Osborn’s success also shows that traditional New Deal Democratic ideas—a higher minimum wage, taxes on the rich, support for labor, skepticism of corporate power—remain popular with independents and even some Republicans, while the Democratic Party’s coastal brand remains a drag worth upwards of 20 points or more.
At least someone is learning the lessons the Democrats refuse to pay attention to. It’ll be interesting to see if this back to basics approach is successful here, and if so, whether its success can be replicated.
If he wins, democrats will say it’s a fluke and his success can’t be replicated elsewhere.
If he loses, even if it’s by a less than 1%, the democrats will site his example as the reason they can’t run on his issues, and then continue to run openAI neoliberal corporate hedge fund managers and lose by 20 points for eternity.
Democrats have to tack as close to republicans as possible because their major donors agree with 99% of republican policy when it comes to economic matters, and will switch their support if they deviate too much from republicans.
If he wins, democrats will say it’s a fluke and his success can’t be replicated elsewhere.
If he loses, even if it’s by a less than 1%, the democrats will site his example as the reason they can’t run on his issues, and then continue to run openAI neoliberal corporate hedge fund managers and lose by 20 points for eternity.
