"conservatives lost because over 1.5 million people didn't show up"

Republicans have done nothing but push the Trump Agenda.
If the Trump Agenda was going well, Trump voters would have turned out in droves.

" If the perception that allowing them to maintain or expand control will further allow the DSA to gain a better fold hold, the populace will swing the other way."

You seem to be warning us that the magic spell "DSA agenda" will have the same effect on future voters as "Trans Men In Girl's Lockers Rooms" had in 2024. (And notably didn't have in 2026.)

Is that what you're arguing (minus the part in parentheses) or is there more?

Well, Well, Well, If It Isn't The Consequences Of My Own Actions

If the Dems can deliver some affordability back into the average Joe's wallet, 2028 will stay strong D. If the next two years allows the DSA to run rampant, 2028 will be up for grabs again.
#51 | Posted by kwrx25

I see where you're going, but "affordability" and "DSA agenda" have a lot more overlap than you want them to.

For example, cancelling student debt puts a trillion dollars in the hands of the people who are bound to spend it at a pretty high multiplier effect.

And Medicare For All would reduce the nation's health bills by approximately as much as the health insurance companies earn in profits.

Abolishing ICE won't save much money per se, but making the United States a country safe for immigrants will have profound positive economic consequences. Though probably not enough as making the United States a country unsafe for immigrants has already had profound negative economic consequences. Same too with global trade and tariffs.

A sovereign wealth fund is also an idea that if implemented well would benefit every American, much like the Alaska Permanent Dividend fund puts money in every Alaskan's pocket every year.

Let me know if any of this math isn't mathing for you!

"The Dems will think this means every single policy plank of theirs is green lit, not the obvious core ones of economy and security."

I dunno. Talarico already said he's there to make life more affordable for his constituents, not to push the Woke Agenda.

But I think I agree with what you're saying. If Democrats don't focus and dare I say succeed on making like more affordable for Americans as their top priority, they will likely squander this opportunity.

Then again -- Democrats don't have enough votes to override a veto. So Trump could simply block most any legislation they actually try.

The choice of Speaker is going to be a big one for Democrats. I don't see Jeffries as being all that capable of drawing in Republicans. Of selling the whatever Democrats push in national sound bites. Schumer also needs to go.

Democrats have to show it's not just two more years of business as usual. Republicans of course would love to constrain Democrats to two more years of business as usual, for the reasons you mention.

me and kwrx will be here in 2028 to tell you why the election didn't go as you expected.
#40 | Posted by jpw

Why don't you just tell us now?

Will it be because we said "---- your feelings" to the people who told us "---- your feelings?"