James Carville: Is It Time For A Schism In The Democratic Party?

"Who is David Hogg and what the hell is he up to ?

James and Al discuss the actions of the Trump administration, the importance of fighting for justice, and the internal dynamics of the Democratic Party. Key themes include the administration's disregard for court orders, the significance of Harvard's resistance to Trump, the need for Democrats to focus on economic issues, and the potential for gains in upcoming elections. The discussion also highlights internal conflicts within the Democratic Party, particularly regarding the direction and priorities of its members." 

Source:Politicon with a look at the mad political scientist James Carville.

From Politicon

The New Democrat has been with James Carville and his strategy for how Democrats should respond to Donald Trump and MAGA from day 1: 

"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

I understand James Carville's feelings about what DNC Vice Chairman David Hogg and other left-wingers in the Democratic Party and what they're trying to do, which is literally use Democratic Party funds against other Democrats, especially mainstream Democrats. I mean if it were up to me, every Socialist in America would be shipped out to hippie communes in California and Washington State, with lifetime supply of coffee, pot, French wine and cheese, all the vegetables they can eat... free of charge. 

But, I still live in the real world, (at least politically and before Donald Trump takes over what's left of the real world) and I understand politics well enough that in order to win elections, you have to have more voters than the other party. 

3-10 Democrats right now (perhaps more) are Socialists or Social Democrats, ideologically. Whether they self-described that way or live in the political closet, is a different issue. But ideologically, we're talking about democratic socialists, when you are talking about the left-wing of the Democratic Party. You can't win elections, with perhaps 1/3 of your party staying home, or hanging out at their favorite coffee houses, staring at their phones, listening to their favorite hipster gurus, when they should instead be volunteering, organizing, and voting for Democrats who can actually beat Republicans in 2025-26. 

Long-term, I love would to see the far-left of the Democratic Party get evicted (unless they leave voluntarily) from the Democratic Party and move to the Green Party where they would be a lot more comfortable ideologically and culturally. Or just get out of politics altogether, or move to those hippie communes that I was talking about earlier. 

But until that new tent in the Democratic Party is built, that includes the center-right JFK Democrats, the FDR Progressives, a party that appeals to urban, suburban, as well as small town blue-collar voters, who are interested in economic and national security issues, as well as public safety, who are not cultural warriors... the Democratic Party is still an Al and Peggy Bundy (from Married With Children) marriage of political inconvenience, with two warring factions between mainstream Democrats and the Green Wing Democrats. 

Back in February and really even today short of James Carville's saying that the Socialists should just leave the Democratic Party, Carville was the mad political scientist of American politics... certainly Democratic politics. But telling 1/3 of your own party to get the hell out (or use stronger language, if you want) especially in an off year when you have 2 open gubernatorial races coming up... that just sounds... well, madd. That's just crazy. That's just as bad as the Vice Chairman of the party wanting to use party resources to defeat mainstream Democrats, simply because the far-left doesn't like those Democrats. 

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