#9 Yeah, bad Joe Biden, who hired a gutless conservative as attorney general.

Trump is such an improvement, having hired Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, Pam Bondi, and now (temporarily) his personal attorney, Blanche DuBois.

Amirite?

#11 Coriolanus posits, "I would hate to think USAG Merrick Garland didn't release the Epstein files from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025...."

Of course, there was no call from Democrats for any such release.

The "Epstein Files" mania was a MAGA/QANON phenomenon.

Democrats in general, and the Biden administration, in particular, never once campaigned for/against the Epstein files.

Again, that was a MAGA/QANON phenomenon.

Care to list any sustained voices from the left/Democratic Party, calling for the release of the Epstein files from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025?

Why do you insist on playing Cassiodorus, proudly proclaiming that any Democratic Party loss as a clear repudiation of "AIPAC/AIPAC-Democratic official/Israel," while completely ignoring the multitude of inputs to the American political environment, any number of which would cause Democratic party victories and Republican Party losses.

Want to bolster your position? Present evidence that "AIPAC/AIPAC-Democratic official/Israel" was the absolute determining factor in Kamala Harris' loss. Or that it even contributed more than just some votes in some areas of Michigan.

But move the needle in every single swing state in the direction of Trump because of AIPAC/AIPAC-Democratic official/Israel? That's a unicorn.

#12 Speaks says, in part: "but biden and garland were the only ones who could have stopped them (and took and oath to defend the country from them) yet refused to do so."

Understand.

What you're saying is that Democrats suck, so clearly Trump is better.

What you're saying is that only Democrats need be pilloried because they "took and oath to defend the country from them) yet refused to do so.").

So clearly Trump and his team are better because they took and oath to defend the country from them) yet refused to do so." ... but they're Republicans, so they get a break... right? .

What you're saying, loud and clear, is that it doesn't matter who you vote for, Democrats or Republicans.

What you're saying, loud and clear, that it is better if Republicans (and Trump) have all the power because Democrats aren't perfect.

Is that about is, Speaks?

#15 Speaks says, "I'm saying we need to pick better democrats and accept that these moderates are simply doormats for fascism."

Disagree.

I want candidates with a "D" after their name, because in a two-party country, you're either in the majority or you're in the minority.

I prefer that Democrats gain (and retain) the majority.

A moderate Democrat in the US House, as an overall vote for a majority, produces Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) as Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability ... and not James Comer (R-KY).

A moderate Democrat in the US Senate, as an overall vote for a majority, produces Senator Christopher ----- (D-DE) as Chair of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee ... and not Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Or does your pursuit for Democratic Party perfection come at the expense of the House and Senate majority for Democrats ...

... and keep Republicans firmly in charge?

#15 Speaks says, "I'm saying we need to pick better democrats and accept that these moderates are simply doormats for fascism."

I am not going to stomp around here and demand that every single Democratic candidate - from the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans, white with foam - be a clone of Hizzoner Zohran Mamdani. (BRAVO!).

In NYC the Democratic Party candidate won.

In Miami, the Democratic Party candidate won.

And on and on...

But they're NOT Mamdani clones, regardless of what others might claim.

No.

They were Democrats, members of the Democratic Party, who won.

They campaigned as they needed to campaign for their voters ...

...AND THOSE DEMOCRATS WON ! ! !

BRAVO.

Eye on the prize, my friends.

Eye on the prize.

#20 Thank you, Lamp.

Should Democratic candidates across the Great Country mimic his campaign style of talking with constituents?

Yes, absolutely.