Post-match: So what is next for the Democratic Party? (Post 2024)

Pondering whether a more muscular Tim Walz might have helped bridge the gap between the chardonnay set and the folks working hourly. It's for sure he didn't really rise to the level of a bucket of warm spit in this campaign. Others have said that not picking Shapiro was a death knell, but for my money he was not going to be content as the junior partner in that merger, plus the pro-Israel thing (perceived or actual, that was a big part of the narrative).

All this to say, I don't think a geographic alliance is all it's cracked up to be when picking a Veep, but next time whoever gets picked should be someone ready willing and able to wash half the dishes and all the bathrooms. Eyeliner optional.

 

Opening Arguments 1085 did their first of several podcasts that cover things Biden can do until Jan 2025 without too much of a fuss, assuming he has the will to do it.

Work with the Senate to fill all judge positions. All of them. Late nights, weekends, whatever.

Instruct immigration attorneys to dismiss all cases in court for those who don't have a criminal record.

Pardon all federal staff who worked Trump's trials as a prophylaxis.

Mass pardon all undocumented immigrants without a violent criminal offense (and drug offense?).

Give all those on federal death row a commutation to life.

Declare national parks to slow down future drilling.

If he hasn't already, get the process going on changing the schedule for Mary j.

And there are some more. Nice ideas but not holding my breath Joe would do any of it, sadly.

 

Funny, Kaine was on SNL recently and the gag was that a game show contestant couldn't name him.

 

George Clooney was the obvious choice in our star-obsessed culture

 

Maybe next time we take the Hollywood set for granted and do more work in the trenches. Barbecues instead of Beyoncé.

 

Kaine just got re-elected. Also, he's been dealing with long COVID for a few years from what I've heard.

 

This Pitchbot dude just doesn't get it! AAARGH!

I'm tired of liberals preaching at me so I decided to vote for someone who will probably jail or deport me.

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) November 12, 2024

 

Rogan fans are nearly all men. I don't understand why people think she'd make inroads among Rogan fans who mostly worship Cheeto. She could've gone on Infowars too I guess.

Latinos were the big miss. And ones with papers don't like the ones that don't have them because they think it reflects poorly on themselves. A lot of psychology going on that TrumpCo & Republicans are good at. "Going high" only worked for Obama.

 

Seems to me she got "cancelled" anyway ...

I'm liberal as fcuk, but lefties are political morons.

I've been saying it over and over and over in this thread: but this kind of thinking will only continue Dem losses. You're not going on the show to win them all over. You're going on the show to improve your margins. I said it before, I'll say it again: improve by 5% with a few key groups, and Harris would have won.

 

First two agenda items for the next Dem candidate for president:
1) Don't ignore Wisconsin, i.e. any "safe" state
2) Do go out of your way to leave no demographic unaddressed

Million votes here, million votes there, pretty soon you're talking about a lot of butt-hurt Repubs

 

3) Don't play for a tie on the road

 

He is married to a Colombian….

I’ve seen it myself too, and we’ve discussed this cultural phenomenon in here before. It has been around a long time, so I don’t really think this attitude changed any voting behavior this cycle per se.

I hear people holding democrats responsible for failings at the border but not the GOP. But there is no mention of how the GOP has scuttled the solution process since the 90s.

 

The loss because of one thing. It was death by a thousand cuts like someone said. Going on Rogan everyday wont change it

 

Anyhoo, it's being said by multiple sources that the Republican strategy was to go to young, male low propensity voters through non-traditional media sources. Whatever Democrats decide to do it will need a counter to that strategy instead of leaving it wide open.

 

I saw something anecdotal about fear of being yelled at by a progressive think tank in the NY Times if they did something that wasn't "Progressive."

Anyway, I do think a little hippie punching is needed, it helps, because a lot of them aren't exactly as attached to reality as conservatives are.

 

You're also going on the show to prove you're not a pussy and that you can hold your own in an unfriendly environment.