I do agree Jack, and of course the depraved deportations should be strongly opposed. However I can also see why Jeffries is focusing so strongly on pinning the tariff chaos on Trump, and more generally it might be healthy for the Democrats to practise some message discipline on kitchen table issues after the mess last year.
This will hopefully make it more likely that new effective communicators will emerge to lead the party, who voters feel understand their everyday problems. Ultimately a key reason why the USA is in such an awful place politically is that the only sensible party has been unable to field a strong Presidential candidate since 2012. Helping the next Obama or Clinton emerge should surely be a priority for the Dems in the next few years.
I think Biden was a pretty strong candidate in 2020. But more broadly, it seems as if the Democrats just don't know how to campaign against authoritarianism. Which, to be fair, is difficult. I've given this analogy zero thought but it reminds me of Labour/Tory MPs forming Change UK and not knowing how to be a small party.
I do agree Jack, and of course the depraved deportations should be strongly opposed. However I can also see why Jeffries is focusing so strongly on pinning the tariff chaos on Trump, and more generally it might be healthy for the Democrats to practise some message discipline on kitchen table issues after the mess last year.
This will hopefully make it more likely that new effective communicators will emerge to lead the party, who voters feel understand their everyday problems. Ultimately a key reason why the USA is in such an awful place politically is that the only sensible party has been unable to field a strong Presidential candidate since 2012. Helping the next Obama or Clinton emerge should surely be a priority for the Dems in the next few years.
I think Biden was a pretty strong candidate in 2020. But more broadly, it seems as if the Democrats just don't know how to campaign against authoritarianism. Which, to be fair, is difficult. I've given this analogy zero thought but it reminds me of Labour/Tory MPs forming Change UK and not knowing how to be a small party.