The Democratic establishment
is out of time
The Week,
by
Matthew Walther
Original Article
Posted By: Garnet,
2/12/2020 10:14:46 AM
Unlike Gaul, the Democratic primary electorate is divided into only two parts. Bernie Sanders's victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary reminded observers of what we have known for a long time, namely that the smaller of these two parts remains united in favor of his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. The larger moderate one remains split, not quite evenly, between Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Biden.
We know which side the Democratic National Committee, the party's leadership in Congress, wealthy mega-donors, and luminaries like the Obamas and the Clintons are on.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 2/12/2020 10:19:55 AM (No. 316039)
I guess the DNC could try to hide Gramp's pacemaker batteries until he agrees to step aside.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
HotRod 2/12/2020 10:30:32 AM (No. 316058)
Pacemakers can be hacked, so Bernie better wear a tin foil vest! Of course, it would be written off as a suicide.
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This article has a serious flaw in referring to any of the realistic winners as moderates. Probably the closest they have to a real moderate is Tulsi, and she has no chance.
Sanders and Warren may be extreme, but none of the rest are "moderate". They all support bigger government, gun confiscation, higher taxes, abortion, government run health care, open borders, and plenty of "free" stuff for everybody except those who actually work for a living. That is not "moderate".
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bad-hair 2/12/2020 11:12:09 AM (No. 316116)
It's really quite simply demographics. Republicans tend to be older, wiser, more experienced. Democrats tend to be younger impulsive dependent types. This is a Dem primary so those espousing policies the young and inexperienced will like will do well. Thus Butt Gig looks like a moderate.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
MDConservative 2/12/2020 11:16:42 AM (No. 316124)
The Democrats are facing another generational change, and issues they manufactured for themselves. Odd thing is that Bernie is not the candidate of the old timers, but the leader of the young, the customers for free stuff, enemies of prosperity and purveyors of deep covetousness. Those "moderates", Warren, Biden, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar, are hardly that by normal American political standards. Toss in the antics of The Squad and the recent display of farce by the House Democrats, and there is real reason why most Americans are very wary. The essential question is what "bad" has Trump ever done to them? Anyone? Okay, maybe he tweets mean stuff, calls others names...still...
We are seeing the ultimate demise of the "traditional Democrats", the successors to FDR and the New Deal coalition that has hung on over decades. Trade unionists are no longer workers, but public bureaucrats. The Clintons turned it into "Who Wants of be a MIllionaire?", and most people know, even if they won't acknowledge.
I laughed last night when various pundits invoked Obama as the only person who can take control of this fiasco, unite and lead the party to victory by backing one or another candidate. Yeah, uh huh...he'll unite the workers of the world, alright. He and his are too busy counting their take these days. Bloomberg isn't really interested in winning anything but a fight with PDT.
The conundrum is that for the GOP to "expand its big tent" it will necessarily have to move another few notches left...more government stuff, programs, employment, regulation of the economy, environment, and so on. A few more bucks spent here and there, investments. Just a little more... That's politics. What will "Real Republicans" say?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 2/12/2020 11:27:55 AM (No. 316143)
"They don't want a revolution; they want more of the same, but without the mean tweets and with the approval of their neighbors. This is what the Democratic party establishment would like to offer them in November 2020."
This is hilarious. The dem party has NEVER provided what Trump has. All the historically good economic news was not accomplished previously by dems. If they know how to do it, why didn't they under BO? The dem approach PRECLUDES such success. Their approach is to build government to be a nanny state. But what such a government provides is unity in misery and stagnation.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bad-hair 2/12/2020 12:32:14 PM (No. 316216)
I will re-iterate what I said in an earlier comment.
TRUMP IS THE FIRST ELECTED OFFICIAL I HAVE EVER SEEN WHO DOES NOT KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. That's what the deplorables love about him.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
karo 2/12/2020 12:40:41 PM (No. 316227)
"You are all left out
Out of there without a doubt
'Cause baby, baby, baby, you're out of time . . . "
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 2/12/2020 3:42:52 PM (No. 316381)
Democrat moderates are faced with a choice of Mrs. PeteButt, the FakeInjun, Befuddled Biden, and Amy?
Lolololololol!
None of them are moderates. The article left off one name from the list that moderate Democrats are considering: PRESIDENT Donald Trump.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 2/12/2020 4:16:52 PM (No. 316411)
Out of time, out of ideas, out of brains and out of money. But other than that.....
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Omen55 2/12/2020 6:48:27 PM (No. 316516)
This is the fire most of dem created.
Now let it Bern dem!
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