Vincent Oriedo, a biotechnology scientist, had just such a question. What lessons have been learned, he asked, from Harris’s defeat in this vital swing county in a crucial battleground state that voted for Joe Biden four years ago, and how are the Democrats applying them?
“They did not answer the question,” he said.
“It tells me that they haven’t learned the lessons and they have their inner state of denial. I’ve been paying careful attention to the influencers within the Democratic party. Their discussions have centred around, ‘If only we messaged better, if only we had a better candidate, if only we did all these superficial things.’ There is really a lack of understanding that they are losing their base, losing constituencies they are taking for granted.”
“We have set ourselves up for generational loss because we keep promoting from within leaders that that do not criticise the moneyed interests. They refuse to take a hard look at what Americans actually believe and meet those needs.”
It does not matter how tuned in the average voter is. What matters is that the Democrats already demonstrated they will not change. They would rather have some old fossil in charge than AOC who might try to change anything.
There is no need to wait until 2028 it is obvious the Democrats will run an even worse campaign. Try to get even more corporate donors and appeal to more right wing voters.
the next campaign isn’t for 2028 or even 2026, it’s 2025. We will see what the Democrats do very soon. If they run the 2024 campaign again, they will lose.
Edit: and no part of the next 4 years’ campaigns will be about the Ranking Member position of the House Oversight Committee…