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In reply to the discussion: This is one reason our party's approval is in the toilet [View all]GaYellowDawg
(5,050 posts)41. I've been here since 2004, too.
So you can't really play the longevity card with me.
He started as chair in 2025, and that's not long enough for you to cast aspersions on his effectiveness as chair. I know that he is an effective and engaging speaker because I've actually heard him speak. I honestly doubt that you have. He spoke as well as the vice-chair. When did you meet him in Philly, and under what circumstances?
Who would you have as chair? Didn't the nature of the last election convince you that last-minute changes to leadership can be disastrous? What you need to be doing is thinking of ways to bolster every Democrat's effectiveness instead of looking for some shiny new thing.
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We can still move forward and make progress. Voters are motivated by their own self-interests
newdeal2
Aug 28
#8
Yep. We'll see it again in the next election if we don't. Right now it has been very
GoodRaisin
Aug 29
#23
"Democratic politicians are responding the only way they know how: by heeding the advice of the wonks who...
LudwigPastorius
Aug 29
#14
I believe that dogshit's approval among young people who know nothing, is that he was fighting.
usonian
Aug 29
#15
''The other component of Shakir's pitch involves a subject with which he is deeply familiar: media''
Donkees
Aug 29
#35
Establishment wonk memo: Dem messaging against Trump authoritarianism bad, Repub authentic Trump crime fighter hero
betsuni
Aug 29
#36