Dems Don't Need To 'Moderate,' They Need To Stop Focus Grouping Themselves Into Oblivion

[Zorro]

It comes across as fake and calculating anyway.

Ever since the first moment I laid eyes on him, I have not been able to stand Gavin Newsom. This was not for lack of trying. I really did try to see the Golden Boy everyone but me seemed to see. I tried it every time I heard some know-it-all on social media or pundit talk about how he was the perfect Democratic presidential candidate due to his good looks and suave demeanor. And when he started his little war on the unhoused, I thought to myself, “Yes, sir, I knew your ass all along.”

Judging by his podcast, I think we can all agree that I was correct in this matter.

At this moment, Democrats and some Never Trump conservatives are doing the thing they always do, which is to hem and haw about how to win over voters in more purple and even red areas. Oh, it is the neverending conundrum! Which group of people do we roll over on? And how hard? How many focus groups can we do? How do we hit that sweet spot of “just bland enough so people who aren’t 100 percent fascist will consider voting for us instead of Republicans?”

There is nothing some folks love like homing in on “the one thing they did wrong” (that is probably not the one thing they did wrong) and trying to correct it in increasingly awkward ways. Like when they do campaign ads of themselves shooting guns in flannel shirts.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/dems-dont-need-to-moderate-they-need

[Silent Type]

1. Not a Newsom fan either. But if he appears to be best candidate to beat trump's successor, I'll vote for him.

We need a win in 2026 and 2028.

[ms liberty]

2. At one time I had high hopes for him

He was the first elected official to move ahead with gay marriage, and it made him a pariah for several years, until the rest of the party caught up.
I'm disappointed with him now, though.

[Scrivener7]

3. And none of what we are wringing our hands about is the reason we lost.

We lost because we failed to recognize that there was enough sexism and racism coming from inside the Democratic house to make us lose.

[gab13by13]

4. As Stephanie Miller said today

Democrats don't need to move to the center, moving to the center is closer to fascism.

[Lovie777]

5. It would surprise me if Gov Newsom run in 2028................