While we need a chair, we are in greater need of someone tasked with new vision, and a contract with a top branding firm. Learn from the fact that Kamala Harris's messaging--which was both broad and detailed--was skipped by voters in favor of emotional crapola: Palestine, egg prices, and the lure of loud racism took precedence over the very real threat to our own democracy.
Dems will never win another election the way they have done so in the past. We need a radically new approach with many facets, none of which cost as much as running a conventional billions-of-dollars campaign. A permanent website with education, events, and yes, campaigning. Wasting money and adding to climate concerns with air travel... throwing donor dollars at useless advertisements... playing to distinct demographic groups when we all need to be working as one... this all needs to go.
Get someone as smart as Pete Buttigieg to helm a facelift for the DNC. Run a presidential campaign that costs less than a million dollars. People will sit up and take notice. Keep them engaged yearlong on a website and streaming platform. Candidates won't have to scramble for a few months every few years. Look, I'm not a genius, but my ideas are better than everything I hear, which more of the same. THERE IS NO WAY to game a system that Rs have already hijacked.
First and foremost, Democrats have to start electing younger people into leadership positions. People who make intelligent noise. Get rid of some of the old wusses there are now. Schumer and Durbin, at the very least, need to be replaced. They are totally ineffectual and let President Musk, his sidekick, the orange felon, and ignorant magats run roughshod over them.
Pete Buttigieg is intelligent and quick witted. He needs to be front and center, regardless of being gay. Most real democrats (small d) have no problem with gay people these days.
I'd like to see AOC, who is intelligent and better prepared than almost anyone else for her committee seats, get some leadership positions. She has already stepped back from some of her earlier "radical" positions, radical being in the eye of the beholder.
Also, David Hogg, young as he is and with his horrific mass school shooting experience, has shown to have great leadership potential. As an additional plus. he really ticks off MTG.
This is not to ignore great current leaders like Jamie Raskin, for one. Wish he were my Congressman.
Dont forget Jasmine Crockett. She is the bomb. We need Dems that have a backbone and aren't afraid of the fight. I am sick of giving them money only to be ignored. It isn't enough to just be on the right and just side when half the country is being spooned lies and the other half of the country does nothing more that sit and say, "thats not true" We have to say, "you are a liar and a fraud" call a spade a spade and damn the consequences.
The problem with taking people like Jasmine Crockett out of Congress is we lose a great voice there. I think Pete Buttigieg would be incredible, but I think his single best destiny is that Michigan Senate seat. Ben Wikler seems to be the best candidate for the job.
If the DNC elects Ben Wikler as Chair, Dems have a chance. None of the other candidates can match his vision and winning performance. If the DNC does not elect Ben Wikler as Chair, then I'm done with them. Not if they ignore the best and opt for mediocrity, which will lead only to more lost elections and a lost democracy.
No contributions from corporations or billionaires? This purist nonsense is what dooms the Democratic party to another round of failure. It announces to the world that we believe both business and personal financial success are necessarily corrupt. And it signals to the solid middle class that we intend to suck you dry. I want to belong to a Democratic Party with common sense.
"The Democratic Party has one job: to win elections." The Dems won't win until they quit trying to get along and are capable of telling the American people what the government does for everyone when Dems are in charge. The Dems need to govern and talk about what they are doing. Every popular program got hijacked by the GOP governors as theirs. The FOX-ifcation of media got a louder response to the lies during disasters than the aide. Forget winning and get to the job of saving Americans: lives, livelihoods, future. Get a message and stop trying to be the nice kid.
This Michigander agrees with Lavora Barnes. I saw Ben Wikler on Jon Stewart's show a while ago,, and was impressed by his past successes, his take going forward as a potential DNC Chair, and his energy.
Need to run candidates EVERYWHERE. Build up the state parties, build something lasting, and develop a pool of people who can talk to voters we don't reach. We need to not have uncontested seats.
This article pisses me off. “Lie back and think of 2028” is a continuation of the Dems passivity. The dems need to get out front and lead as standard-bearers for decency and as a firm opposition party.
Trump was elected by 22% of the country. 10% of Biden voters sat this one out. “Comity”, passivity, and ignoring the real pain being inflicted on people and communities isn’t a solution. Get out there, make Trump own every mistake, and be a party that stands for more than the next election.
What I'm seeing in the comments to date is different viewpoints, both about viable candidates and about issues/donors. Perhaps we, the public, need to better organize our positions, our candidate choices and our platforms. Then we inform our representatives.
