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Ahead of Chair Vote, Progressives Say DNC 'Failing Disastrously' to Learn From Loss to Trump
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Even this analysis doesn't capture the real problem.
Asserting that the DNC "fails to learn" implies that they have some goal they're not meeting.
They don't.
Their goal is to rake in as much corporate soft money as possible, and by that standard, this past election was a resounding success. And nothing else, including winning elections, matters to them.
So they're not really "failing" at anything. In fact they're succeeding nicely. It's just that they're succeeding at being corrupt, self-serving and deceitful.
If progressives know how to win elections better than the DNC then why don’t they just win enough elections to control the DNC?
What makes you think that I'd be interested in defending a claim I didn't make?
What makes you think I wanted to know if you’re interested in defending a claim?
Actually, that was a rhetorical question
And amusingly enough, you provided an additional illustration of the real answer.
The goal of leftists is to complain and by that standard, this past election was a resounding success. And nothing else, including winning elections, matters to them.
*the goal of American Democrats.
The Democrats aren't even leftist anymore
Exactly.
The goal of Democrats is to win elections. Democrats aren't leftists.
The goal of leftists is to complain. Leftists don't want to win elections.
This implies a fair primary process.
To extend a bit, the DNC controls the machine to run elections. They are friends with the corporate donors and the "left wing" media. Without their support it's very hard to brand yourself as a full blown democrat candidate, which eventually will matter to the voting public.
How did any progressives get elected if our primaries are unfair?
How do progressives win against the GOP when they don’t play fair?
According to leftists, control of corporate donors and the media makes the DNC extremely strong. But simultaneously, the DNC is extremely weak.
They got elected despite the party's interference.
The GOP doesn't control national elections like the DNC/DCCC/DSCC controls primaries.
Multiple progressives lost their primaries recently and blame AIPAC funding. Criticizing democrats for catering to donors. While losing to democrats because they catered to donors.
All while claiming they can win elections better than democrats.
The GOP will also be catering to donors.
Yes, money is power and power is politics. What is your point exactly?
Progressives will continue to lose for this reason.
Progressives will continue to lose until they give up their morals and descend into the muck of incompetence and greed like us fine fellows, and take the big money dick that is being offered. You'd be stupid to try any other way of winning.
I am very smart.
Progressives will continue to lose because they think they don’t need to work with ideologies other than their own in a country where progressives are a small fraction of the population.
‘Don’t try to appeal to moderate voters! Why can’t we win elections?!’
‘Don’t compromise with republicans to get the votes needed to pass legislation! Why can’t we get legislation passed?!’
‘Is is us progressives that are to blame for our lack of progress? No it is the voters that are wrong!’
‘We are very smart’
Clearly the solution is just to sell out as hard as possible since there's no other way to win.
I’m not saying what is good/bad. I’m saying what wins/loses. You can be good and lose in the case of progressives. But then you can’t claim you know how to win better than the DNC.
Well, it's a good thing we ran so fucking far to the right, then. Can you imagine if Harris had listened to progressives? She might have lost the primary we didn't fucking have.
She lost to Trump because she did what you wanted. Don't worry. The party will never fucking change.
Democrats have won the majority of the elections since the 90s using this strategy.
How many elections have progressives won?
There were a lot of black/female/indian democrat voters offended that anyone would even consider a primary instead of going with Vice President Harris. All those votes would’ve been lost.
She lost to Trump because that’s what China/Russia/Iran/North Korea and the billionaire class wanted. Whether intentional or not you’re just helping them out by scapegoating the DNC.
It's still the 90s, huh?
Nope, a long time has past since the 90s. That’s the point. The DNC has won the majority of elections for a long time. Proving they know how to win, unlike progressives.
Then keep it up. Keep pretending that it'll work forever. You deserve trump and only trump. After all, you want two identical fascist parties.
“bOtH sIdEs R sAmE”
You certainly want them to be.
I was talking about the way the party runs (or eschews) its primaries. You pivoted to international donors.
I’m talking about winning and losing primaries. You’re cherry picking examples.
This is what you initially responded to:
You're putting words in my mouth in order to change the subject to one you're more comfortable with. In this case, the subject you're more comfortable with is gloating that AIPAC bought you some pro-genocide primary challengers.
This is my comment that preceded your quote.
The subject is: “why do progressives think they know how to win elections better than the DNC if they have never done so?”
To which I provided an explanation. They cannot win elections that the party makes certain they can't run in. Now enjoy the results of the party's recalcitrance.
If they don't know how to win elections in the face of opposition, then they shouldn't be giving advice on how to win elections.
Which applies to the party that lost to trump twice as well. In addition, the general election doesn't have the party putting its thumb on the scale like the primaries do. If the party deigns to have primaries at all.
Democrats defeated Trump once, which is still better than the track record of leftists.
The DNC has a primary whenever a challenger gathers enough signatures and submits them on time. I realize that can be a high bar for leftists.
And if you don't think the GOP unfairly influences the general election, then you need to google "voter suppression".
Democrats don't let progressives win primaries if they can help it. Gloat.
Which is a problem for centrists too.
Nobody "lets" someone win an election. Progressives need to earn their votes like everyone else. And if they earn enough votes, then they win regardless of what other Democrats think.
The party prevents progressives from winning if they can. Every progressive who has won a primary in the past decade or so has done so despite the party putting its thumb on the scale for their opponent.
It's weird seeing a centrist say that votes need to be earned after they lost twice by acting entitled to votes.
Everyone who has ever won a contested primary faced opposition from within their own party.
Leftists are ones who feel entitled to win an election without any opposition.
The opposing candidate, yes. The entire party apparatus, no.
"Any opposition" does not mean having to fight the party instead of just your opponent.
Centrists want to ignore the voters' concerns and still expect their votes without question. That's what entitlement looks like.
Party leaders get one vote each, just like everyone else. They can't stop leftists from voting. So if leftist candidates want to win, they simply need to get more votes than their opponents.
And if leftists are discouraged by opposition from "the party apparatus", they are going to be devastated when they find out about the massive electoral advantages of incumbency. Incumbents win >90% of their elections!
With all their whining about "party apparatus", frankly I think most leftists don't have the stomach to take on an incumbent. Which basically means they will never win an election.
Centrists only have to fight one party.
Centrists need to get more votes than their opponent. Just like everyone else.
If a candidate can't do that, they are not a good candidate. Their excuses are irrelevant.
You're deliberately ignoring that the party does not run fair primaries, if it runs them at all. Repeat your talking point some more.
Politics isn't fair.
But nevertheless, if you can submit your signatures on time, then you can be in the primary. And if you get the most votes, then you will win the primary.
If you can't accomplish those two basic tasks, then you are not a good candidate. Even if you think it's "unfair". Step aside so someone better than you can do the job.
That's not an excuse for running corrupted primaries. Unless you like the results, which you do. Up to and including losing to trump.
It's clear that you're happy with a party that doesn't respect the votes of its members enough to run honest primaries. You're just gloating about corruption, which is what I've come to expect from centrists.
If everyone obeys the law, then a primary is not "corrupt". It is a test of how many votes you can get when your opponent is using every possible legal mechanism to obtain an "unfair" advantage.
And that's exactly the same thing that will happen in the general. So if a candidate doesn't know how to win an "unfair" primary then they are destined to lose in the general. They are not a good candidate, and they should be eliminated as soon as possible.