Given the history of the last decade and a half, any prediction for the future is likely to be very wrong, but I think we may be at a very interesting moment where Israel undermines Trump's efforts to surrender to Iran, and as a result Trump might actually take steps to distance himself from Israel.

The dems could find themselves with not only their preexisting fealty to AIPAC driving them but now a need to take the opposing position as Republicans. If Republicans find themselves for once on the right side of this issue, at a time when Americans are waking up to it, it could be a political disaster for dems.

I think it's far fetched as it would just as likely splinter the R party, but it remains a critical example of Dems being out of touch.

It wasn't just "her run"....

It's that she set up a secret deal during the primary where her campain funded thebDNC and in exchange she got final authority on anything the DNC said...

But the real problem was 2009 when Obama ignored the DNC instead of naming a progressive chair. Dude just didn't do anything with the DNC because he was mad they were biased against him. Despite the fact that he could have handed anyone he wanted the keys.

She was probably trotted out with this message because she's powerless and disposable. People get sick of James Carville being trotted out to do this stuff all the time. You have to mix it up a little with other washed out nobodies who still want to get paid.

Naw, just an ideologically bankrupt corporate-lackey centrist, that's all.

OK, explain more ?

I actually agree with her. Participation matters. Primaries are important.

Doing better than Kamala would have been easy. Even 2023 Kamala would have beaten 2024 Kamala. I think Walz is still the most likely VP, but I think Mark Kelly or Mayor Pete lead the ticket.

One of he biggest mistakes the Harris campaign made was to be just "Joe Biden Lite".

Plus a Biden without the baggage of a 2024 campaign could have done A LOT more.

Democrats might have fought and complained, but come fall 2024 I suspect they would have been happy enough with their choice. Sure it may have been a Clinton 2020 situation, but probably better off.

But, while some of the progressives' economic populist messages resonate with a lot of Americans, a lot of the progressives' messages on social issues do not.

The problem is that a third of Americans are indoctrinated into thinking that progressive economic and social policies are communist and immoral, respectively.