The corporate Dems are mall flustered by the success the DSA is having in the elections around the country….and the MSM is giving them all the air time they want….this will help the corrupt party win….so they think.
The problem is that the DSA has gained in popularity and the fossils of the party are scared they will lose their dominance….
A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS has found that roughly a third of Democrats now describe themselves as democratic socialists, underscoring the growing footprint of the party’s left flank ahead of November’s midterm elections.
According to the data, those who identify with the label skew younger, are more likely to be white, and tend to earn under $100,000 annually compared with the broader Democratic electorate. The poll also found this group reports being especially motivated to turn out and vote in the midterms, a potential signal of the energy the movement could bring to down-ballot races this fall.
I have written in the past about Dem strategist Carville….I think it is time for this dinosaur to retire…and take the corporate influence with him….now he is threatening….
James Carville says there’s one Democratic Party he won’t belong to—and it’s one where left-wing Twtich star Hasan Piker holds sway. The veteran strategist told Fox News on Sunday that if Piker becomes a meaningful force inside the party, “I’m out of here.” The comments come ahead of Michigan’s closely watched Democratic primary on Tuesday pitting moderate Rep. Haley Stevens against progressive Abdul El-Sayed. Piker has been a prominent supporter of El-Sayed, who holds a double-digit lead in the polls, notes the Hill.
“I have no intention of ever being in the same political party with that guy,” said Carville of Piker, adding that he thinks the “overwhelming majority of Democrats agree with me.” The clash comes as progressive and democratic socialist candidates, often aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, notch primary wins over establishment-backed Democrats. Piker made the case to CNN that Democratic voters want alternative candidates after losses at the federal level by Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton. “There are a lot of people who are just like, ‘This is not working.'” But Carville pointed to Bernie Sanders’ losses as well. “I have one simple philosophy about politics: Winning is everything, stupid,” he told CNN.
My first thought was….Bye now….do not let the door hit you in the ass.
He had his day with Bubba Clinton and like Bubba it is time for him to STFU and fade away.
Go away and let this country move forward.
This country needs progress not regressive corruption that he represents…
- Realizing the goal of a universal, high-quality, Medicare For All health care system for all.
- Advancing the right of every American to retire with security and dignity.
- Ending poverty and income inequality and securing a living wage for all people.
- Protecting the fundamental right to organize.
- Ending mass incarceration and advancing equal justice under the law.
- Taking urgent, inclusive, and transformative action on climate change.
- Upholding the fundamental reproductive rights of all people.
- Ending our forever wars, cutting the bloated Pentagon budget, and prioritizing diplomacy.
- Advancing humane, fair and just immigration laws.
- Advancing racial justice and equity.
This is what the voter is looking forward to not the same stale policies that this man represents.
Time for the country to move on.
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I really hope that those younger, progressive Democrats can get people out voting in the midterms. It would be very hopeful for the future, and especially for the next presidential election.
Best wishes, Pete.
That is my worry that they will lose interest and stop participating. chuq
Yeah, I heard that we won big races in Minnesota last Tuesday while barely losing the governor primary in Wisconsin. Even GF had expressed some doubts about Francesca Hong.
FYI, chuq. I just returned home from three days in the hospital for appendicitis and an allergic reaction to a CAT scan preparation. So, I’ll try to catchup on your posts now. Cheers,
Robert I hope you are doing better….no worry I appreciate your visits and comments…..a quick bounce back…..chuq
Thanks, chuq.
I’m still trying to figure out what the heck happened with this election. Hong was leading Crowley by 30% or more and ended up losing by less than 1% in the actual vote. I suspect it might have something to do with the demographic she appealed to the most, younger voters. When contacted by the pollsters they were all gung ho for her. But apparently not gung ho enough to actually get off their asses and vote. My wife voted early in the morning and I went in about noon. Both of us noticed that there was not one single person under the age of about 50 – 60 at the polling place when we were there.
Could there be something hi8nkey going on? chuq
Interesting. Pre-election polling had always been a hit-and-miss process (e.g. Thomas Dewey’s surprising loss in 1948), but it has gotten very bad over the last decade or so. Traditional pollsters are just not in-tune with young people these days – that is, how they socialize, the inconsistency between their opinions and actions, and their generally pessimistic perspectives.
That said, Hong’s very slim margin of defeat might have been overcome had she received endorsements from some high-profile progressive politicians (e.g. Bernie Sanders). What do you think, GF?
Robert, I don’t think endorsements from outsiders like Sanders or AOC would have made any difference with Hong. The value of these endorsements is vastly over rated in most cases anyway. I think the big problem was getting her supporters out to actually vote. There’s a big difference to saying “Yes, I support Hong” when a pollster calls you up, and actually going and voting.
Polling is becoming increasingly inaccurate anyway, I believe. As a lot of people do these days, all my incoming calls are screened. If they aren’t on my contact list, they go straight to voice mail. So if a pollster would call me, they’d never get through.
That makes a lot of sense. I don’t take pollster calls anymore either.
Why do you think these ‘mainstream’ dems are so hostile towards the democratic socialists? Almost all of the goals stated by the DS candidates have been part of the democratic platform for decades.
Exactly which leads me to believe that it was all lies when they promised. chuq
I suspect you’re right, Chuq. Most of them are little more than Republican Lite these days.