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Home Front: Politix
Democrats: Left in the Lurch
2017-01-22
[NBC] The curious decline and uncertain future of the Democratic Party.
Long, statistics-filled analysis of where they are, how they got there, and what the future likely holds. The first thing I've seen that doesn't blame it on Russian hacking or Republican cheating. Conclusion:
No matter what, Democrats will need to reinforce their decaying state and local party apparatuses to build power outside cities. Conservatives understood the importance of these down-ballot races years ago and have invested heavily in them, while Democrats tended to concentrate on the presidency and interest-group specific causes.

Party leaders seem to have recognized the error and have the new Obama-backed effort to win state legislatures ahead of the next round of redistricting in 2020. If successful, the party will lessen the headwind of Republican gerrymandering, though they will still have their own self-gerrymandering to worry about.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Yup, under invested pension funds will run dry for one thing.
Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352   2017-01-22 16:09  

#3  ..Let me add something here: I think we're going to find out in the next six to eight months or so just how bad the financial situation is in some of the great Democratic strongholds - we know it's bad, but I suspect it's far, far worse than we've been told and the leadership of those cities have been desperately keeping a lid on it in the expectation that Malificent was going to win the election and bail them out when it hit the fan.

Once that gets exposed, the people responsible will either be on trial or on the run from an enraged nation and President. 2020? Hah. Try more like 2052 before they'll be able to mount a credible Presidential campaign.

/just my .02; YMMV

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-01-22 14:33  

#2  That is why the Democrats pulled out the women card and got as many marching as possible (with pro-life women excluded). They need to keep their interest groups on the plantation.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-01-22 11:48  

#1  If you Chuck "Dick" Schumer's speech Friday, you know they haven't learned anything. Which is good
Posted by: Frank G   2017-01-22 10:59  

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