Posted on 11/06/2017 7:37:24 AM PST by EdnaMode
Democrats decided 16 months before the 2018 election how they would start winning races again. Gathered in a small Virginia town on a sweltering July day, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and their lieutenants laid out a Better Deal" agenda focused on middle-class jobs and higher wages a vow, they said, that their party would never again waver from a laser-like focus on the economy.
Donald Trump makes some promises difficult to keep.
Just days later, the president declared on Twitter that transgender men and women were banned from the military. His action drew a swift rebuke from Democrats, who rose in unison to denounce the president over the newest front in a cultural not economic fight.
The pattern would repeat itself through the summer and into the fall. Whether it was his response to the Charlottesville white nationalist march or his condemnation of NFL players who knelt during the anthem to protest police brutality, Trump forced Democrats onto the battlefield of his choosing.
And if he keeps doing it now that the one-year countdown to Election Day 2018 has begun, it could very well mean Democrats are denied the chance to win back majorities in the House or hold onto their numbers in the Senate.
As much as Im appalled by the daily actions from the Oval Office, I have to admire the presidents ability to keep us talking about anything other than jobs and economic well-being, said Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut. If we keep falling for that, we will pay a huge political cost.
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There is a forest of construction cranes where ever you look these days. Roads are clogged with commute traffic. Contractors I call for some home improvements are solidly booked for six months. “Help Wanted” signs all over the place.
All the indirect, “soft” indicators are solid as can be.
Can’t avoid a culture war with nitwits like Wesley Crusher, Colin Kraperik, and Chelsea Handler unable to contain themselves. Good luck with that. Trump is great at bringing out the best in these morons.
They do care about jobs for illegals and people in other countries.
Unfortunately for them, those constituents cant legally vote for them.
Well said.
Uh no. The democrats/SJWs going nuts and forcing people at gun point to accept terrible behavior and bad morality was finally met by someone who said no. Someone finally pushed back on the side of decency.
The Democrat base is fragmented. Bernie Sanders’ supporters hate both Hillary and Obama. Hillary’s supporters hope she’ll run again. Blue collar Democrats are beginning to notice that they’re at the bottom of the heap, in terms of Democrat priorities.
There’s no way the Democrats can nominate a candidate that will unify them. What pleases one group will alienate another.
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Yeah exactly! And millions of voters are sick of their behavior.
Oprah
Not saying you’re wrong, but how would Oprah appeal to the Bernie Bros? Hasn’t she been a long-time Hillary crony? She certainly endorsed her. (Don’t underestimate how enraged Sanders’ supporters are with the Democrat establishment. I drop in on Jack Pine Radicals from time to time. These are people who characterize Obama as having “sodomized,” the Democrat party. What they say about Hillary is far worse. They won’t be easily passified.)
I wonder to what degree working class whites will align with Oprah. She’s become more race oriented as time goes by.
The self-delusion in this one is strong. Unless something radically changes between now and November 2018, how do the Democrats think they are going to run on “jobs and the economy” when the last time they were in charge of both houses of Congress people were talking about the next Great Depression, versus things being better now than in 10-20 years?
You can’t be focusing on spending more money than we bring in and raising taxes and stand for the working man.
They are about taxing at higher rates so that there’s more money to spend yet still go deeper in debt, they want open borders so that all the freeloaders can get here and on some social program and expand their voter base, they’re trying to introduce a carbon based emissions monetary system.
That sort of resembles the GOP leadership plans. Hide Amnesty in tax reduction package that actually raises taxes.
Of course it's a culture war, and it's been going on ever since the Dems swung hard Left and tried to ride it to power. They're stuck with it. The single Dem most successful in repudiating it was BJ Billy Clinton in his Sister Souljah moment. That hasn't happened since.
Exactly. There are, however, two ways in which Democrats can win.
1. Republicans disillusion conservatives.
2. Demographic suicide.
Both of these options are the preference of the Bushes and other Establishmentarians.
, I have to admire the presidents ability to keep us talking about anything other than jobs and economic well-being,
Thank you
Sorry Democrats: you can’t fix “traitor.”
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