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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like a younger, viable Democratic candidate.  I don't hate Biden and I don't blame him for a lot of the current economic mess.  Has he made mistakes?  Yes, but so does every other President.  There's no such thing as a perfect president.

DeSantis scares the hell out of me.  He will make Trump look like a walk in the park.  [/quote]

Andy Beshear, current governor of Kentucky.  This is a Democrat who was able to win in one of the reddest states in the nation.  This is a governor who is used to dealing with a legislature that holds a supermajority in both chambers.  This is a governor who is not afraid to stand up to said legislature and to make sweeping changes, like firing the entire school Board of Education and replacing them.

He's young (44), smart and charismatic and would be a strong candidate to step up and fill the void.

Unfortunately, too many of the current crop of Democratic governors are minorities or women.  And while Democrats really want to push for a women or minority, now is not the time or political atmosphere to do so.  Pushing that agenda will only hurt the party who is currently fighting a large uphill battle.  If in 2023, the economy is strong, inflation and gas prices are down and the international political scene has calmed somewhat, then the party could consider a minority or female candidate.  But fighting that battle while also fighting a negative political environment is a lose-lose situation.  The Democrats have to accept reality that the majority of the country is going to vote for a white male at this time.  [/quote]

HRC actually did win the majority of the popular vote. Republicans easily vote for female senators and congresswomen and governors. It's not a question  of people refusing to vote for anything but a white male. It's policies that matter.

The Democrats seem single minded on identity politics elevating lackluster or controversial candidates with unpopular policies. And that is the problem. The party is dominated by the activists, which prevents a proper moderate from breaking through. And a proper moderate is someone who can say, hey, hold on, some of the extreme CRT and trans / gender activists aren't helpful and maybe it's not the best idea to have drag queens performing lewd acts at "family friendly" events, let alone visitng elementary schools. But the party won't allow it, which is why the Republicans are rapidly seizing the middle ground as the voice of "sanity."

The reason DeSantis and others are having winning recognition by portraying the Democrats as extremists is because, well, some of the Democratic policies are extremist. I don't think it's helpful for Biden to boast about banning detransitioning therapy when a growing number of former trans are coming out about detransitioning, so it's quite evidently a real thing. And it's not helpful when the party seems more concerned about exposing elementary kids to gender politics than inflation.

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