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In reply to the discussion: Can someone please explain to me why the Republican Party still enjoys [View all]Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)My wish would be for an all-consuming focus on economic issues via economic populism rather than social issues. Not to the disdain of social issues, but rather the knowledge of their distracting effect to a working class treading water. Not of the technocratic wonk-ish type, but in real-world terms. It's an absolutely winning strategy and it does work on a local or regional level.
The trouble is that economic populism seems to be regarded as a wedge issue of it's own with the Democratic party on a national level. The DLC / Third-Way setting the national agenda is not at all bashful in treating economic populism as an electrified political "third-rail".....and for obvious reasons.
My hope is that the Dems will be successful enough in the midterms to gain some breathing room and critical mass in the house and senate to the point they're not desperate to win at any cost: Allowing them to run with less deference to corporate money and more on progressive issues. In the long run progressive interests both socially and economically will be better served.
Quite the pipe dream, isn't it?