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Where was that predicted?Lerxst1992 said:OnWis97 said:I suppose there are several reasons the Dems are doing so poorly in that poll (assuming WaPo isn't trying to make them worse than the man to whom they've bent their knee). I don't think Bernie and AOC have much to do with it.- Fatigue on the Dems not seeming to understand the gravity of what's happening. (i.e. need more AOCs and fewer Schumers)
- --Related: "We're not Trump" is not inspiring.
- Israel. If the Dems had condemned what's going on there, they'd have probably picked up some hard left "not voting for genocide" votes.
- The right-wing misinformation machine and the death of journalism. Just because Trump's administration is a steaming pile of crap doesn't mean all the BS about wokeness, "they've gotten so far left," and even the older-school "Dems are not good at the fiscal stuff" doesn't still resonate.
- --This is probably where "crazy AOC and Bernie" play in. It's not that they're crazy. They pretty much want to make America great again (i.e., pre-Reagan when regular people could buy a house and raise a family without shareholder capitalism destroying it).
- They don't have very inspiring personalities right now. And those that are (Walz's coach/dad thing, AOC's actual care about regular people, or Bernie's anger and energy) scare the party either because they're uniparty complicit or because they really believe that GOP lite is the only way to go (even after it didn't work in 2016).
Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time. As far as the unfortunate war in Your third bullet point, go grab some you tube videos of trumps campaign comments about Israel. He ran very hard pro Israel. Before the current war, that’d be a million miles from where I was politically. Point being, he had strong language which should have drawn out the hate Israel crowd, but he had the best popular vote total by a republican in a long time. Before this election, it was predicted Rs would never win the popular vote again.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR; 05/03/2025, New Orleans, LA;
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It was posited a lot around here and in the public. Seemed to ring pretty true to me based on another Trump nomination, but here we are.Halifax2TheMax said:
Where was that predicted?Lerxst1992 said:OnWis97 said:I suppose there are several reasons the Dems are doing so poorly in that poll (assuming WaPo isn't trying to make them worse than the man to whom they've bent their knee). I don't think Bernie and AOC have much to do with it.- Fatigue on the Dems not seeming to understand the gravity of what's happening. (i.e. need more AOCs and fewer Schumers)
- --Related: "We're not Trump" is not inspiring.
- Israel. If the Dems had condemned what's going on there, they'd have probably picked up some hard left "not voting for genocide" votes.
- The right-wing misinformation machine and the death of journalism. Just because Trump's administration is a steaming pile of crap doesn't mean all the BS about wokeness, "they've gotten so far left," and even the older-school "Dems are not good at the fiscal stuff" doesn't still resonate.
- --This is probably where "crazy AOC and Bernie" play in. It's not that they're crazy. They pretty much want to make America great again (i.e., pre-Reagan when regular people could buy a house and raise a family without shareholder capitalism destroying it).
- They don't have very inspiring personalities right now. And those that are (Walz's coach/dad thing, AOC's actual care about regular people, or Bernie's anger and energy) scare the party either because they're uniparty complicit or because they really believe that GOP lite is the only way to go (even after it didn't work in 2016).
Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time. As far as the unfortunate war in Your third bullet point, go grab some you tube videos of trumps campaign comments about Israel. He ran very hard pro Israel. Before the current war, that’d be a million miles from where I was politically. Point being, he had strong language which should have drawn out the hate Israel crowd, but he had the best popular vote total by a republican in a long time. Before this election, it was predicted Rs would never win the popular vote again.It's a hopeless situation...0 -
I don’t recall anyone claiming repubs would never win another general vote total. That’s crazy talk. They are doing everything to ensure that they do, though.tbergs said:
It was posited a lot around here and in the public. Seemed to ring pretty true to me based on another Trump nomination, but here we are.Halifax2TheMax said:
Where was that predicted?Lerxst1992 said:OnWis97 said:I suppose there are several reasons the Dems are doing so poorly in that poll (assuming WaPo isn't trying to make them worse than the man to whom they've bent their knee). I don't think Bernie and AOC have much to do with it.- Fatigue on the Dems not seeming to understand the gravity of what's happening. (i.e. need more AOCs and fewer Schumers)
- --Related: "We're not Trump" is not inspiring.
- Israel. If the Dems had condemned what's going on there, they'd have probably picked up some hard left "not voting for genocide" votes.
- The right-wing misinformation machine and the death of journalism. Just because Trump's administration is a steaming pile of crap doesn't mean all the BS about wokeness, "they've gotten so far left," and even the older-school "Dems are not good at the fiscal stuff" doesn't still resonate.
- --This is probably where "crazy AOC and Bernie" play in. It's not that they're crazy. They pretty much want to make America great again (i.e., pre-Reagan when regular people could buy a house and raise a family without shareholder capitalism destroying it).
- They don't have very inspiring personalities right now. And those that are (Walz's coach/dad thing, AOC's actual care about regular people, or Bernie's anger and energy) scare the party either because they're uniparty complicit or because they really believe that GOP lite is the only way to go (even after it didn't work in 2016).
Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time. As far as the unfortunate war in Your third bullet point, go grab some you tube videos of trumps campaign comments about Israel. He ran very hard pro Israel. Before the current war, that’d be a million miles from where I was politically. Point being, he had strong language which should have drawn out the hate Israel crowd, but he had the best popular vote total by a republican in a long time. Before this election, it was predicted Rs would never win the popular vote again.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR; 05/03/2025, New Orleans, LA;
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Lerxst1992 said:Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time.
huh? These are wildly popular issues that no Democrat has run on since 2020.
Health Care (Medicare for All)
https://truthout.org/articles/poll-support-for-government-ensured-health-coverage-at-nearly-2-decade-high/
https://www.citizen.org/article/public-support-for-medicare-for-all/
Hosing Affordabilityhttps://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/opinions-on-housing-affordability-poll/
Free College/more Affordable college Education
https://www.norc.org/research/library/survey--americans-see-cost-as-the-biggest-barrier-to-higher-educ.html
https://www.luminafoundation.org/news-and-views/sticker-shock-americans-say-college-costs-are-too-high-and-unclear/
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/03/10/survey-what-republican-voters-want-higher-edIf anything what Bernie and AOC are speaking to is what Americans really want. Something the current Dems (and certainly not republicans) want to discuss. Wether its attainable financially or not is besides the point. They are popular positions among Americans. They are appealing to the majority. That is something neither party has done as a whole and led us to the deep divisions we have.
but I get it their position on Israel is disqualifying. But again, their position is NOT where Democrats as a whole are. Leaderships position is in line with yours.Post edited by Tim Simmons on0 -
Tim Simmons said:Lerxst1992 said:Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time.
huh? These are wildly popular issues that no Democrat has run on since 2020.
Health Care (Medicare for All)
https://truthout.org/articles/poll-support-for-government-ensured-health-coverage-at-nearly-2-decade-high/
https://www.citizen.org/article/public-support-for-medicare-for-all/
Hosing Affordabilityhttps://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/opinions-on-housing-affordability-poll/
Free College/more Affordable college Education
https://www.norc.org/research/library/survey--americans-see-cost-as-the-biggest-barrier-to-higher-educ.html
https://www.luminafoundation.org/news-and-views/sticker-shock-americans-say-college-costs-are-too-high-and-unclear/
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/03/10/survey-what-republican-voters-want-higher-edIf anything what Bernie and AOC are speaking to is what Americans really want. Something the current Dems (and certainly not republicans) want to discuss. Wether its attainable financially or not is besides the point. They are popular positions among Americans. They are appealing to the majority. That is something neither party has done as a whole and led us to the deep divisions we have.
but I get it their position on Israel is disqualifying. But again, their position is NOT where Democrats as a whole are. Leaderships position is in line with yours.Those remind me of the ACA polls where voters love the individual policies but hate Obamacare. When it’s getting cooler, and the leaves are falling, they just ain’t voting for it in purple and red states. I I I’d love to be…alive when that changes but I doubt it does before Stone hangs up his stage guitar for the last time
The democrats are becoming untouchable in about 27 states. If AOC ran on these policies, I’d be surprised if she reached 200 electoral votes. All a republican would need to say is blah blah blah free market, or blah blah blah socialism, and we’d get a landslide. There’s a reason that crap works in the fall, If these policies were popular, the political landscape would look much different in this country.0 -
Let’s not get caught up in the word never. Can we assume it means foreseeable future, as in before the time Mike plays his last immortality solos to 20000 fans?Halifax2TheMax said:
I don’t recall anyone claiming repubs would never win another general vote total. That’s crazy talk. They are doing everything to ensure that they do, though.tbergs said:
It was posited a lot around here and in the public. Seemed to ring pretty true to me based on another Trump nomination, but here we are.Halifax2TheMax said:
Where was that predicted?Lerxst1992 said:OnWis97 said:I suppose there are several reasons the Dems are doing so poorly in that poll (assuming WaPo isn't trying to make them worse than the man to whom they've bent their knee). I don't think Bernie and AOC have much to do with it.- Fatigue on the Dems not seeming to understand the gravity of what's happening. (i.e. need more AOCs and fewer Schumers)
- --Related: "We're not Trump" is not inspiring.
- Israel. If the Dems had condemned what's going on there, they'd have probably picked up some hard left "not voting for genocide" votes.
- The right-wing misinformation machine and the death of journalism. Just because Trump's administration is a steaming pile of crap doesn't mean all the BS about wokeness, "they've gotten so far left," and even the older-school "Dems are not good at the fiscal stuff" doesn't still resonate.
- --This is probably where "crazy AOC and Bernie" play in. It's not that they're crazy. They pretty much want to make America great again (i.e., pre-Reagan when regular people could buy a house and raise a family without shareholder capitalism destroying it).
