The Democrat Dilemma: A Palpable Party Rift

[Silhouette]

OK, photo aside, here are some theories as to why. You won't find a single theory to support the photo, so don't bother looking...well...OK...there are some polls here but...

In June, a poll by Latino Decisions/Center for American Progress Action Fund found that 54 percent of Latinos would be less enthusiastic to vote for Democratic candidates if Obama broke his promise to use executive power to fix the immigration system by the end of summer. Latino voters likely to abandon Dems Albuquerque Journal News

What fundamentally ails the Democrats, rather, is the same ailment that afflicts incumbent parties throughout the advanced economies, and parties of the center-left in particular: their inability to deliver broadly shared prosperity as they used to do. Harold Meyerson Democrats lost because they didn t deliver broad prosperity - The Washington Post

Democrats are going to lose for the same reasons Republicans are going to win. Gerrymandering will work against the Democrats; and because of the gerrymandering favoring the Republicans, voters who usually vote Democrat, even if they go to the polls, just won’t matter. Democrats won t lose because of black voters.

There are literally dozens of more "speculative reasons" but here's one of my favorites:

Democrats Lost Because They Weren't Progressive Enough People voted for the GOP this cycle because Democrats didn't get much done. Obamacare was progress, but it only truly affected a limited amount of people. And even for the people it did help, Democrats basically ran away from it. Where was Obama, on the stump, leading the media narrative, berating the kind of savage mindset that leads Republican governors to block healthcare expansion in their own states? This move was a national outrage. You can't just blame the media. If Democrats make this an issue, it will be an issue. It should have been a daily outrage the way Fox News was freaking out about Ebola. Yet Democrats ran from it. Democrats Lost Because They Weren t Progressive Enough#

So did middle voters reject democrats because of

1. Lack of mass amnesty for illegal hispanics?

2. Failing to reverse the Bush/Cheney economic crash in 6 years?

3. Gerrymandering?

4. Lack of 100% free healthcare courtesy of Obama-comprimise?

5. Lack of enough support for importing ebola to self-monitor in this country?

Or was there some other common thread that united the middle voters against the dems?

Your speculation is welcome.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

 

[Silhouette]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

What type of "revenge" Paint?

 

[PaintMyHouse]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

What type of "revenge" Paint?

The kind that ends political careers.

 

[Two Thumbs]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

none of those mean leadership, prosperity or unity.

more division, more hate, less America.

 

[TheOldSchool]

OK, photo aside, here are some theories as to why. You won't find a single theory to support the photo, so don't bother looking...well...OK...there are some polls here but...

In June, a poll by Latino Decisions/Center for American Progress Action Fund found that 54 percent of Latinos would be less enthusiastic to vote for Democratic candidates if Obama broke his promise to use executive power to fix the immigration system by the end of summer. Latino voters likely to abandon Dems Albuquerque Journal News

What fundamentally ails the Democrats, rather, is the same ailment that afflicts incumbent parties throughout the advanced economies, and parties of the center-left in particular: their inability to deliver broadly shared prosperity as they used to do. Harold Meyerson Democrats lost because they didn t deliver broad prosperity - The Washington Post

Democrats are going to lose for the same reasons Republicans are going to win. Gerrymandering will work against the Democrats; and because of the gerrymandering favoring the Republicans, voters who usually vote Democrat, even if they go to the polls, just won’t matter. Democrats won t lose because of black voters.

There are literally dozens of more "speculative reasons" but here's one of my favorites:

Democrats Lost Because They Weren't Progressive Enough People voted for the GOP this cycle because Democrats didn't get much done. Obamacare was progress, but it only truly affected a limited amount of people. And even for the people it did help, Democrats basically ran away from it. Where was Obama, on the stump, leading the media narrative, berating the kind of savage mindset that leads Republican governors to block healthcare expansion in their own states? This move was a national outrage. You can't just blame the media. If Democrats make this an issue, it will be an issue. It should have been a daily outrage the way Fox News was freaking out about Ebola. Yet Democrats ran from it. Democrats Lost Because They Weren t Progressive Enough#

So did middle voters reject democrats because of

1. Lack of mass amnesty for illegal hispanics?

2. Failing to reverse the Bush/Cheney economic crash in 6 years?

3. Gerrymandering?

4. Lack of 100% free healthcare courtesy of Obama-comprimise?

5. Lack of enough support for importing ebola to self-monitor in this country?

Or was there some other common thread that united the middle voters against the dems?

Your speculation is welcome.

Midterms are for partisans. We'll see how Independents really feel in 2016.

In the meantime why don't you finish registering as republican silhy?

 

[PaintMyHouse]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

none of those mean leadership, prosperity or unity.

more division, more hate, less America.

That is the game we play these days. Don't ask for whiskey from a bottle of wine.

 

[The Rabbi]

Success has many fathers.
Failure is an orphan.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Success has many fathers.
Failure is an orphan.

Americans love a winner. They care very little who it actually is.

 

[Silhouette]

What type of "revenge" Paint?

The kind that ends political careers.

Who's career?

 

[PaintMyHouse]

What type of "revenge" Paint?

The kind that ends political careers.

Who's career?

It's a long list. It's Whack-a-Mole time.

 

[Silhouette]

Midterms are for partisans. We'll see how Independents really feel in 2016.

In the meantime why don't you finish registering as republican silhy?

Did the republicans stop fracking? Did they stop clamping down on the morning after pill? Did they agree to universal healthcare and all the other good dem platforms that were sunk on the good ship Hillary by the "big mystery barnacle encrustation"?

If not, I won't be declaring my undying love for republicans. I'll just sit and see what they do. That's how middle folk vote, in case you're not aware..

 

[Vigilante]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

none of those mean leadership, prosperity or unity.

more division, more hate, less America.

That is the game we play these days. Don't ask for whiskey from a bottle of wine.

Oh rly?

 

[PaintMyHouse]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

none of those mean leadership, prosperity or unity.

more division, more hate, less America.

That is the game we play these days. Don't ask for whiskey from a bottle of wine.

Oh rly?

Yep.

 

[Silhouette]

You still haven't said Paint, whose political career you're aiming to wreck as a result of the rift in the democratic party?

 

[Silhouette]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

What type of "revenge" Paint?

The kind that ends political careers.

Paint? Who's political career are you out to end?

 

[Silhouette]

*Crickets* How bold Paint. When you come out of hiding, let me know what the answer to the question is..

 

[CrusaderFrank]

There's no rift, just some various thoughts on our revenge, er, I mean, on getting back into full instead of commanding power.

none of those mean leadership, prosperity or unity.

more division, more hate, less America.

That is the game we play these days. Don't ask for whiskey from a bottle of wine.

Oh rly?

Yep.

You seem very angry. Have you considered punching a teddy bear or your pillow or a pile of socks

Sent from smartphone using my wits and Taptalk

 

[Silhouette]

You seem very angry. Have you considered punching a teddy bear or your pillow or a pile of socks

He's the type of smouldering rageful apex far left that is just one barnacle on that ship in the OP. Hillary is screwed and she knows it... This midterm proves it. It's not about anything but this topic. Hispanics vote and they are catholic. Plus, other people too shy to come out as the 82% who reject gay marriage being universally applied also vote.