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The Red Wave, and the Democratic Suicide Strategy
Townhall.com ^ | November 4, 2021 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 11/04/2021 7:33:47 AM PDT by Kaslin

This week, reality struck back against Democratic electoral utopianism. Since 2012, Democrats have been convinced that a new, durable, near-unbeatable political coalition was in the making: a coalition largely comprised of college-educated white voters, women, younger Americans and racial minorities. This coalition would overtake the demographically shrinking "old, white majority" and win victory after victory. As Ruy Teixeira and John Halpin wrote for the Center for American Progress in the aftermath of Obama's reelection, "Obama's strong progressive majority -- built on a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, cross-class coalition in support of an activist ... is real and growing and it reflects the face and beliefs of the United States in the early part of the 21st Century." CAP called this new strategy "the culmination of a decades-long project to build an electorally viable and ideologically coherent progressive coalition in national politics."

Ever since 2012, Democrats have been chasing that chimera. Instead of seeing Obama's 2012 victory as a testament to Obama's unique political skill, they have doubled down on the CAP strategy: more progressivism, more race-based politics. When that strategy failed in 2016, they chalked it up to Russian election interference and Facebook propaganda. When resident Joe Biden won election in 2020, they announced that their strategy had been vindicated -- even though the election was rather obviously a referendum on former President Donald Trump personally, not proof of their strategic brilliance.

And so, Democrats misread the tea leaves. Biden was elected to do two things: be Not Trump and restore a sense of moderation and stability to the White House. He has succeeded in the first, mainly because nobody is Trump. He has utterly failed in the second. That's because Biden rejected the central premise of his own candidacy, calling for more social spending than any president in history, abandoning Afghanistan to the Taliban for no apparent geostrategic reason, embracing the radical language of anti-racist activists, cramming down the restrictive COVID-19 policies via the administrative state and characterizing his opponents as bigots and Jan. 6-adjacent domestic terrorists. Biden Mini-Me's like Terry McAuliffe in Virginia have imitated the strategy.

The result, predictably, was disaster -- not just in Virginia, but across the country. In Virginia, a state Biden won by 10 points, McAuliffe went down in flames, a black female Republican became lieutenant governor, a Cuban American became attorney general, and the GOP took the House of Delegates; in New Jersey, a no-name candidate ran dead even with media-feted Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy; in Buffalo, New York, Sen. Chuck Schumer-endorsed democratic socialist India Walton imploded against a write-in candidate; in Minneapolis, the "defund the police" movement shattered on the rocks of reality, with voters overwhelmingly rejecting the dismantling of the police department; in New York City, Eric Adams became mayor and quickly pledged to work with new Republican city council members.

Now, Democrats have a choice. They can either tack back to the center -- stop pushing a "Build Back Better" grab bag of spending that is unpopular and unnecessary -- or they can push forward. They can stop pressing the language of the 1619 Project in public school education -- or they can demand that parents shut up. They can double down on progressivism or try to find a Clintonian third way.

Right now, it looks like they'll embrace more cowbell. The media and Democratic response to Virginia seems to be more spending; more labeling parental opposition to radicalism as racist and homophobic; more jabbering about Trump and Jan. 6 to distract from their own failures.

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. We'll see how it works out for them.

But for Democrats, a serious appraisal of the political landscape -- an appraisal that might end with the realistic assessment that Obama's coalition is not inevitable, that there are swing voters in America, that policy ought to be directed toward every voter -- might just be too difficult. Better to live in a fantasy world in which Obama is president forever, his coalition is durable and stable, and more progressivism is always the answer.

But 2022 is coming. And fantasy will meet reality once again for a Democratic Party committed to fundamental untruths about the American public.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: demonrats; joebiden; virginia; virginia2021
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As we all know Biden did not win the election in 2020. It was stolen for him. The winner was President Trump. Believe it or not
1 posted on 11/04/2021 7:33:47 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
Exactly.

2 posted on 11/04/2021 7:36:42 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Kaslin

If the useless GOPe had fought hard in New Jersy it would have won there too. McCarthy and McConnell are useless.


3 posted on 11/04/2021 7:36:59 AM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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McCarthy and McConnell are useless.