- They don't have very inspiring personalities right now. And those that are (Walz's coach/dad thing, AOC's actual care about regular people, or Bernie's anger and energy) scare the party either because they're uniparty complicit or because they really believe that GOP lite is the only way to go (even after it didn't work in 2016).
Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time. As far as the unfortunate war in Your third bullet point, go grab some you tube videos of trumps campaign comments about Israel. He ran very hard pro Israel. Before the current war, that’d be a million miles from where I was politically. Point being, he had strong language which should have drawn out the hate Israel crowd, but he had the best popular vote total by a republican in a long time. Before this election, it was predicted Rs would never win the popular vote again.0 -
Lex, YES, it's true that many didn't see how the GOP would win a majority general election again. And they said that because we used to say "demographics are destiny" and the growing black and hispanic populations would carry the D's into the future. It's true, this was said. And it's true that is clearly wrong. But the fact that was wrong is exactly why your doom and gloom is wrong as well. You just can't wrap your head around how the D's win again. You make it sound fatal, but it was just as fatal for the R's only a few years ago. That's why I am not hang wringing like you.Lerxst1992 said:
Let’s not get caught up in the word never. Can we assume it means foreseeable future, as in before the time Mike plays his last immortality solos to 20000 fans?Halifax2TheMax said:
I don’t recall anyone claiming repubs would never win another general vote total. That’s crazy talk. They are doing everything to ensure that they do, though.tbergs said:
It was posited a lot around here and in the public. Seemed to ring pretty true to me based on another Trump nomination, but here we are.Halifax2TheMax said:
Where was that predicted?Lerxst1992 said:OnWis97 said:I suppose there are several reasons the Dems are doing so poorly in that poll (assuming WaPo isn't trying to make them worse than the man to whom they've bent their knee). I don't think Bernie and AOC have much to do with it.- Fatigue on the Dems not seeming to understand the gravity of what's happening. (i.e. need more AOCs and fewer Schumers)
- --Related: "We're not Trump" is not inspiring.
- Israel. If the Dems had condemned what's going on there, they'd have probably picked up some hard left "not voting for genocide" votes.
- The right-wing misinformation machine and the death of journalism. Just because Trump's administration is a steaming pile of crap doesn't mean all the BS about wokeness, "they've gotten so far left," and even the older-school "Dems are not good at the fiscal stuff" doesn't still resonate.
- --This is probably where "crazy AOC and Bernie" play in. It's not that they're crazy. They pretty much want to make America great again (i.e., pre-Reagan when regular people could buy a house and raise a family without shareholder capitalism destroying it).
- They don't have very inspiring personalities right now. And those that are (Walz's coach/dad thing, AOC's actual care about regular people, or Bernie's anger and energy) scare the party either because they're uniparty complicit or because they really believe that GOP lite is the only way to go (even after it didn't work in 2016).
Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time. As far as the unfortunate war in Your third bullet point, go grab some you tube videos of trumps campaign comments about Israel. He ran very hard pro Israel. Before the current war, that’d be a million miles from where I was politically. Point being, he had strong language which should have drawn out the hate Israel crowd, but he had the best popular vote total by a republican in a long time. Before this election, it was predicted Rs would never win the popular vote again.0 -
The way you paint it makes it seem like Democrats will never win again unless they just become Republican.0
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I mean, you need someone to RUN on these policies first. Then we’d have definitive proof if they are electable policies or not.Lerxst1992 said:Tim Simmons said:Lerxst1992 said:Bernie AOC (great Rap band!) believe in govt mandated healthcare, housing and free college, etc. That will lose national elections and key senate races to “free market” every time.
huh? These are wildly popular issues that no Democrat has run on since 2020.
Health Care (Medicare for All)
https://truthout.org/articles/poll-support-for-government-ensured-health-coverage-at-nearly-2-decade-high/
https://www.citizen.org/article/public-support-for-medicare-for-all/
Hosing Affordabilityhttps://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/opinions-on-housing-affordability-poll/
Free College/more Affordable college Education
https://www.norc.org/research/library/survey--americans-see-cost-as-the-biggest-barrier-to-higher-educ.html
https://www.luminafoundation.org/news-and-views/sticker-shock-americans-say-college-costs-are-too-high-and-unclear/
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/03/10/survey-what-republican-voters-want-higher-edIf anything what Bernie and AOC are speaking to is what Americans really want. Something the current Dems (and certainly not republicans) want to discuss. Wether its attainable financially or not is besides the point. They are popular positions among Americans. They are appealing to the majority. That is something neither party has done as a whole and led us to the deep divisions we have.
but I get it their position on Israel is disqualifying. But again, their position is NOT where Democrats as a whole are. Leaderships position is in line with yours.If these policies were popular, the political landscape would look much different in this country.0 -
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That they are seen as not doing anything to push back on Trump other than writing strongly worded letters from Schumer. I’m not saying it’s a big deal if this person gets the ambassadorship, but at least look like you are doing something so you can campaign on it.
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2003: 4/3 OKC
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Man. Even the centrists are tired

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