Pollster Matt Towery said on Fox News Friday that Democrats are charging headfirst into the same losing strategy that cratered their support among working-class voters in recent election cycles.
Democrat Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina reportedly spearheaded efforts to nominate Harris, pressuring Biden to endorse her candidacy before an open primary could be announced.
The New York Times editorial board published an op-ed in which it issued a sound drubbing to the Democratic Party. The piece details the mistakes Democrats made before and after the 2024 presidential election and gives several recommendations on how the party can rebound after its devastating defeat last year.
Democrats have been wallowing in the despair of last November’s elections for months, unable—or maybe unwilling—to crawl out of the pit of public opinion they find themselves in.
The first phase of Trump’s presidency has been a whirlwind of news. The President signed a succession of executive orders, which overwhelmed and confused the Democratic Party with the amount of ‘energy in the executive’. But there are signs of life, particularly in opposition to Trump’s attempts to freeze federal grants and loans. What’s going on? Are the Democrats finding their feet?
Emotional breakdowns in private meetings over the election results. Hand-wringing over whether to attend the inauguration. Clashing over next steps. And a fatigued and frustrated base.
Biden defended his administration on criticism over inflation and slow wage growth.
…the Wall Street Journal is more precise in its analysis: ‘The Democrats Need Another Bill Clinton.’
Clinton was able to halve the national deficit, foster record numbers of new businesses, and bring unemployment down to its lowest level in 28 years
You can see the WSJ’s point.
It is unsurprising that a Trump campaign ad featuring the tagline “Kamala is for they/them. President Donald Trump is for you” was effective in the 2024 presidential campaign.
President Biden hadn’t even been inaugurated when he and his senior advisers made a monumental gamble in January 2021 that would reverberate through his presidency. Fresh on the heels of a $900 billion Covid-relief bill that Congress had approved weeks earlier, Biden proposed a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill.
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