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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this is real news, this is the first thing that the DNC is doing since Trump got elected that I agree with.  As long as they allow equal time and placement for a wide range of candidates and don’t sideline AOC and Mandami.  We need the fresh young voices.  IMO Trump raises some good questions (why are we funding endless foreign wars? Why should we let US companies profit off of support they receive from the US govt without a return? Is free trade really that great? Why aren’t we more healthy for all that we spend on healthcare) BUT his answers are terrible: C&C (corrupt and cruel).

I’d love to hear from Dem politicians their answers to these hard questions.  [/quote]

Will they shut down party members from places like Dearborn again, ‘cause that worked well last time.[/quote]

This is why I hope they really don't hold a convention. The DMC sucks. The establishment is extremely unpopular. Individual democrats are much more popular in int towns, cities, states they are running in. That's what's happened in the WI Sup Ct and Iowa special elections - these good candidates drew attention and won voters over.

A big tent convention will try to appeal to everyone and end up focusing on fringe issues or alienating some voters.

I think Dems should rally behind Mamdani in NYC but he doesn't need a national platform for the party. There's a balance.[/quote]

I am this PP and Jeff'd latest blog post makes the point much better.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/weblog/2025/08/27/update082725 [/quote]

I’m the PP you responded to. I’m not sure I fully agree with you or Jeff. I wish there were a way to truly understand if Mamdani truly has sufficient support. Without Cuomo he *might* get more moderate Dems and independents to reluctantly vote for him. The problem we have is this reluctance because the majority of general population feel like they are constantly being played by both parties The tragedy is that the progressives don’t care any more than the moderates, they just have a different playbook. I maintain problems within the party became more prominent when it let Bernie run as a Democrat. It hurt the Democrat brand. Like the GOP and MAGA, the Democratic Party has been usurped and dragged down by the extreme end. In addition, had Bernie and others like him stayed apart from the Democratic Party just a little while longer, they have actually gotten further ahead and faster. the Bernie Bros could have become the major liberal replacement party or died before fracturing the Democratic Party. [/quote]

You think Bernie is what hurt the Democrat brand??[/quote]

10000% He and his people turned it into something else, just like Trump did. [/quote]

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