• pivot_root@lemmy.world
    63·
    7 days ago

    There’s a great opportunity for Dems here, if they are willing to take it.

    Probably not. Every time the leadership is presented with an opportunity, they choose to do the exact wrong thing.

    • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 days ago

      If they drop the ball on this extremely easy layup of a messaging task then we gotta really seriously figure out how to replace AT LEAST the Dem leadership

      • BreakerSwitch@lemm.ee
        11·
        7 days ago

        The simpsons got it right decades ago with Dems: We’re incompetent and can’t govern Reps: We’re evil! But Seriously, the biggest problem the Dems have in 2025 is that they’re ANCHORED in establishment. Those in the lead now are not there because they’re capable, intelligent, or popular, but because they waited their turn. It’s a commitment to fairness and rules to the point of self sabotage. Tell Schumer and Pelosi to take a hike, put AOC, Booker, anyone else who has a plan and is committed to actually FUCKING DOING SOMETHING in charge, rather than telling them to play nice with the party and wait their turn behind the wheel when current leadership dies.

      • eatCasserole@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 days ago

        The problem here is that they’re also owned by the rich and powerful. They might give you a cookie, but they can’t meaningfully challenge power.

    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
      3·
      7 days ago

      “Hmm, rise to the moment and present a real alternative? Why, when we can just run a shitty uninspiring candidate and just say ‘vote for them or Donald Trump kills everyone?’”