As an old hand in politics, my first 'big' fray (1973) was getting an Independent Democrat thru Primary & General elections to State Rep office against the infamous Chicago/Cook County Daley Machine! She too was considered unelectable - not because of race, but because she was a woman, and running against the Daley Machine! So I watch, and support races like Tallarico's.
To your point, like the GOP, the Democratic Party needs to be overhauled from top to bottom! Neither is representative of democracy or the People any longer! That's why we are seeing very different newcomers being elected; replacing the "party regulars".
We are finished with politics as usual! I don't think Crockett lost because of race - she had a total uphill battle after getting redistricted out and starting her campaign very late.
While I love her style, she does project the same aggressive in your face personality as felon47. James had built a solid, quiet base one voter at a time very grass roots organization, offering something Very Different in his quiet, we are one approach! We are ALL TIRED of the constant bombast and divisive rhetoric.
Pundits need to start listening to the answers when asking why people voted how they did. I think this race came down to the choice between how problems were addressed and solved. We've got loud and aggressive in MAGA, and while it's great to see someone get in their face, it doesn't speak to working together to compromise on problem solving.
Sit on your hands and face MAGA forever. or hold your nose and vote Democrat.
I held my nose and voted for Hillary, and again for Biden and again for Kamala.
As regards the Texas primary. I am in the same corner as Jasmine Crockett, but it is Texas, and even a white man (Beto O'Rourke) couldn't get elected on the Democratic ticket, what chance a black woman ?
Talarico talks progressively, from a Christian point of view, and this is Texas, where the Bible belt runs strong.
Or do not blacks care that we are a regime of racist, bigots, just so long as they can win a primary.
After the 2020 Electon, the wise women of South Carolina, and indeed throughout the nation, proudly pronounced at every opportunity that they were base, the heart, the soul of the Democratic party, and that the Democratic party should listen to them. Well they did and we got a regime of right wing, theocratic, racist, white nationalists running the country.
It is one thing to win a primary, another to win the general election.
The women of South Carolina, fell in line for Hillary, the rest of the Democratic party in the south followed suit, and the DNC put their thumb on the scale for Hillary because she had acquired the foreign service creds, proven her loyalty, paid her dues and it was her time.
All the wrong reasons and they lost to Trump, a lack lustre performance by Biden, aided by his physical and mental decline, enabled a comeback for Trump and here we are.
My question is: Do we want a forever regime of theocratic, white, Christian, nationalists.?
Two can and have played the game of identity politics, the Democratic party lost, because the Republican party has more of their identity, than the Democrats have of theirs. And the Republican identity, attracts the money powers.
As an old hand in politics, my first 'big' fray (1973) was getting an Independent Democrat thru Primary & General elections to State Rep office against the infamous Chicago/Cook County Daley Machine! She too was considered unelectable - not because of race, but because she was a woman, and running against the Daley Machine! So I watch, and support races like Tallarico's.
To your point, like the GOP, the Democratic Party needs to be overhauled from top to bottom! Neither is representative of democracy or the People any longer! That's why we are seeing very different newcomers being elected; replacing the "party regulars".
We are finished with politics as usual! I don't think Crockett lost because of race - she had a total uphill battle after getting redistricted out and starting her campaign very late.
While I love her style, she does project the same aggressive in your face personality as felon47. James had built a solid, quiet base one voter at a time very grass roots organization, offering something Very Different in his quiet, we are one approach! We are ALL TIRED of the constant bombast and divisive rhetoric.
Pundits need to start listening to the answers when asking why people voted how they did. I think this race came down to the choice between how problems were addressed and solved. We've got loud and aggressive in MAGA, and while it's great to see someone get in their face, it doesn't speak to working together to compromise on problem solving.
Here is the quandry facing black voters.
Sit on your hands and face MAGA forever. or hold your nose and vote Democrat.
I held my nose and voted for Hillary, and again for Biden and again for Kamala.
As regards the Texas primary. I am in the same corner as Jasmine Crockett, but it is Texas, and even a white man (Beto O'Rourke) couldn't get elected on the Democratic ticket, what chance a black woman ?
Talarico talks progressively, from a Christian point of view, and this is Texas, where the Bible belt runs strong.
Or do not blacks care that we are a regime of racist, bigots, just so long as they can win a primary.
After the 2020 Electon, the wise women of South Carolina, and indeed throughout the nation, proudly pronounced at every opportunity that they were base, the heart, the soul of the Democratic party, and that the Democratic party should listen to them. Well they did and we got a regime of right wing, theocratic, racist, white nationalists running the country.
It is one thing to win a primary, another to win the general election.
The women of South Carolina, fell in line for Hillary, the rest of the Democratic party in the south followed suit, and the DNC put their thumb on the scale for Hillary because she had acquired the foreign service creds, proven her loyalty, paid her dues and it was her time.
All the wrong reasons and they lost to Trump, a lack lustre performance by Biden, aided by his physical and mental decline, enabled a comeback for Trump and here we are.
My question is: Do we want a forever regime of theocratic, white, Christian, nationalists.?
Two can and have played the game of identity politics, the Democratic party lost, because the Republican party has more of their identity, than the Democrats have of theirs. And the Republican identity, attracts the money powers.