Many are hungry for younger leadership in various aspects of the party. I was skeptical of AOC when she was first elected, figuring she was going to mostly performative. Sure, she still does some like all politicians, but she walks the walk more than others, and her enthusiasm and fight is motivating to a lot of voters under 40 (and probably some older too).
So, unfortunately I don't think much will change though -- until there is more young leadership in various posts.
The democratic party needs to engage THE PEOPLE. All they do is ask for money. Never do they solicit INVOLVEMENT from voters, ask OUR views, desires, ideas, or to offer a form of help and contribution other than MONEY. We need EVENTS, where voters get together and give input and offer solutions, strategies. Enlist voters to speak, activate, engage. Stop all this fucking MONEY shit.
AND: START A DEMOCRATIC VERSION OF "TWITTER" AND FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND ALL THE OTHER SHIT PLATFORMS WHO STOOD NEXT TO TRUMP AT THE INAUGURATION. GET THE BILLIONAIRE ELITES TO COUGH UP THE MONEY.
I have no idea how they spend it, and I have repeatedly sent messages asking that very question.
So I will ask it again here.
Where does the money I donate go to when I send it to the DNC?
Right now, I give LOTS of individual donations to specific candidates, throughout the country, that I read about and really want to win. Debbie Mucarso-Powell, Colin Allred, Angela Alsobrooks, John Tester, and so many more, in addition to about 6 different candidates in my state.
The Dems need to try and win back some of the male vote. Men have been essentially ignored by the dems for a while and as this last election has shown us, we can’t ignore that any longer. The GOP has been the only party speaking to men, albeit in a shallow and stereotypical way, but they are addressing them. Many democratic men, including myself, a life long liberal, feel like we don’t have a party.
While we need a chair, we are in greater need of someone tasked with new vision, and a contract with a top branding firm. Learn from the fact that Kamala Harris's messaging--which was both broad and detailed--was skipped by voters in favor of emotional crapola: Palestine, egg prices, and the lure of loud racism took precedence over the very real threat to our own democracy.
Dems will never win another election the way they have done so in the past. We need a radically new approach with many facets, none of which cost as much as running a conventional billions-of-dollars campaign. A permanent website with education, events, and yes, campaigning. Wasting money and adding to climate concerns with air travel... throwing donor dollars at useless advertisements... playing to distinct demographic groups when we all need to be working as one... this all needs to go.
Get someone as smart as Pete Buttigieg to helm a facelift for the DNC. Run a presidential campaign that costs less than a million dollars. People will sit up and take notice. Keep them engaged yearlong on a website and streaming platform. Candidates won't have to scramble for a few months every few years. Look, I'm not a genius, but my ideas are better than everything I hear, which more of the same. THERE IS NO WAY to game a system that Rs have already hijacked.
First and foremost, Democrats have to start electing younger people into leadership positions. People who make intelligent noise. Get rid of some of the old wusses there are now. Schumer and Durbin, at the very least, need to be replaced. They are totally ineffectual and let President Musk, his sidekick, the orange felon, and ignorant magats run roughshod over them.
Pete Buttigieg is intelligent and quick witted. He needs to be front and center, regardless of being gay. Most real democrats (small d) have no problem with gay people these days.
I'd like to see AOC, who is intelligent and better prepared than almost anyone else for her committee seats, get some leadership positions. She has already stepped back from some of her earlier "radical" positions, radical being in the eye of the beholder.
Also, David Hogg, young as he is and with his horrific mass school shooting experience, has shown to have great leadership potential. As an additional plus. he really ticks off MTG.
This is not to ignore great current leaders like Jamie Raskin, for one. Wish he were my Congressman.
Dont forget Jasmine Crockett. She is the bomb. We need Dems that have a backbone and aren't afraid of the fight. I am sick of giving them money only to be ignored. It isn't enough to just be on the right and just side when half the country is being spooned lies and the other half of the country does nothing more that sit and say, "thats not true" We have to say, "you are a liar and a fraud" call a spade a spade and damn the consequences.
The problem with taking people like Jasmine Crockett out of Congress is we lose a great voice there. I think Pete Buttigieg would be incredible, but I think his single best destiny is that Michigan Senate seat. Ben Wikler seems to be the best candidate for the job.
Pete Buttigieg is foremost among the “communicators.” He handled Fox News every single time. He gets the attention of corporate media. We need him.
