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We do, it's just the wealthy aren't letting their employees talk about the good stuff. Which is why PBS and NPR are important:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/dnc-chair-on-the-path-to-winning-back-voters-and-lessons-democrats-can-learn-from-mamdani
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm more critical of Obama than most.
But his 08 campaign?
That's what people voted for, he got re-election in 2012, but lost a lot of those red states, because he didn't keep his promises from 08.
So when talking about what kind of campaign people want, we can't factor in how Obama was a fucking liar.
I vote for hope and change in 08 and realized it was a pipe dream by 2010
We have to factor in the Obama con, otherwise we are going to continue to get folks like the senator from Arizona and the rep who had a stroke…. Folks who say one thing and then turn around and do something completely different once in office… like Obama
Sorry I am having a brain fart and can’t remember their names the senator was a woman her name begins with an s she may be from Maine she kept blocking Biden’s agenda with manchen from West Virginia…. Although as much of a fucker as manchen is his base probably liked his decisions
Kirsten sinema? Ugh… I can’t remember her name sorry
Not when talking about the 08 campaign. Because regardless of follow thru thru it showed that was the type of campaign people would vote for.
2012 showed that moderate compromise on the 08 platform resulted in a decrease of votes.
Obviously I agree that a president who ran a campaign like 08, and then actually followed thru would be better.
You can ignore history I guess… but yes, progressive messaging does attract supermajorities of voters from both sides of the aisle… but I personally refuse to continue voting for neoliberals or politicians who receive aipac bribes
All I ask is people vote in the Dem primary.
Lots of money is going to be spent convincing people not to, and the ground work has already started.
Thankfully I live in a state with primary and general mail in ballots