So they're going to take a page out of Zohran's book and listen to others who aren't billionaires right? Right? T.T
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I mean...
The head of the DNC said he wants a candidate like Mamdani, both in personality and policy, as the next presidential candidate. And he said that almost immediately after the primary.
Like, Martin has always been about listening to the voters, he seems to agree with Mamdani's principles, but it's more that he knows most Dem voters do.
He's not going to put a finger on the scale for anyone, so yeah...
In a fair fight why do you think we won't see someone like Mamdani? Are you just underestimating how biased the DNC was for the last decade that an equal playing field doesn't feel like enough?
I'm having flashbacks to the 2016 primary. They had a guy like Mamdani in policy and principle and decided to put their finger on the scale for Hillary. The 2020 primary wasn't much better, although it seemed a bit more fair however they could have run anyone and won. Have they finally learned their lesson? They'll probably be able to win with anyone in 2028 depending on the Republican candidate, so why won't they run a lackey for the rich again?
The fact that you keep using "they" means you don't understand the DNC power structure..
The chair is basically a dictator, 100% power, 0% accountability.
Martin ran Minnesota for a decade. Either he doesn't work against progressive and is a great chair, or he's completely incompetent at stopping them. Either way, this is our best shot to get a progressive to the general
The chair is basically a dictator, 100% power, 0% accountability.
Ha, someone made them dictator and the DNC needs money. Just wait. A status-quo candidate will be pushed by corps and billionairs. I'm betting they'll push Pete Buttigieg.
But I hope you're right, AOC would be amazing.
and the DNC needs money
Literally the opposite...
Billionaire owned media is fearmongering because the DNC isn't currently raising money, but they have the keys to the "victory fund" and we're like 9 months deep into the biggest reinvestment from the DNC to state parties ever.
The DNC doesn't need money, certainly not as much as they currently have 3 years out from a presidential election.
Just wait. A status-quo candidate will be pushed by corps and billionairs.
100%. It would be incredibly naive to think otherwise.
But money ain't enough to get a neoliberal past the primary. That's why since 2008 the neoliberals consolidated more and more power into the DNC that they never anticipated losing...
But they did
Just like the de-regulation of broadcast regulations allowed billionaires and corps to buy up every journalistic institution, and then it immediately blew up in neoliberals faces, making a strong DNC has fucked them because they lost control of it.
But I hope you’re right, AOC would be amazing.
I pay more attention than most, and have hated the DNC for 30+ years.
Martin won't influence it either way. And neoliberals are so unpopular the only way they can get past the primary is a long sustained propaganda movement to convince people the DNC is worthless to depress primary turnout.
No matter what happens, we need to get people to vote in primaries. We can't afford someone like Newsome or Pritzker making it to the general and then the oval, because they'll name a chair that'll never let go of power.
Someone like Mamdani will be poised to win. But then the DNC will suddenly start pushing their candidate hard. They'll decide that they need a candidate that can at last truly appeal to Republican voters, someone who has bipartisan political experience!
Say hello to 2028 Democratic presidential nominee David Duke!
The craziest part is that the GOP would still run advertisements against him calling him a communist socialist fascist far left radical that wants to trans everybody and give all our money and jobs to those lazy freeloading illegals that he paid to vote for him.
No, actually, the craziest part is that MAGA would believe them.
They could run against clones of themselfs and both sides call the other radical leftists
Jesus himself could rise from the dead and they’d call him a radical commie leftist
They’ve shown they don’t like it when a brown man with a Middle Eastern name tries to give them healthcare
Jesus already rose from the dead, it's why we paint eggs
Which, to be fair, he was.
I'll believe it when I see it.
I'll never forgive the DNC for forcing Hillary or Kamala. If we had competent leadership who picked the candidate people actually wanted we never would have ended up with trump.
I’ll never forgive the DNC for forcing Hillary or Kamala
This is like if AOC gets elected president, and you act like she's trump, and you say you can't forgive her for trump's executive orders ...
You fundamentally don't understand what "the DNC" is.
I've been bitching about them for 30 years. Because we've had 30 years of biased neoliberal chairs.
I'm not bitching now, because we got someone who just ran a party without bias for a decade, even if you just heard his name today
Ignorance of a person's track record doesn't mean they never ran a mile
I know Bernie should have won in 2016 but Byzantine rules put in place by people who gargle billionaire cock got in the way.
I know that Kamala was hand picked without a primary.
Idk it feels like you're ok with sucking up to controlled opposition so you can get your smuggies in.
I don't give a shit about stroking my ego, I give a shit about progressing leftism in America and those two candidates were dog shit establishment picks that flew on the face of what people actually want.
I bet you're disappointed Cuomo lost
I don’t give a shit about stroking my ego, I give a shit about progressing leftism in America
Then stop turning people off the Dem party, and start getting people "as left as you" to get in the mindset of voting in the Dem primary...
It's not going to be easy, because like we've both been saying, the prior DNC chairs were biased neoliberal pieces of shit.