Gawd, I wish he were president. And what a campaign he ran in '20.
If the DNC elects Ben Wikler as Chair, Dems have a chance. None of the other candidates can match his vision and winning performance. If the DNC does not elect Ben Wikler as Chair, then I'm done with them. Not if they ignore the best and opt for mediocrity, which will lead only to more lost elections and a lost democracy.
Please stop saying I'm done with...Keep at it.
No contributions from corporations or billionaires? This purist nonsense is what dooms the Democratic party to another round of failure. It announces to the world that we believe both business and personal financial success are necessarily corrupt. And it signals to the solid middle class that we intend to suck you dry. I want to belong to a Democratic Party with common sense.
"The Democratic Party has one job: to win elections." The Dems won't win until they quit trying to get along and are capable of telling the American people what the government does for everyone when Dems are in charge. The Dems need to govern and talk about what they are doing. Every popular program got hijacked by the GOP governors as theirs. The FOX-ifcation of media got a louder response to the lies during disasters than the aide. Forget winning and get to the job of saving Americans: lives, livelihoods, future. Get a message and stop trying to be the nice kid.
This Michigander agrees with Lavora Barnes. I saw Ben Wikler on Jon Stewart's show a while ago,, and was impressed by his past successes, his take going forward as a potential DNC Chair, and his energy.
So, I heard so many good things about Ben Wickler and instead we got Ken Martin?
Need to run candidates EVERYWHERE. Build up the state parties, build something lasting, and develop a pool of people who can talk to voters we don't reach. We need to not have uncontested seats.
Dean's 50 states. That got creamed by the Consultants...
This article pisses me off. “Lie back and think of 2028” is a continuation of the Dems passivity. The dems need to get out front and lead as standard-bearers for decency and as a firm opposition party.
Trump was elected by 22% of the country. 10% of Biden voters sat this one out. “Comity”, passivity, and ignoring the real pain being inflicted on people and communities isn’t a solution. Get out there, make Trump own every mistake, and be a party that stands for more than the next election.
What I'm seeing in the comments to date is different viewpoints, both about viable candidates and about issues/donors. Perhaps we, the public, need to better organize our positions, our candidate choices and our platforms. Then we inform our representatives.
Many are hungry for younger leadership in various aspects of the party. I was skeptical of AOC when she was first elected, figuring she was going to mostly performative. Sure, she still does some like all politicians, but she walks the walk more than others, and her enthusiasm and fight is motivating to a lot of voters under 40 (and probably some older too).
So, unfortunately I don't think much will change though -- until there is more young leadership in various posts.
Faiz Shakir would be less moderate and more naturally modulated.
So…(checking my notes…), this article was a fluff piece of the Dem Chair of Wisconsin and how he is the bees’ knees?
Wow. That’s 10 minutes I’ll never get back.
The democratic party needs to engage THE PEOPLE. All they do is ask for money. Never do they solicit INVOLVEMENT from voters, ask OUR views, desires, ideas, or to offer a form of help and contribution other than MONEY. We need EVENTS, where voters get together and give input and offer solutions, strategies. Enlist voters to speak, activate, engage. Stop all this fucking MONEY shit.
AND: START A DEMOCRATIC VERSION OF "TWITTER" AND FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND ALL THE OTHER SHIT PLATFORMS WHO STOOD NEXT TO TRUMP AT THE INAUGURATION. GET THE BILLIONAIRE ELITES TO COUGH UP THE MONEY.
I never give money to the DNC.
I have no idea how they spend it, and I have repeatedly sent messages asking that very question.
So I will ask it again here.
Where does the money I donate go to when I send it to the DNC?
Right now, I give LOTS of individual donations to specific candidates, throughout the country, that I read about and really want to win. Debbie Mucarso-Powell, Colin Allred, Angela Alsobrooks, John Tester, and so many more, in addition to about 6 different candidates in my state.
The Dems need to try and win back some of the male vote. Men have been essentially ignored by the dems for a while and as this last election has shown us, we can’t ignore that any longer. The GOP has been the only party speaking to men, albeit in a shallow and stereotypical way, but they are addressing them. Many democratic men, including myself, a life long liberal, feel like we don’t have a party.
Marianne Williamson tells it like it is … speaks truth to power.
Its hard to imagine Marianne Williamson -- I'd be more inclined to rethink this if she ran for any elected office and won.