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MOST of the people in the party are useless. Just a bunch of compromised retreaters.


4 posted on 11/04/2021 7:40:47 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Kaslin

5 posted on 11/04/2021 7:41:16 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: WMarshal
I would have loved to see Phail Murphy lose, but there are two reasons why the national GOP leadership had no interest in that race:

1. A Republican governor in a state with a permanent Democrat majority in both houses of the state legislature is utterly useless.

2. States totally run by Democrats -- especially in the Northeast -- are easy targets for GOP tax policies that screw these taxpayers on behalf of the rest of the country. This is exactly what was behind the 2017 tax reform bill and the $10,000 deduction cap for state and local taxes.

6 posted on 11/04/2021 7:43:51 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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And fantasy will meet reality once again for a Democratic Party committed to fundamental untruths about the American public.

It's sort of odd that there are so many that will vote for fantasy, and then after seeing and living in that disaster, vote for reality in the next election. And then, like addicts, they go right back to fantasy when the next shiny object comes along.

7 posted on 11/04/2021 7:45:29 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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This election is not only a wake up call for Democrats but Republicans too. Do they have the good sense and fortitude to seize the initiative? Time will tell but I am not holding my breath.


8 posted on 11/04/2021 7:46:43 AM PDT by Spok
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To: WMarshal

Are there not still attorneys fighting in NJ?


9 posted on 11/04/2021 7:46:55 AM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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To: Kaslin
The Red Wave cometh!

"Dems...seek higher ground IMMEDIATELY!"


10 posted on 11/04/2021 7:47:07 AM PDT by moovova (I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
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How can the Commie Rats “tack back to the center”? Of course they will SAY they are going back to the center, but they never will. America needs to get used to the idea that commies dominate the Democrat party, and there are stealth commies in the Republican party. ALL OF THEM need to be identified publicly and removed . . . ALL OF THEM!!!!


11 posted on 11/04/2021 7:47:17 AM PDT by RatRipper (The Biden Adm is leading an attack against US citizens . . . pure evil.)
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To: Kaslin

Biden was elected to do two things:

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No, the sob wasn’t elected! Shapiro, a smart guy, knows that.

So, he’s perpetuating and validating The Steal when, to get street creds with The Leftist media, he says “Biden was Elected to do two things”.

NO, he was NOT. He’s a criminal and belongs in prison.


12 posted on 11/04/2021 7:49:35 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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A Republican governor in a state with a permanent Democrat majority in both houses of the state legislature is utterly useless.

Well, almost.

A _weak_ Republican governor is useless.

A strong governor can throw a lot of sand in the gears of the machine of the crooked Democrats.
13 posted on 11/04/2021 7:50:04 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Kaslin
Right now, it looks like they'll embrace more cowbell.

There is the 'meme' of the day. Biden screaming for more cowbell.
14 posted on 11/04/2021 7:53:26 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: Kaslin

Democratic Suicide Strategy... When will it be implemented?


15 posted on 11/04/2021 7:54:08 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: RatRipper

The Demonicrat Kakistocracy will need to rely more on its terrorist branch (Antifa and BLM) to attack and destroy those who oppose Demonicrat rule.


16 posted on 11/04/2021 7:55:16 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Kaslin

ROTFLMCO-—— in the aftermath of Obama’s reelection, liberal jerks wrote.....”Obama’s strong progressive majority — built on a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, cross-class coalition is real and growing and reflects the face and beliefs of the United States in the early part of the 21st Century.”


So-so-oooooooo stupid.


17 posted on 11/04/2021 7:56:05 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Kaslin

The Democratic Suicide Strategy........and Piglosi’s pouring the potions.


18 posted on 11/04/2021 7:58:44 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Kaslin

Let’s not forget ...... Biden (cough) carried Virginia and New Jersey by double digits.........
and prevailed in other states getting (cough) 81 million votes.

In light of the red wave that just deluged the US, that all seems like a sick joke.


19 posted on 11/04/2021 8:00:46 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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Qbama always has had the kiss of death promtign people except newsom. California is East Germany


20 posted on 11/04/2021 8:02:01 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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