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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel a good Project 2028 needs to refocus our government to center BIPOC and LGTBQIA+ voices and lived-experiences.[/quote]

This is the big debate.  Do we do this, or do we "pivot to the center," "run a boring white guy," "ease up on the progressive politics," etc.?

I personally think we have to OWN our authentic selves in this party, and stop being ashamed of who were are racially, sexually, politically, whatever.  I really don't thinking running as Republicans lite is going to cut it.  
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Isn’t the definition of insanity repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?[/quote]

Well, both options feel kind of insane when we're losing.  I mean, there are only three categories, really:  authentically progressive candidates, ideally from a marginalized group; boring white guy Republican lite; or something in the middle, a la Kamala, who ends up having an authenticity problem ("is she a proud black woman, or a rich narc?").

I'm not convinced that the boring white guy approach is any good either.  Do we really think our rainbow coalition is going to enthusiastically canvas for Mark Kelly?  Do we really think Republican dudes are going to go against their buddies and abandon their party just because we put up someone with a dad bod?

Anyway, what do you think we should do?  Who should we run?  I'm at a loss.  [/quote]

The "rainbow coalition" won't vote for Mark Kelly because the Democratic party has spent a decade mainlining identity politics and magnifying our differences rather than focusing on what brings Americans together.[/quote]

This +100.

I'm a moderate Republican (who voted for Biden and Harris FWIW) and I truly believe that had Mark Kelly been selected as the VP or even been the POTUS nominee....the Democrats would have been able to win by a large margin.

Mark Kelly - or someone like him - is what we need to get the 3rd party voters and those who simply didn't vote to come out and vote D.

Last night's address to Congress...I wish I had decided to go to bed early and not watched it all...but I did want to hear everything with my own ears. While I don't believe in LGBTQ+ lifestyle I believe they deserve equal rights and the messaging last night was too over the top for me. Looks as though we are going back to the "don't ask don't tell" years. A bit too extreme for me.

But I also think the Democrats had gotten too wrapped up in identity politics and too extreme on gender identity ideology.

The middle ground is lost. I'm a moderate who thinks the only way forward is for a 3rd common sense party to rise from the ashes that Trump leaves behind.  [/quote]

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