biden years GreatGazoo May 22 #90

Agreed pinkstarburst May 22 #48

migrants benefit the nation, even the undocumented ones bigtree May 22 #60

Thank you for this MustLoveBeagles May 22 #83

But Schumer swore this would work! leftstreet May 21 #9

sure, it was Schumer's fault that Democrats who showed up to defeat Trump by voting for Biden bigtree May 22 #35

He said they didn't need blue collar workers leftstreet May 22 #40

no he didn't bigtree May 22 #41

I was just quoting him leftstreet May 22 #42

no where is he quoted saying what you claimed bigtree May 22 #44

It was from The National Review leftstreet May 22 #56

I can read bigtree May 22 #63

Okay leftstreet May 22 #68

I personally believe he'll retire after the midterms bigtree May 22 #72

Sidestepping critical issues is not an autopsy. Incredible. Passages May 21 #12

what 'critical issue' was more important to people than keeping a convicted felon in their own country out of office? bigtree May 22 #37

If you want to win, you cover all the bases. Passages May 22 #43

this is delusionary bigtree May 22 #50

The better question imo, why do an autopsy if you plan on omitting information that Passages May 22 #51

no, the question is, why does anyone need that falderal? bigtree May 22 #55

Are you serious? The party does an autopsy for answers, instead of assumptions. Passages May 22 #58

'the party' bigtree May 22 #64

Ken Martin commissioned the autopsy. You already seem to believe to know why we lost and how. Passages May 22 #70

not enough Dems showed up bigtree May 22 #76

You have done quite a bit of guessing. The point of an autopsy is to look at the issues objectively. Passages May 22 #79

the guessing is mostly from those assuming the DNC didn't look at the report bigtree May 22 #81

After losing twice to Trump, it is dangerous to assume anything. Passages May 22 #82

Thank you again MustLoveBeagles May 22 #84

Riiight. Let's all engage in more B.See May 21 #19

Republicans write off rural America, give them nothing but culture wars and sit back taking their vote for granted. betsuni May 21 #21

this shit is why we lost bigtree May 21 #22

I agree. hamsterjill May 21 #27

Boy, I sure wish I could get away with lines like this at my own job - if I messed up and the boss asked me to explain Midwestern Democrat May 22 #36

What the hell happened in politics always ends up in finger pointing. tavernier May 22 #38

those folks people are dragging had ONE VOTE each in that election bigtree May 22 #39

AGAIN, EXACTLY THIS. Voters B.See May 22 #94

In the engineering world it's usually root cause analysis or 5-whys fujiyamasan May 22 #89

Word MustLoveBeagles May 22 #86

EXACTLY THIS, Bigtree. Again, B.See May 22 #93

Glad it was released, but why not address this part: Polybius May 21 #23

Instead, it points to our failure with rural voters. Thanks. thought crime May 22 #31

Probably by consultants who want Bettie May 22 #71

I think it's more of a revolving door fujiyamasan May 22 #87

This is a disgrace. yardwork May 22 #32

most of the fools still dragging the party today like we're the opposition didn't bother to vote against the republicans bigtree May 22 #34

I think we're talking about two different things. yardwork May 22 #47

I think they're good for some things bigtree May 22 #53

And now Americans are learning the hard way why Rump is a disaster Bluestocking May 22 #52

And Trump practically advertised what he was going to do - retribution, dictatorship and all dalton99a May 22 #65

Same reason Kerry and Clinton lost gay texan May 22 #78

+1. It is an uphill battle dalton99a May 22 #80

Kamala most definitely did NOT go too far left with identity politics or social issues biocube May 22 #88

The best autopsy on the 2016 campaign was the NYTimes best seller "Shattered" GreatGazoo May 22 #92

That's because this autopsy is not an autopsy at all standingtall Saturday #99