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| Source:CNN with a look at former U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (The Squad, New York) and U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (Democrat, Michigan) |
From CNN
U.S. Representative Alexandria O. Cortez: “This isn’t just about Republicans. We need a Democratic Party that fights harder for us too,” Ocasio-Cortez said to applause. “But what that means is that we as a community must choose and vote for Democrats and elected officials who know how to stand for the working class...
Trump anded the keys to Elon Musk and is selling this country for parts to the richest people on the planet for a kickback. In exchange, they will bankroll his campaigns and those of his allies.”
U.S. Senate Bernie Sanders: "the wealthiest Americans – saying the richest among them “have fun flying off into outer space on their very own spaceships.”
“And maybe they should stay there,
They are like heroin addicts – they need more and more and more,” he said. “And if they destroy Social Security and Medicaid to get what they want, that is what they will do.”
From CNN
Just when I think CNN is almost completely useless: they show a conversation that is really at the heart of the Democratic Party right now: which direction should they be moving in and how to combat Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. And the two sides represented here: The James Carville's and the AOC's.
The Carville's representing the political rope-a-dope strategy of strategic, political counter-punching.
And the AOC's who want to burn the house down and not so much concern with who gets burned in the process, just as long as the house gets burned down, so they can rebuild the Democratic Party in their left-wing, militant, socialist, badass, image, and perhaps take over the government as well.
The New Democrat supports James Carville here:
"When you see your arch-enemy is drowning in the ocean. don't throw them a lifeline. Let them drown.
When you see your arch enemy's house is on fire and no one is there to do anything about it, don't even offer to spit on the fire, let alone dump your own water on it, or call 911. Just let the house burn down.
Let MAGA burn our national house down. Hopefully they don't destroy the country. But don't help them do that, or try to get in their way, outside of what's going on in the courts and at the state level. Show American voters this is exactly who you voted for and the consequences of that fateful decision. And tell them and show them there's a better way on the campaign trail and why you deserve to be in power again."
From The New Democrat
The New Democrat also supports Senator Elissa Slotkin on this as well:
"Senator Elissa Slotkin laid out the game plan last night for how Democrats, not just in Congress, but at the DNC level, the state level, as well as the activist level. need to act as the opposition party.
What Senator Slotkin (Democrat, Michigan) said last night is inline with what Fred was talking about last week:
The Democratic Party shouldn't be acting like some shadow opposition party where they offer their own alternatives to every piece of bad legislation that Congressional Republicans bring up, or an unlawful, unconstitutional executive order that President Trump signs.
Or, instead to go to what James Carville was talking about last week: Democrats shouldn't become the obstructionist party (which is basically what the left-wing of the party wants them to be) but instead let the people see who bad Republicans are at governing, especially when they have all the power. "
From The New Democrat
But The New Democrat doesn't support AOC and company on this:
"See, whatever you think of what Leigh McGowan is proposing here, it's the wrong approach, even if you like what she's proposing. At least the politics of it, even if you agree with her ideas. What she's talking about is proposing an alternative to what House Republicans are trying to jam through the House right now, but seem to be short on votes.
I'm with James Carville on this:
"When you see your arch-enemy is drowning in the ocean. don't throw them a lifeline. Let them drown.
When you see your arch enemy's house is on fire and no one is there to do anything about it, don't even offer to spit on the fire, let alone dump your own water on it, or call 911. Just let the house burn down."
From The New Democrat
With all due respect to Jamaal Bowman: 1 of the reasons why he's not still in the U.S. House today, is because he lost his Democratic primary in 2024. Why? Because he represents a House district that has a large Jewish Democratic population (not uncommon in New York City) and was seen as antisemetic and not addressing the needs of his own district.
And former Representative Bowman not just lost an election, at least partially, based on his own past ethnic and racially based statements about how you talk about Jews and other European Americans, I'm not sure you want to be throwing around terms like "white flag energy" (which can be interpreted to having multiple meanings) when talking about Democrats from another race.
As The New Democrat has been saying, really since right before President Trump's State of The Union and really every since, almost everyday since... it's easy to talk about how much Democrats should fight and how partisan the leadership of the party should be, when you are out of office, or you've never even been in a tough reelection battle in your entire political career.
Senator Bernie Sanders literally represents the Socialist Republic of Vermont. (Their own nickname, not mine)
Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez represents a district in New York City, where if any Democrats fails to get less than 80% of the vote there, that's a close election for the Democrat.
Senator Elissa Slotkin represents Michigan. She beat former U.S. Representative Mike Rogers by 0.3% of the vote. Michigan is the definition of a swing state. The presidential nominee who has won Michigan since 2008, has also won the presidential election.
Bernie and AOC, and the rest of The Squad in Congress, can afford to be "political badasses" and attack not just Donald Trump every chance they get, but even Democrats as well and pay zero price for that.
The Elissa Slotkin's, the Jon Ossoff's, the Mark Kelly's, and other swing state Democrats in the Senate, and all the swing district Democrats in the House, don't share Bernie and AOC's political luxury here. They need Independents and in some cases mainstream Republicans, and a solid share of the blue-collar vote in their states and districts, to even get reelected.
And these are things, facts (actually) that the left-wing of the Democratic Party, who seem more interested in their political, pop culture appeal, than anything else, have never understood about the Democratic Party. Which would also explain why they're never in leadership.
The Democratic Party is only successful, when it's a big tent party. And that includes not just Socialists, but militant Socialists. But it also includes Progressives and Liberals who have a big tend perspective not just about their party, but the rest of the country as well.
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