Rarely post in here for obvious reasons. BUT, it's been interesting seeing different members of the liberal base/media/strategists/etc. and their $.02 on the future of that party. To me, you're already seeing rifts come more visible, but I think they were always there just not in public. Essentially I'm seeing two "camps" emerge.
1. The progressive camp that, IMO, are STILL detached from reality. They are blaming racism, misogyny, nazis, Joe Rogan, Elon, etc. for the loss. Even though they got their asses whooped in the EC and the PV. Black and Hispanics voted more for Trump vs. the previous elections. Big Dem counties like Miami-Dade flipping to R this time around (first time in 26 years BTW). So cut the shite, will ya. To me, they are doubling-down on that failed thinking. These are the echo-chamber folks who thrive on Twitter, Twitch, etc. These are the AOCs and the "Squad". These are the ones that drove Harris to not dare to bring Shapiro on the ticket or "else" and instead pick that bumbling bafoon Walz. They support open borders, blanket amnesty, gender surgeries regardless of age, etc. Their "base" are academics, lawyers, celebrities, community organizers, etc.
2. The moderate/left of center camp. These are the folks that are speaking about how and WHY they got their asses kicked. They are asking their fellow Dems to look inwardly and be humble. They recognize the overall party has lost touch with the true middle class and are asking the tough questions. They recognize if the Dem party keeps this up, they can quite possibly lose many more elections (local to federal level). To me, they need to have the balls (and some of that have since Tuesday) to call out the party. These folks support transitions to green energy vs. crazy mandates, a more sound immigration policy, funding the police, etc. I don't know that their base is now because the GOP took many of them this past cycle. They used to be heavy in blue-collar folks. These are your more classic or "JFK liberals".
The future? It'll never happen b/c Dems don't' have balls. But if I wanted to be a leader in camp #2, I'd call for the decoupling of camp #1 from the Dem party. Tell them to form their own party of socialists. The Green party was formed, in part, because they saw there was too much daylight between their ideas and the D party. The AOCs can't survive without the general Dem party as it stands today. Why? $$$$ They'll be like the Green party and get 1-5% of the vote and no one will care about them. Nothing wrong with variation within your party, but like the idiot Tea Party folks on the R side, you can't have two big philosophies in ONE party.
1. The progressive camp that, IMO, are STILL detached from reality. They are blaming racism, misogyny, nazis, Joe Rogan, Elon, etc. for the loss. Even though they got their asses whooped in the EC and the PV. Black and Hispanics voted more for Trump vs. the previous elections. Big Dem counties like Miami-Dade flipping to R this time around (first time in 26 years BTW). So cut the shite, will ya. To me, they are doubling-down on that failed thinking. These are the echo-chamber folks who thrive on Twitter, Twitch, etc. These are the AOCs and the "Squad". These are the ones that drove Harris to not dare to bring Shapiro on the ticket or "else" and instead pick that bumbling bafoon Walz. They support open borders, blanket amnesty, gender surgeries regardless of age, etc. Their "base" are academics, lawyers, celebrities, community organizers, etc.
2. The moderate/left of center camp. These are the folks that are speaking about how and WHY they got their asses kicked. They are asking their fellow Dems to look inwardly and be humble. They recognize the overall party has lost touch with the true middle class and are asking the tough questions. They recognize if the Dem party keeps this up, they can quite possibly lose many more elections (local to federal level). To me, they need to have the balls (and some of that have since Tuesday) to call out the party. These folks support transitions to green energy vs. crazy mandates, a more sound immigration policy, funding the police, etc. I don't know that their base is now because the GOP took many of them this past cycle. They used to be heavy in blue-collar folks. These are your more classic or "JFK liberals".
The future? It'll never happen b/c Dems don't' have balls. But if I wanted to be a leader in camp #2, I'd call for the decoupling of camp #1 from the Dem party. Tell them to form their own party of socialists. The Green party was formed, in part, because they saw there was too much daylight between their ideas and the D party. The AOCs can't survive without the general Dem party as it stands today. Why? $$$$ They'll be like the Green party and get 1-5% of the vote and no one will care about them. Nothing wrong with variation within your party, but like the idiot Tea Party folks on the R side, you can't have two big philosophies in ONE party.
