Posted on 09/17/2018 7:12:47 AM PDT by EdnaMode
And the Democratic Party has not actually become a band of radical leftists
Conventional wisdom says that the middle is disappearing from American politics: The Republicans have moved far to the right, the Democrats far to the left, and woe to any moderate voters looking for politicians to represent their views.
Well, the conventional wisdom is wrong. The Democrats have not actually become radical leftists, or anything close to it.
You keep hearing this story partly because Republicans have an obvious interest in promoting it and partly because large parts of the news media find it irresistible. Its a both side do it angle that allows us journalists to appear tough, knowing and above the partisan scrum. We love that image. But the facts dont support the story in this case.
For starters, look at this years primaries, which finished last week. Across the country, a grand total of two Democratic incumbents in the House lost a primary. Zero Senate candidates did. In conservative states with moderate Democratic senators like Indiana, North Dakota, and West Virginia not one of those moderates even faced a serious primary challenge.
The situation was very different in 2010 with the Tea Party, which pushed the Republican Party to the right. Multiple incumbents lost that year, as Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report noted last week. Please stop with the revolution in the Democratic Party narrative, she said. This years real story is the one that the political scholars Lara Putnam and Theda Skocpol have tried to tell: Anti-Trump activists have taken a strategic approach, backing either moderate or more progressive candidates, depending on the district.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The nyt is a rag that is worth absolutely nothing.
“We’ve examined ourselves, and the good news is...WE’RE OK!”
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“Well, the conventional wisdom is wrong. The Democrats have not actually become radical leftists, or anything close to it.”
Gee, I wonder if it occurred to them that their “viewpoint”, being “radical leftists” themselves, might make other “radical leftists” seem perfectly simpatico?
Dear David,
the Tea Party isn’t over yet! No one has gone home.
We are still here and if we need to throw some more
bums overboard we WILL.
Party on Dudes 2020 is coming soon.
The New York Slimes is so repulsive birds refuse to shit if you line their cages with it.
Wow they had TDS before he was elected!
It’s a myth that it’s a myth.
Yes, the story misses 3 important points. First, that the democrats already were moving radically to the left, and have been for 8 years, so you would not expect a rash of incumbents losing.
Second, the republicans didn’t lose that many incumbents either, just a couple of big named ones.
Third, the people that are “conservatives” in the republican party are not nearly as radical as the leftists in the democratic party. I mean, to a leftist NYT board it must look that way, since they think they are mainstream, but there are no “alt-right” people being elected, much less white surpremists, people who pretend they like Nazis, or worse.
Anybody who vaguely hints at being alt-right is forced from the stage, while Loius Farakhan sits front-and center and gets warm handshakes from former President Bill Clinton.
Ever read stuff from DU? It’s hard to believe the stuff they post.
I have the same problem...
They become irrational, hateful people...
It’s sad...
I don’t think I could stomach that place.
That’s very sad. I never felt that way about Obama, despite the damage he did to the country.
It’s very sad...one of them is my own sister.
Indeed. We may have joked, or wrote letters, or even marched in the Tea party, but the unmitigated , all-consuming hatred was not part of it.
-—Its very sad...one of them is my own sister-—
My brother...though lately since all of his loony toon theories about Trump pretty much have never materialized...and the hate was eating him alive, has been quiet as of late...
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