#52 Why?

MY PREVIOUS ANSWER:

Stop with your incessant damning of the Democratic Party, elected Democrats, the DNC, Democratic presidents, and everything else that is actually working towards our mutual goal: 2. The Democrats gain the majority and (maybe) Jeffries will become Speaker.

Anything contrary to that advice is only giving aid and comfort to the Republican Party and its candidates ("See? Even Democrats can't stand Democrats. Hahahaha.").

MY PREVIOUS ANSWER:

("and you are spot-on target with many of your criticisms)

MY PREVIOUS ANSWER:

(ignoring the part about why: Anything contrary to that advice is only giving aid and comfort to the Republican Party and its candidates)

You were the last person I would have suspected to be incapable of understand the English language, but here we are.

Was I too nuanced for you?

Or are you just in favor of internecine warfare... so long as it helps to defeat Democrats? **

** See: There's another answer to your "why," Eb.

#59 Just what have I refused to answer, Eb?

#57 If Kamala Harris runs in 2028, her loss in 2024 will seem like a walk-in-the-park in comparison to her devastating defeats in Democratic primary after primary in early 2028.

#54 I see you are being obstinate as well as cherry picking.

Oh, and lying by omission is still lying:

Stop with your incessant damning of the Democratic Party, elected Democrats, the DNC, Democratic presidents, and everything else that is actually working towards our mutual goal: 2. The Democrats gain the majority and (maybe) Jeffries will become Speaker.

Anything contrary to that advice is only giving aid and comfort to the Republican Party and its candidates ("See? Even Democrats can't stand Democrats. Hahahaha.").

If you are truly interested in changing the Democratic Party (and you are spot-on target with many of your criticisms), then there are definite concrete steps that even individuals can take.

Cherry picking - while ignoring the entire context of my post, and lying by omission (ignoring the part about why: Anything contrary to that advice is only giving aid and comfort to the Republican Party and its candidates) is the very definition of out-of-context and lying.

Care to double-down?

#52 Eb, you seem to be in an out-of-context mood today.

But go ahead and cherry pick one sentence out of a post and straw away.

#42 Thanks, Clown.

We're on the same page.

And, agreed; I am underwhelmed with Jeffries.

Now, do yourself a favor - and the Democrats you say you want to win in November, 2026 - a favor:

Stop with your incessant damning of the Democratic Party, elected Democrats, the DNC, Democratic presidents, and everything else that is actually working towards our mutual goal: 2. The Democrats gain the majority and (maybe) Jeffries will become Speaker.

Anything contrary to that advice is only giving aid and comfort to the Republican Party and its candidates ("See? Even Democrats can't stand Democrats. Hahahaha.").

If you are truly interested in changing the Democratic Party (and you are spot-on target with many of your criticisms), then there are definite concrete steps that even individuals can take.

But, remember, the GOP has been on their current jag since the Lewis Powell memorandum to the US Chamber of Commerce in August, 1971, and just look at how they have stayed the course laid out in that document for over 55 years, and have succeeded much further than even Powell envisioned.

Changing the Democratic Party should, hopefully, not take a half-century, but it does require that those of us who support the same ideals at least fight in the same direction.

Only overwhelming political power can make a difference**, and there are many, many new, young, up-and-rising Democrats who can help the movement that you and I support. The first step is to get them elected at the local, state and national level.

I've said it before, and I'll repeat it again: Never fear the next generation; at one time we were all the next generation.

** And sorry, Ms. Laura, but in this case it is you who are full of BS. To think that Democrats should eschew the current rules and refuse money (from whatever source), is the height of naivete. The GOP opponents will simply use their unlimited coffers to define the weak, naive Democratic candidate (and laugh and laugh), politically aware political watchers will laugh along with the Republicans, and the rest of the voters will have no other idea of who/what the Democratic candidate is except for what his/her Republican rival says. And such voters usually make their selection in the last few weeks leading up to the election. And they are not going to be impressed with a naive candidate who they may not have even heard of - because he/she had no money to advertise.

No, if you really want to get unlimited money out of politics, your idea of "leading by example," will lead straight to defeat.

But, if you really want to get unlimited, anonymous money out of politics, then there must be overwhelming political power to force a repeal of Citizens United, and pass truly effective campaign/money reform. THAT is leading by example. Oh, and that's not going to happen under Republican rule.

#39 Thanks, Corky.

#37 Clown, there's a singular fact I would appreciate a straightforward, no caveat answer:

FACT: In this upcoming election, in November 2026, the results are going to be either...

1. A continuation of a GOP majority led by Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson; or
2. The Democrats gain the majority and (maybe) Jeffries will become Speaker

#35 Clown says: "The author is talking about anybody who voted for Trump who regrets their vote, which is currently a lot of people who normally vote for the Republican Party."

100% correct.

But the author goes on to say, about anybody who voted for Trump who regrets their vote:

In fact, I would argue that the ones who regret it now should've known better and are therefore more guilty for manifesting such a colossal disaster.

#32 Clown says, ""Two parties" the illusion of choice."

A Democratic president did not nominate, to the SCOTUS, William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanagh, or Amy Coney Barrett.

A Republican president did not nominate, to the SCOTUS, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

But, yeah, they're both the "same."

#7 Actually, it was Rick Wilson who posits the $300,000,000.00 GOP spree I spoke about in my #6.

As for the loss, between 2020 and 2024, of 6,265,888 supporters, how many of those lost votes were specifically in the 7 swing states in 2024?

That's where the 2024 election was decided.

Several million stay at home/vote Trump/3rd party votes spread across solidly blue states did not affect the election.

All Trump and the GOP needed was just enough votes to swing the swing counties, in the 7 swing states, to move the election to Trump.

In that case, playing the margins was sufficient.

#69 Eberly says, "I register as a republican due to where I live."

100% correct.

If you live in a closed-primary state, and one party is basically non-existent (politically-speaking), then it is prudent to register in a party where your vote might make a difference.

Eb, I think I remember that correctly.

#25 Mamdani was the Democratic nominee for mayor of NYC:

#16 Petrous says, "it's BS to claim one is better than the other."

A Democratic president did not nominate, to the SCOTUS, William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanagh, or Amy Coney Barrett.

A Republican president did not nominate, to the SCOTUS, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

But, yeah, they're both the "same."