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‘Nobody Fears Us’: Former Dem Strategist Bemoans Lack Of ‘Strong Leader Like Donald Trump’ In His Party
Daily Caller ^ | May 13, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 05/14/2025 4:18:33 AM PDT by Red Badger

Former Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine on Tuesday bemoaned that his party does not have a commanding figurehead such as President Donald Trump who can dominate its base.

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received the most support from Democratic-aligned adults when asked in a March 16 CNN/SSRS poll which leader “best reflects the core values” of the Democratic Party, but she only garnered 10% support overall. Turrentine, on “The Morning Meeting,” said Democratic presidential nominees have struggled to unite their voters under a single leader since former President Barack Obama, a stark contrast from the power Trump wields.

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“The people that I talk to who run campaigns see it as a problem in that you need your base energized, right? Like, it’s very hard to win an election with a demoralized and fractured base. So they don’t want to discourage the building energy that we have,” Turrentine said. “What they lament is they don’t want to be captured and driven by that crowd. They want it to be part of a bigger kind of tent again that offers, you know, proactive solutions and can channel it not just against them. The frustrating thing is they’re not sure how to do it. Kamala Harris couldn’t do it. Joe Biden could never do it.

“You know, the last person who kind of had some control over the base was Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton couldn’t — it was part of her problem. [Independent Vermont Sen.] Bernie Sanders just nicked at her ankles that whole campaign. And she’d tell you it’s the main reason she lost,” he continued. “It’s the main reason Biden said to [Democratic Massachusetts Sen.] Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, ‘I’ll give you personnel in the White House if you just support me 100% in 2020.’ So it’s a problem that we have. We don’t have a strong leader like Donald Trump. I say this with respect: he is strong. He controls his party. They fear him. Nobody fears us.”

Sanders launched his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour in February, often featuring Ocasio-Cortez, where the two left-wing politicians have spoken to large crowds about how to combat “the Oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power.”

An April ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll found Trump holds an 83% approval rating with Republicans during his second term. Moreover, 51% of Republicans strongly approve of the president.

Trump has also been his party’s nominee for three consecutive election cycles since 2016. His endorsements are extremely important in Republican primaries, Politico reported in 2024.

NewsNation political contributor Chris Cillizza said on May 6 that he thinks Ocasio-Cortez is seriously considering a 2028 presidential bid after she told reporters that she would not pursue the leading Democratic role on the House Oversight Committee

Moreover, March polling by NBC News and CNN/SSRS showed Democrats held all-time low popularity ratings — 27% and 29%, respectively.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; Politics
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To: dfwgator

“Trump won several of those swing states by the slimmest of margins, and she still get 47% of the vote.”

A win is a win. Enjoy it while you can, while getting ready for the next election. I never underestimate the RATS ability to cheat. If Musk wants to save this country he should devise a cheat proof election system.


41 posted on 05/14/2025 5:38:30 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Trump may be one of our greatest Presidents, if they don't kill him first.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

And odds are the Rats will control the House and Senate after the next midterm.

They are far from dead.


42 posted on 05/14/2025 5:39:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Angry black women don’t make good leaders.


43 posted on 05/14/2025 5:46:55 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Mr. Mohasky

44 posted on 05/14/2025 5:49:47 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Red Badger

Nobody fears a Tango.

They are simply loads of human waste that need to be taken out.


45 posted on 05/14/2025 5:52:02 AM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous worl)
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To: dfwgator

Never saw it.


46 posted on 05/14/2025 5:56:26 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience..)
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To: Red Badger

Leftists, democrats, South African Government, Germany, any group that survives by SCARING PEOPLE, by threatening, by promising disaster ...is WHAT THE DEMONCRAT PARTY IS ALL ABOUT.

Keep control by FEAR.

THAT... is NOT the American STYLE.


47 posted on 05/14/2025 5:57:28 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: Red Badger

What??!! Crockett isn’t good enough?

What about Upchuck Schumer?


48 posted on 05/14/2025 5:57:31 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Red Badger

The story you won’t see msnbc and cnn and the legacy media focused on is just how much disarray the Dem party is currently facing.


49 posted on 05/14/2025 5:58:03 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: sauropod

GHETTO, BARRIO, STUPIDO.....................

50 posted on 05/14/2025 6:01:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Too busy laughing at Democrats!


51 posted on 05/14/2025 6:05:07 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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To: Red Badger

We have her socialite daughters instead, willing to enrich themselves at a moments notice.


52 posted on 05/14/2025 6:06:55 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: Red Badger

Thought the Oligarchs against the Oligarchy was a huge success?


53 posted on 05/14/2025 6:09:57 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: bray

It was.............for the oligarchs..............


54 posted on 05/14/2025 6:11:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

They don’t need a strong leader like Trump because they all go in lockstep now. Their problem is socialism which always fails.


55 posted on 05/14/2025 6:14:24 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Red Badger

Democrats are a plague to civility the stench of their handy work is increasing.


56 posted on 05/14/2025 6:15:56 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Red Badger

I’m not going to celebrate the Democrats dire lack of leadership.

It is not as if the Republican wing of the uniparty has anyone in the waiting in the wings to brag about nor does the America First Movement which must be distinguished from the professional politicians and swamp creatures that populate both wings of the uniparty.

Trump is more than a leader, he is a force of nature.

I’ve only seen the likes of him once in my seventy some years.

To think I will see the likes of him again in my lifetime may be nothing more than a hope and a prayer.


57 posted on 05/14/2025 6:17:50 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: Red Badger

What he fails to understand is that the triumph of Trump is the triumph of Good over Evil.


58 posted on 05/14/2025 6:25:40 AM PDT by Savage Beast (There's a Light over the Whole World. I just want everybody to be happy, healthy and well. --DJT)
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To: Biblebelter

Agreed—hopefully Vance will be able to carry the torch for many years.

But—there can be no doubt—it is President Trump’s torch he will be carrying.


59 posted on 05/14/2025 6:27:32 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: alternatives?

They can’t have a ‘leader’ because they ALL WANT TO BE THE LEADER................


60 posted on 05/14/2025 6:27:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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