They did decades ago too. But they still are actively refusing to acknowledge the American working class exists and are struggling.
Whoever told Kamala to brag about the economy to anyone that isn’t a millionaire needs to be the first person to never work in politics again, but most of the DNC leadership clearly are either intentionally blowing elections because that’s what their donors won’t, or are completely and totally inept.
We need a popular vote of registered Dem voters to determine DNC leadership and party platform
If we keep giving leadership to whoever gets the most donations, they’ll keep ignoring the working class because it’s easier to get money from the wealthy.
But they still are actively refusing to acknowledge the American working class exists and are struggling.
The Bern is smart and usually right about these kind of things.
That said, I’d argue that even in the campaign this year some steps were taken in the right direction, e.g.
We have not even brought forth legislation to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, despite the fact that some 20 million people in this country are working for less than $15 an hour
Whoever told Kamala to brag about the economy to anyone that isn’t a millionaire needs to be the first person to never work in politics again
I can see this as being a calculated risk - take credit for something that sounds good - but yeah they forgot the maxim “it’s the economy, stupid!”
We need a popular vote of registered Dem voters to determine DNC leadership and party platform
Better yet, a reformed system so that a third party who implements this has a legitimate shot at the highest offices.
If we keep giving leadership to whoever gets the most donations, they’ll keep ignoring the working class because it’s easier to get money from the wealthy.
Perhaps I defeated myself here - I came here to justify the Dems but if I’m saying we have a better shot at reforming the US constitution than we do at reforming the internals of the Dem party, then I’ve really done the opposite.
They did decades ago too. But they still are actively refusing to acknowledge the American working class exists and are struggling.
Whoever told Kamala to brag about the economy to anyone that isn’t a millionaire needs to be the first person to never work in politics again, but most of the DNC leadership clearly are either intentionally blowing elections because that’s what their donors won’t, or are completely and totally inept.
We need a popular vote of registered Dem voters to determine DNC leadership and party platform If we keep giving leadership to whoever gets the most donations, they’ll keep ignoring the working class because it’s easier to get money from the wealthy.
The Bern is smart and usually right about these kind of things.
That said, I’d argue that even in the campaign this year some steps were taken in the right direction, e.g.
But then, https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/federal-minimum-wage-harris-trump/index.html
I can see this as being a calculated risk - take credit for something that sounds good - but yeah they forgot the maxim “it’s the economy, stupid!”
Better yet, a reformed system so that a third party who implements this has a legitimate shot at the highest offices.
Perhaps I defeated myself here - I came here to justify the Dems but if I’m saying we have a better shot at reforming the US constitution than we do at reforming the internals of the Dem party, then I’ve really done the opposite.