Pirate's Cove

Technically, the far left wackos, “Progressives”, are really far right, as they have entered the Authoritarian model per Political Theory 101, but, that’s just splitting hairs at this point

The size of Democrats’ victory Tuesday could help determine their future

For Democrats, the size of their victory matters.

Progressives and moderates have been sparring all cycle over who will get to claim credit if they win on Tuesday. A new POLITICO Poll shows that the bigger the win, the more Democrats appear inclined to see it as a mandate to run more progressive candidates.

The results reveal that the midterm election will have major implications over the next stage of the Democratic Party war over their identity — and could give progressives fresh ammunition ahead of a critical 2028 presidential race. Party insiders are closely watching contests where that infighting has been on display: From Abdul El-Sayed’s battle for Michigan Senate and Troy Jackson’s for Maine Senate, to Randy Villegas’ House race in California and Manny Rutinel’s in Colorado.

More than a dozen Democratic Party operatives and strategists said in interviews that both factions are already preparing to see a blue wave as validation of its own approach. Top super PACs and campaign firms are finishing strategy memos and finalizing lineups for a slate of post-election conferences where they intend to claim their way is the party’s future.

Funny, because so many of these same Progressives, and, now, apparently, Islamic extremist supporters, tend to move from the areas they’ve destroyed to areas that aren’t high tax and cost of life, areas where the Government is hell bent on controlling everyone’s lives.

What you have in play is

1. The opposite party often wins Congress during the mid-terms

2. Trump did make a huge mistake with tariffs. Yes, we should do something to have reciprocal tariffs so our companies can get their products in their markets, and if done right then tariffs would go down. But, this was the wrong time and wrong method. Not good for the economy, still recovering from COVID and Sloppy Joe Biden

3. Once the Trump admin saw that there would be no revolution in Iran they should have ended military action in Iran. That would have been early enough to say “we wanted to hurt their nuclear aspirations, we did, now we’re done.” This hurt the economy

4. And, as usual, so many Republicans do not know how to play hardball politics

So, if Democrats really think it’s a good idea to run even more hardcore Democrats, they are deluded. And also need to stay in their states where they do this, live the consequences of the vote.

But some Democrats say that all this focus on who won the progressive-moderate fight is missing the point entirely.

“Actually doing something if we do win majorities, that’s more important than a bunch of memos saying we’re the reason we won,” said Bill Neidhardt, who worked on Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign and is now advising Will Lawrence, who’s running for Michigan’s 7th District, and working to boost El-Sayed.

Yeah, well, they should also remember they lost hard in 2024, and failed to learn the lessons. Nor will they actually try and do anything other than investigate Trump, the people around him, and go for impeachments.