There's a recurring theme in Democratic circles that I think is under-examined, that goes "if only the rules were fair our party would win bigly". It's part of a wider feeling of denial about the last few years. I think Nate is right to call this out, and we need a better plan.https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1398290263320170501 …
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A way to reframe the centrist/progressive divide is between Democrats who got into office with Trump votes, and those who didn't. That the former group is more politically moderate is interesting—you could imagine an alternate reality where the Squad came from deep red districts
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The fact that left populism succeeded only in the most urban, educated, deep blue pockets of America should be a big red flag (no pun intended). As a practical matter I favor trying all the strategies in parallel that won Trumpy votes, whatever their ideological valence.
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I'm afraid that the current situation has reduced Republicans to a cartoon right at the moment when we need to really understand them, not in order to empathize and feel a sense of national connection, but to beat the stuffing out of them in 2022 anywhere we can
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Like if it turns out that non-college grads in deindustrialized cities don't care about student loan reform, but would really dig legalized weed, then replace the stars on Old Glory with marijuana leaves. Do whatever it takes. I would like to see more of an appetite for power
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On an aesthetic level, a brand new State of Puerto Rico that then elects two Republican senators would be deeply satisfying. But on a personal level, I would really like us to win
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Interested on the Why of confused about your own beliefs
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I grew up (and was an extremely political teen/twentysomething conservative) in the suburban evangelical culture war demo that went hard for Trump; the reasons the folks I know from that era give aren’t confusing…
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I'm a former Evangelical and I can see what you mean. There are other groups, though, that confuse the hell out of me. Like a Mexican-American voter whose wife was deported but still voted for Trump
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This is good but isn’tthis exactly what you ridiculed Sam Altman for doing a few years ago?
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Didn't Altman get like 100 Trump voters together in a diner and ask them questions? I vaguely remember this but look forward to ridiculing it again
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