While liberals have held their tongues as Kamala Harris tacked to the center, they're preparing for a major battle over the future of the party, with personnel emerging as a flashpoint.
It sounds like you don’t yet understand that the DNC has full authority to determine who is allowed to percolate to Party designated positions. This is why when the DNC kneecapped Bernie Sanders, the courts said,“nah it’s a private party- they can do as they please.”
So, my point- if progressives did find a candidate to champion, there would be nothing preventing the DNC from simply saying, “no.”
My guy, you’re advocating for tilting at windmills as though more effort will solve this. It’s a futile, burnout strategy.
At the minimum, ranked choice voting needs to be put in place, or we will forever be betwixt the same rocks and hard places.
Second, a two-party system is, in itself, a failure. Progressives will never enact enough leverage from within the DNC’s grasp; they will need to form a whole new party.
Third, stop trying to get people to pour their energy into “working harder not smarter.” Voting is not enough; the votes have to be meaningful to a larger strategy.
Fourth, expect all of these efforts to fail until the legal loopholes allowing Corporate donations and PACs, SuperPACs, and dark money are slammed shut.
Fifth, racism is still a core component of the cultural uphill battle faced by any/all progressive candidates. You CAN apply your individual efforts there.
Sixth, reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, and supercharge it for modern times.
At the minimum, ranked choice voting needs to be put in place
Ranked Choice Voting is a pipe dream with no realistic plan for implementation, particularly in states that don’t allow for referenda. Incumbent politicians aren’t going to vote for something that jeopardizes their continued incumbency. And that’s at best. At worst, it’s another in a long list of milestones that centrists present, after which they totally promise that progressives’ concerns will be addressed and they won’t just come up with another milestone.
The rest of your comment has RCV as a prerequisite.
First you have to figure out what’s going to prevent the DNC from simply saying, “nuh uh.”
To having primaries? I mean sure, if they want to go completely mask off and stop pretending to be a democratic anything.
It sounds like you don’t yet understand that the DNC has full authority to determine who is allowed to percolate to Party designated positions. This is why when the DNC kneecapped Bernie Sanders, the courts said,“nah it’s a private party- they can do as they please.”
So, my point- if progressives did find a candidate to champion, there would be nothing preventing the DNC from simply saying, “no.”
You got a better idea? Because I don’t think the even the DNC is that eager to throw an entire wing of their party away.
I do not share your optimism.
Again, if you have a better idea, let’s hear it.
My guy, you’re advocating for tilting at windmills as though more effort will solve this. It’s a futile, burnout strategy.
At the minimum, ranked choice voting needs to be put in place, or we will forever be betwixt the same rocks and hard places.
Second, a two-party system is, in itself, a failure. Progressives will never enact enough leverage from within the DNC’s grasp; they will need to form a whole new party.
Third, stop trying to get people to pour their energy into “working harder not smarter.” Voting is not enough; the votes have to be meaningful to a larger strategy.
Fourth, expect all of these efforts to fail until the legal loopholes allowing Corporate donations and PACs, SuperPACs, and dark money are slammed shut.
Fifth, racism is still a core component of the cultural uphill battle faced by any/all progressive candidates. You CAN apply your individual efforts there.
Sixth, reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, and supercharge it for modern times.
Ranked Choice Voting is a pipe dream with no realistic plan for implementation, particularly in states that don’t allow for referenda. Incumbent politicians aren’t going to vote for something that jeopardizes their continued incumbency. And that’s at best. At worst, it’s another in a long list of milestones that centrists present, after which they totally promise that progressives’ concerns will be addressed and they won’t just come up with another milestone.
The rest of your comment has RCV as a prerequisite.