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Wake-up Call: Democrats could easily lose the White House and Senate next year
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Because it's not a communication problem any more than the GOP had a messaging problem some years ago.
You can't communicate your way out of shit governance. Democrats just keep getting further and further out of touch with working class Americans.
It's a good thing Republicans are better for the working class then. GTFO of here with this argument. Our federal gov has 2 ellectible parties, vote for the one that sucks less in the general. Anything else is voting for the Republican candidate.
I'm not a shill either, I fucking hate the democratic party, but I'm also not dumb enough to trash them to a point that I don't fully support them in the election.
Too bad that one party being much worse doesnt make the faults of the Democratic party untrue. They havent really been much for real democracy lately have they? They push candidates unfairly. Do back market deals to enrich themselves and keep seats of power. And all while actively help push extreme right wing electorates to make themselves look better.
If someone was murdering children and the other person raping them and we had to pick only one to be in charge of the daycare I'm not picking the murderer but im certainly not gonna sit by and ignore the fact that we are putting someone very wrong for a position in place and im gonna fuckinf raise hell about it.
You cant just say the other person is worse and expect people to just stop talking about the obvious faults that are apparent in your choice.
Sure that's all well and good for a personal ethos POV, but traditionally the Democrat path to victory is to get more people to vote by energizing the voter base. So being out of touch matters immensely and simply not being Trump is not going to engage the people the Dems need to win.
It was never about Dems vs Republicans because Dems don't win by making Republicans vote for their candidate, Democrats win when they can increase voter turnout.
federal decriminalization of cannabis would be a nice card to play in a year.
He said he would pursue it in Feb. 2021, part of me wonders if he is waiting to drop that bomb so it's fresh in people's minds come election time