But...
Even if the new chair still was, wed still want people to vote in the Dem primary. If you feel the resulting candidate isn't left enough, don't vote for them in the general.
But we fucking need everyone in the primary. Because if primary turnout is depressed, a neoliberal like Newsom could sneak thru, and if he becomes president he will 100% appoint a biased neoliberal as chair.
No one is trying to get you to hold your nose in the general.
Just trying to get you to vote in the primary to help a progressive get the nomination.
What is so wrong about that?
What do you disagree with?
Because there's going to be a shit ton of nefarious accounts doing just what you are soon, and I don't want innocent people lumped in with that because it will divide the party, which again is what neoliberals and trump want.
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He’s not going to put a finger on the scale for anyone,
Yah, I don't believe that at all.
If only you had a decade history of him running a state party up to the literal day he became DNC chair...
Like, you know people don't just appear out of thin air the first time you here their name...
Right?
Then you're a lot less cynical than I am. That'll fix itself.
I'd bet a lot of money that's not true...
The difference is I understand why I'm cynical, and how things change.
You tho, just saw everyone not liking Dems, somewhat understood why, and are now latching onto that as an unchanging truth of the universe.
Not understanding that things changeused to just be a republican thing, but unfortunately I'm seeing a lot of accounts online doing it while saying they're Dems.
Never see it in real life...
But online there's a lot of accounts who really really want to convince people voting in Dem primaries won't fix anything.
Which is weird, because a rational person who feels like the party might be biased, would make the logical decision to try and get progressives to vote in the primary.
Why don't you want progressives to vote in the Dem primary?
What harm does that do that you spend "free time" telling people it would be pointless?
What's the result you're hoping for here?
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Honestly not sure why I'm asking questions, you dont answer them and just keep making short comments telling people it's useless to vote in primaries...
What comments discouraging primary voting are you even talking about? Are you just making shit up in your head and thinking it's reality? I think I know someone you might get along with, he's ruining a country right now.
Ahh, you mod a pro-ai hype community...
It makes sense now, I'm sorry I wasted both our time assuming you had any critical thinking left. AInatrophies that because you stop doing it with your brain.
Hopefully soon there's some kind of detox programs for it, but in the meantime I'm just not going to be able to help you understand anything that require you to use your own brain.
I sincerely hope society figures out a way to help people like you soon, because it will help all of us
What people need to understand is that the primary goal of the old gaurd at the DNC is to guard the rich.
They also need to simultaneously understand that supporting the democrats despite that and changing them from within, is currently the only pragmatic plan of action.
this exactly. your not going to get a bernie or zang or mamdani on the republican ticket. the left needs to take over the democratic party if anything.
They’re gonna listen to the non-profits that are paid by the billionaires so it is just as corrupt but with an extra layer of obfuscation.
Ikr? I was about to say, "and do what with it?"
They need to be running serious challenges in every state with a Senator up in 2026. None of this milquetoast compromise "conservative but not bigoted" bullshit that the Third Way / Democratic Leadership Council alumni like to do. Voters want bold, aggressive fighters for workers.
And for christ's sake can we screen for Nazi tattoos and death threat text threads please...?
The best move is replacing Schumer as minority leader.
Dudes a wet blanket and everytime he opens his mouth he depresses Dem turnout, that's how unlikable he is.
Find a young charismatic Senator, like, we're an opposition party till midterms at least in the Senate. We don't want someone who has buddies across the aisle and keeps talking about compromise.
Even if they're not young and charismatic, at least have someone in that job who shows signs of being alive. When Schumer comes into a room, it feels like someone just lef.t
Schiff, Murphy and Booker would probably be the short list though, and are any of them really going to significantly change the tone? Eh.
Edit - probably not even Schiff, he's only recently moved from the house, needs more tenure. My bad. Who would you look to replace?
Merkley you cowards! Doesn't rock the boat too much but also isn't completely bought
Cool ... get rid of Scumer. Vote of no confidence.
He should not have dealt with Republicans on anything.
Fuck off, Chuck.
can't wait for the republican congressman not being sworn in in the future and the republican reaction.
The DNC leadership should resign EN MASSE! Fuck those old fogies. They're part of the reason why the orange shitler won last presidential election.
The DNC needs more progressives in power.
Leadership couldn't find their own feet if they weren't attached. They are excited about the money and power, not saving America. Dem leadership needs to be replaced before the mid terms. Otherwise, they'll fumble this moment.
And they’ll fuck it up and sit on their hands if they do.
Can’t wait to hear what Fuck Schumer has to say. He should let his niece write it for him
He has to go talk to his imaginary and very conservative friends first.
All I can think of is:
ARISE!!!
(From Solo Leveling)
Strength in Unity! Power to the People!!
They are afraid going forward like this someone will oust their 'two-party status quo on way too many things'?
They have to control the process as much as possible, can't let any popular socialist into their Democratic party, they might tax them!
About fucking time
Oh my word, that would be just so fantastic if that were to happen...
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