Policy matters little if the Democrats are not able to function in this new media environment, aside from attacks from foreign adversaries such as Russia. Clinton is an easy target for progressives because of the baggage she carries but the same challenges she faced during the election (i.e. breaking through the media circus of Trump, honing a political message that can rally the base sufficiently with simple clarity, dealing with the vast right wing propaganda network, etc.) are going to be faced by any Democratic candidate going forward.
We have an election for example in Virginia where the Republican candidate is essentially broadcasting commercials that Northam somehow is supporting MS-13 with some scare mongering, fascist looking commercials. How do we as Democrats combat that?
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Originally Posted by ganbaru
The question is, what the corporate democrate are supporting again? it isn't simply a problem of messaging but of content. Why electors would want to vote for a Democrate party than is turnig more and more into a ''GOP with some better identity policy'', shifting from, when not shiting on, progressive (and popular) position, simply because they aren't the Republican or Trump. That's what they did since Obama and they lost, hard.
It more than sad than the Democrate fight harder against progressist than republican.
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During the election you were free to read detailed policy proposals by Hillary Clinton on her website on a whole litany of issues with actual tangible methods to reach those goals. It's a shame she couldn't breakthrough the media noise and she was likely the wrong candidate for the times we're living in. This was a change election and she wasn't seen as a change candidate. This is despite other than Bernie, she had the most progressive platform we have seen to date really.
Obama lost ground during his presidency because that's what happens to political parties in power. I'll also never understand Democrat's unwillingness to standby their landmark achievement in the ACA. We always fight on the battlefield set up by Republicans and it's infuriating.