It’s a difficult needle to thread. Not specifying anything does let republicans call her out for being vague and “not having policies”, but it is true that that approach might have been better in the end regardless. Just let people see what they want to see in her.
Not specifying anything does let republicans call her out for being vague and “not having policies”,
And instead of that she got baited into telling Dem voters that everything she used to agree with us on, she now agrees with Republicans…
It’s a bad campaign choice.
Anytime we’re making decisions based on republican complaints it’s a bad campaign choice.
Republicans bitched and moaned about work from home, so Biden ordered all federal agencies to return to office at least part time, and as soon as he did republicans moved to a new thing and just dropped it
All it did was piss off federal employees and make them like Biden less. And cause experienced workers to leave.
Exactly what republicans wanted.
Republicans demand Dems do things Dem voters don’t want. And the Dems choice is to either ignore them, or piss of their own voters for no fucking reason.
The tucking to the right instinct comes from an almost century long fear campaign tarnishing everything “progressive” and left-leaning. I’ve said it before that I think the general mindset of America is changing, and slowly becoming more progressive (old people do keep dying and Gen Z are voting now). But it’s still a risk to lean left instead, because you know you’ll lose voters doing so but you don’t know how many you’ll gain doing so. My instinct is that this is the first election where leaning into the progressive left is probably worth it, but I’m no political scientist or campaign advisor. So what do I know besides vibes.
Which should have been obvious immediately after Obama ran a progressive campaign and got a landslide victory despite an active campaign firm “moderate” Dems to get Dem voters to vote for the Republican candidate.
It’s a difficult needle to thread. Not specifying anything does let republicans call her out for being vague and “not having policies”, but it is true that that approach might have been better in the end regardless. Just let people see what they want to see in her.
And instead of that she got baited into telling Dem voters that everything she used to agree with us on, she now agrees with Republicans…
It’s a bad campaign choice.
Anytime we’re making decisions based on republican complaints it’s a bad campaign choice.
Republicans bitched and moaned about work from home, so Biden ordered all federal agencies to return to office at least part time, and as soon as he did republicans moved to a new thing and just dropped it
All it did was piss off federal employees and make them like Biden less. And cause experienced workers to leave.
Exactly what republicans wanted.
Republicans demand Dems do things Dem voters don’t want. And the Dems choice is to either ignore them, or piss of their own voters for no fucking reason.
Kamala apparently hasn’t learned that lesson.
The tucking to the right instinct comes from an almost century long fear campaign tarnishing everything “progressive” and left-leaning. I’ve said it before that I think the general mindset of America is changing, and slowly becoming more progressive (old people do keep dying and Gen Z are voting now). But it’s still a risk to lean left instead, because you know you’ll lose voters doing so but you don’t know how many you’ll gain doing so. My instinct is that this is the first election where leaning into the progressive left is probably worth it, but I’m no political scientist or campaign advisor. So what do I know besides vibes.
Except that fear is unfounded…
Which should have been obvious immediately after Obama ran a progressive campaign and got a landslide victory despite an active campaign firm “moderate” Dems to get Dem voters to vote for the Republican candidate.