The main problem, I see, is where to start. There is so much in the American political system that needs reform and it’s going to be impossible to make so many sweeping reforms all at once. Such a massive tide roll of change will, at least initially, be unpopular with much of the public, as change always is. There are still conservatives whining about the New Deal. There’s only so much that can be done and the Dems need to prioritize. I would start with institutional reform - strengthening guardrails to ensure that another populist tyrant like Trump can never happen again.
So over at the Washington Post they often host great conversations in comments made to their stories re: US politics. This week they’ve published two pieces on the 2028 prez election. Monday was The List of Leading Democrats. Today was The List of Leading Republicans.
WaPo has lost something north of 250,000 subscribers since it refused to endorse Harris in 2024. Many whose name or alias no longer appears in comments seemed to have been activists, or very strong Democrats at the very least. Point being that those who engage there are still pretty strong Democrats, but the environment has changed since the 2024 elections. It is still a host whose readers are overwhelmingly Democrats, however.
What’s interesting about the last two days is that, at this point, many of the Democrat readers don’t like any from the List of Leading Democrats. There is an obvious schism between those who think the list isn’t progressive enough and those who think progressivism will cost Democrats the presidential election. At the same time many who’ve responded to the List of Leading Republicans (published today) seem to be offering tepid support for Marco Rubio.
Going strictly by these two pieces one gets the feeling that if Democrats nominate a progressive (including Gavin Newsom), then nominating the right Republican (ahem see what I did there) could fracture the Democrat base resulting in a GOP win(s). But it is way, way too early to make a firm conclusion.
Anyway, it’s an interesting development for Dems going forward.
I remember when Biden won the election. It was during the first debate with Trump.
Trump was ranting about something and Biden calmly said “will you shut up, man?”
That’s when Biden won the center which gave him as far as I know, the presidency.
The problem with the Democratic Party today is that if they really want a shot at the presidency or hell…the midterms…it needs to regain the center.
Instead the Democratic Party seems to be doubling down on their woke ideology.
Unless a course correction is made they will disappear as a party or labeled a fringe party and displaced.
This has happened before .
Meanwhile yes Trump is seen as a character, Vance and Rubio seem more centrist. I’m not saying that they are the center but that they seem more centrist in how they present themselves and their policies.
We will see…more pressing now is the gerrymandering and how that is completely ruining the dem strategy of using minorities for reps…quite a blow after losing their ability to beef up their state delegates with illegals