This is a common theme since the party was handed their butts to them in the election of 2024…..many theories are being floated and many answers on how to correct the situation…..but the key is will any of the ‘power brokers’ listen.
I have my thoughts on what happened and it was not overnight.
It began with the loss of Carter to Reagan and the Dems kept finding the most useless and weak candidates they possibly could but the straw that broke the party was the candidacy of Bubba Clinton and the party’s embracing of big money and special interests….and the party has been sliding down this path for many elections and their greed and embrace has brought them to this spot in our history.
Like I said there are many explanations and this is just one…..
With all eyes on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, it’s been easy to overlook or downplay the many signs of acute decline in American politics. Donald Trump’s victory is still sending shockwaves through the established political system, so it’s tempting to dismiss his deranged decade-long reign on the right as an aberration, born of incoherent moral panics, misplaced economic anxiety, and declining media literacy. But in reality, the Trump distemper never existed in isolation. It was a fundamental expression of a host of unresolved pathologies—many within the Democratic Party, too—and not an inexplicable detour from a serenely ordered status quo.
The final count shows that Trump again came up short of a majority of the popular vote. Still, it never should have been this close. Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump and the Republicans told us exactly who they are. They pledged to wreak vengeance on their political enemies, to create a new counter-federalist brigade of brownshirts to initiate mass deportations, to bomb Iran to smithereens, and to establish an interstate menstrual surveillance regime. Trump barked out random non sequiturs about windmills and Hannibal Lecter and bobbed silently to schlock-heavy playlists. He dogmatically asserted his faith in tariffs and their ability to magically eliminate inequality and create mass prosperity, even if they would do the opposite. And yet Kamala Harris and the Democrats struggled to mount a successful opposition. Harris refused to separate herself from Joe Biden’s unconscionable support for genocide in Gaza, and she put forward an economic platform that often devolved into a standard litany of milquetoast measures to uphold a starkly unequal status quo—from her squishiness on antitrust enforcement to her pandering to the crypto industry.
Where did the national political machine (and its operators and strategists) that was once called the Democratic Party go? How did it become so fangless in the face of a presidential candidate so clearly ill-equipped for the presidency? For that matter, where was the Republican Party that might have prevented Trump’s third run for the White House? Even as some of its name-brand leaders have broken from Trump, the party remained wedded to a MAGA path to power.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-dealignment-left-adrift-hollow-parties/
So what has happened to the DNC? One answer….MONEY.
The American Prospect‘s Micah Sifry reported that he obtained the closely guarded list from a “trusted source with long experience with the national party.”
“This person thinks it’s absurd that the party’s roster of voting members is secret,” Sifry wrote. “Indeed, since there is no official public list, each of the candidates running for chair and other positions has undoubtedly had to create their own tallies from scratch—making it very likely our list comes from a candidate’s whip operation.”
Based on the DNC’s public statements, it was known that the DNC has 448 active members who will decide on key leadership posts in the coming weeks. But the identities of the individuals were, until Friday, kept under wraps.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dnc-membership-list
Then most recently there is the complete ignorance on the use of social media…..
None of these problems will be corrected in the near future…..or if ever.
The Dems have given lip service to many issues and delivered on very few….hence the voter has lost all confidence in the party and the next year or so will be very telling.
You tell me what happened to the Democratic Party.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
The election was an absolute fiasco as far as the democratic side of it was concerned. It simply failed across the board to get its message across. Trump and his followers were basically allowed to rant, rave, lie and bluster without any kind of adequate response.
Democrats did get their message across. They are the party of freakdom and absurdities that make “normal” people vomit. So now they will try much harder to “get their message” acrosss and dig themselves deeper into the hole of insanity. Then we deplorables win again by even bigger majorities.
Carl you do not see an absurd BS from the Trump boyz? chuq
The Progressives have an idea…..I will cover theirs soon chuq
The big diference is that the freaks have now gotten their absurdities codified as law. One may consider Trump’s ideas BS but right or wrong they remain just BS. Perhaps much of Trump’s stuff is BS but he knows it’s BS. Part of “The Art of the Deal” is to keep the opposition worried and unable to counter all the proposals as they multiply merely to disrupt and he has no intention of doing much of the BS. Invading Canada and Greenland are certianly BS but the real objective is to upgrade and intensify the level of partnership to counter Russia and China.
