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The Way Forward

In reply to the discussion: Serious questions? [View all]

-misanthroptimist

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3. My opinion is there are two possibilities for a big Democratic comeback
Tue Mar 11, 2025, 12:18 PM
Mar 11

Last edited Tue Mar 11, 2025, 01:14 PM - Edit history (1)

1. Commit fully and loudly to AOC and Bernie Sanders type policies that will help people on a day to day basis. Playing to the (largely imaginary and wholly undefined) middle has been a failure for the Party and the Nation.

OR

2. Commit fully and loudly to solving problems -with no preconceived ideology. Look at problems and all possible solutions, evaluate fairly and scientifically the effects of those possible solutions. Then choose the solution that does the best job while being consistent with the Constitution.

Just to reiterate playing to "the middle" and "Republicans bad" has failed miserably, perhaps fatally for democracy. I believe one of the two choices above just might turn this whole thing around.

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