It wasn’t the inevitable midterm swing of the pendulum against the party in power. Or the economy. Or even just Trump.It was anti-establishment fury at a rig...

It wasn’t the inevitable midterm swing of the pendulum against the party in power. Or the economy. Or even just Trump.

It was anti-establishment fury at a rigged system.

Can Democrats deliver on their promises to unrig the system? Join us on the Coffee Klatch to discuss.

  • bitteroldcoot@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    Can Democrats deliver on their promises to unrig the system?

    Short answer, no.

    Not with Schumer and Jeffries in charge.

    • ExtremeDullard@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Ralph Nader has an interesting take on this:

      The effects of the Big Beautiful Bill are going to kick in in January, a truckload of people are going to be kicked out of Medicaid, and the Republicans are going to blame the Democrats now in charge. They’ll say “See? You voted left and now you’re worse off”. And people having the memory of a goldfish, they’ll forget who got them into that mess in the first place and they’ll blame the dem.

      And so the dems should leave Jeffries and Schumer in place as sacrificial lightning rods: angry people can blame those two turds for their problems, and when the presidential race heats up, they can be removed and fresh faces put in place to rekindle the hope.

      Nader has an interesting theory and plan there. But I don’t think I can stomach those two fuckheads in the house much longer…

      • JillyB@beehaw.org
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Do you think the same people that don’t understand who took their healthcare are also associating that legislation with the speaker of the house? I doubt that. In the end, just like with Biden, the Democrats will be given a historic victory and voters will feel they have yet again failed to meet the moment.

        I understand that Nader is saying Dems should set the stage for a more decisive platform shift in the party. But the other option is to put in a truly progressive speaker (AOC seems kind of obvious but they might want someone less firey). During this lame duck session, they could pass populist bills that targets the powerful and make politicians vote nakedly for the powerful. I think this would do more to draw fire than intentionally putting in bad leadership. It could even reorient the GOP since some would break from the party to not be so obviously against a populist bill.