So you think all this is a diversion to tackle other more important stuff? chuq
“genocide in Gaza‘ ? Isreal endured 140,000 missile, rocket and drone attacks from primarily Gaza funded by Iran to whom Biden gifted million$ and lifted sanctions on Iran. So the Jews are the oppressors ? No, they have been the victims. Trump going after political enemies? No, he is going after corruption in the weaponization of FBI and DOJ and democrats and prosecutors composed of creatures that broke the laws in their efforts to discredit. So how is this a matter of Trump going after enemies ? No, it is a matter of prosecution of criminals who actually are the threat to democracy.
Jews stopped being victims long ago….no one talks about the violence allowed by curly settlers or the unwarranted arrests of children….but that is okay because of some moronic religious BS chuq
Very interesting analysis and perspective…it will be interesting to see who steps up to put the interests of the American people first…while most will be lip service, Trump has mastered the “sell” of that message
There is no use discussing what went wrong with the Democrats because the psuedo-Republicans are now fully entrenched in total dominion of the USA and they will remain that way for decades, generations perhaps… because that has been the plan all along…. and nothing exists today to prevent them from forging ahead with whatever plans they have in mind and there isn’t a damned thing that anybody can do to inhibit it or to stop it and, if everybody knows what is good for them, to even speak against it ….That vision of America that once was is no more and will never be again ….so all the talk in the world is going to change nothing.
I think that is defeatist….roll over and play dead because there is no other choice….boulder-dash. chuq
Well then, if it makes you comfortable, keep on yelling and screaming and see where it gets you…other than out of breath perhaps….
I will take my fucking chances….at least IO am not hiding in the shadows pretending that all is okay. chuq
your privilege….absolutely remain defiant if you choose.
I do and I will. chuq
I think the biggest issues were Ukraine and the southern border. Trump also spent a lot of time and money in Michigan Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Those issues probably made the difference. It was a pretty close election.
Dems have no clue how to end their slide. chuq
For so long now they have failed to appeal to the young voters and poor working class voters who consider themselves victims. They need a younger leader who is not a carbon-copy of his/her predecessors. Personally, I doubt they will find one in my remaining lifetime.
Best wishes, Pete.
Pete..I saw this about the UK….
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/22/why-labour-cant-fix-the-uks-polycrisis/ chuq
Starmer’s Labour is no longer left-wing enough (or at all) to make decisions bold enough to make real change. He is married to a Jewish woman, and a friend of Israel and Zionism , and most of his officials are in the pockets of big business, including US drug companies taht want to privatise our NHS. Nothing will be fixed, and it can only get worse. They lied their way into power and betrayed the voters from day one. The biggest let-down is that this will probaly allow a far-right party or coalition to win the next UK election.
Best wishes, Pete.
How accurate was the article? Was it a good summation? chuq
It was a fair overview, and the potential to crash the economy is real. But instead of taxing bilionaires more, they are going after disabled people on benefits, and elderly pensioners (like me) who also have private pensions. They want to means-test all pensions and disability benefits. The main problem is the same as in many other countries. The UK is in crippling debt to mostly foreign banks that fund government borrowing, and the World Economic Forum is calling the shots from behind the scenes.
Thanx for keeping me up on the doings in the UK chuq
Howdy Chuq!
Here’s the frustrating thing about Carter’s loss to Reagan: Carter barely lost. If it weren’t for Reagan’s backdoor illegal deal with Iran over the hostages. It wasn’t the rejection of Carter’s populism that Dems made it out to be. The change of direction was more Carter being an outsider and never complying with the party and offering a different direction. Essentially, they let themselves be played by Reagan.
Huzzah!
Jack
Apparently, I’m wrong. Carter lost in a landslide to Reagan. There is something that is tickling at my brain here, though, either about that election or one very much like it.
Still my point is similar. Instead of trying to go Reagan-lite, the Democrats should’ve analyzed Reagan’s appeal — dog whistling nationalistic jingoism — and countered by doubling down on the things that make America great, multiculturalism, immigration, equality. Similar to what we’re experiencing now.
Huzzah!
Jack
I totally agree with that assessment. chuq
I agree….Carter was the last Dem I voted for and that last time I voted for a winner. chuq