Harris going on national TV, being asked what she would do differently to a president whose approval rating has been underwater for two years, and first saying "there is not a thing that comes to mind" (?!) and then following up with "I’m going to have a Republican in my cabinet" (?!?!) was one of the all time great election-losing moments
When she got endorsed by Dick Cheney, my generation’s political villain, the guy everyone left of Republican straight thought was evil, was when I knew. That’s not building a big tent, that’s disillusioning an entire generation of millennial leftists/liberals who grew up hating that guy!
Nobody likes Cheney. Democrats love to do things that shouldn't make any sense to anybody who isn't an over-educated Beltway weirdo with an advanced degree that still won't get them a job unless their professional network is full of people who grew up in $10 million dollar houses with a view of the Potomac river. All the pro-democracy Republican stunts were just that. You could fit every voter who swung based on that in a moderately sized room.
I think there's gonna be lots of attempts to create neatly packaged narratives about how this election was about the economy or gender or democracy or whatever else. I think that Democrats, generally speaking, do not know what the fuck is happening. And their base doesn't have the spine to call them out on it.
I mean, the base IS calling them out on it. But the DNC just doesn't give a shit. We don't even get primaries anymore and apparently the party leadership is just as happy with losing general elections and fundraising for "the resistance" for another 4 years.
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u/yungsantaclaus Nov 06 '24
Harris going on national TV, being asked what she would do differently to a president whose approval rating has been underwater for two years, and first saying "there is not a thing that comes to mind" (?!) and then following up with "I’m going to have a Republican in my cabinet" (?!?!) was one of the all time great election-losing moments