I just don’t agree that dismissing moderation is a good strategy. Shockingly the best electoral performers are moderates. Joe Biden won the 2020 nomination by being the most moderate candidate in the primary. Barack Obama won, twice, by pandering to moderate views.
Moderation, whether democrats want to admit it or not: is vital and necessary. Trump win in 2016 and 2024 because voters saw him as more in line with THEIR views than Clinton and Harris respectively. The response to that is to make your views more in line with voters.
China was always in a better position to to be the victor in this trade war round. Trump is in for a long wait if he thinks they will cave. They took a patient approach, let prices rise and markets fall, knowing Trump would have to surrender. Their strategy worked, as opposed to Trump's strategy of breaking things that aren't broken, then portraying himself as the "the only one who can fix it". Xi is also telling our allies (correctly) "bulling and coercion only lead to isolation."
Michael: I agree with you. while I think that in red and even in swing states a democratic statewide candidate can't be too far left--think someone like Jon Ossoff or Conor Lamb, not AOC or Ro Khanna--but, as you say, Jon Tester in Montana was about as close to a perfect Democratic swing-state candidate as you can get and he lost. Tommy Tuberville won in Alabama; if he can win, no Democrat has a chance there. UNLESS Trump makes things so toxic that almost no Republican can win.
I just don’t agree that dismissing moderation is a good strategy. Shockingly the best electoral performers are moderates. Joe Biden won the 2020 nomination by being the most moderate candidate in the primary. Barack Obama won, twice, by pandering to moderate views.
Moderation, whether democrats want to admit it or not: is vital and necessary. Trump win in 2016 and 2024 because voters saw him as more in line with THEIR views than Clinton and Harris respectively. The response to that is to make your views more in line with voters.
In other words: moderate
Let’s not overlook charisma! Cant the Democrats find candidates who have that important quality?
China was always in a better position to to be the victor in this trade war round. Trump is in for a long wait if he thinks they will cave. They took a patient approach, let prices rise and markets fall, knowing Trump would have to surrender. Their strategy worked, as opposed to Trump's strategy of breaking things that aren't broken, then portraying himself as the "the only one who can fix it". Xi is also telling our allies (correctly) "bulling and coercion only lead to isolation."
Michael: I agree with you. while I think that in red and even in swing states a democratic statewide candidate can't be too far left--think someone like Jon Ossoff or Conor Lamb, not AOC or Ro Khanna--but, as you say, Jon Tester in Montana was about as close to a perfect Democratic swing-state candidate as you can get and he lost. Tommy Tuberville won in Alabama; if he can win, no Democrat has a chance there. UNLESS Trump makes things so toxic that almost no Republican can win.
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Does moderation mean sacrificing principles ? Or can Democrats take a cue from Trump and lie until elected?