It’s vitally important that Democrats now ask one question and one question only: Does Biden have the best chance of beating Trump, or is there someone else readily available who has a better chance?
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The race is not people deciding between Biden and Trump, but people on both sides who have made up their minds deciding whether or not to vote
Coincidentally, there is an enormous effort to paint voting as not worthwhile, and Biden as not good enough to be worthwhile bothering to vote for, aimed at left wing voters
Actual left-winger here. We've been saying the USA deserves better than Biden since before the 2020 election. Don't lump us in with the centrists, liberals, and moderates who've only just pulled their heads out of the sand long enough to notice that the incumbent is expected to lose.
There's no point in starting to panic now, all this has been inevitable since the DNC won the right to rig their own primary after the disaster that was the "Her Turn" campaign in 2016. Either y'all start calling your reps and demanding a better option on the ballot, or start making preparations for the fascism and civil unrest in our future.
Highly infuriated with the Dems over Biden in 2020 BUT he has turned out remarkably better than I ever thought. He now has a decent track record that makes him a good choice for another 4 years. On the other hand, we could go all dictator/fascist and lose all democracy. It comes down to Joe Biden who is now the one hope to save democracy.
Take the bus that gets you closest to your destination folks. In the meantime, get progressives into offices at local and state levels so they can move up to congressional levels.
Its good to know progressives will hold our country hostage rather than take baby steps to a progressive country.
I'm not a "Progressive". American Progressives are called "Moderates" in most other countries, and their Progressives would probably call me a Communist or an Anarchist without bothering to distinguish between the two.
The people holding this country hostage are the ones who ran the only primary challenger out of the party rather than admit that the incumbent is expected to lose re-election.
America has to excise the fascist rot at its core before it can become a "Progressive" country. Voting alone cannot accomplish this, it would require a massive perspective shift across the general public on the scale of China's cultural revolution. After Covid failed to induce anything but a shift to more work-from-home, I don't see that happening.
The first baby step I'm focused on accomplishing is trying to convince liberals that if democracy is really at stake, then they can't run the risk of trying to play it safe like they did in 2016.
My man he is not a progressive
Zero progressives I know IRL have any kind of idea like that Biden is mediocre implies it’s okay if Trump comes to power and takes a flamethrower to all progressive causes with impacts that will last as long as you or I are alive. It’s purely a thing I see online from self described leftists.
I wonder if I look back in their history, I will see lots of advocacy for marijuana reform or criminal justice or better foreign policy in Central / South America… or anything other than left wing causes that can be tied directly in immediate and lazy fashion back to Biden (economy, immigration, Gaza)
Correct. Your idea of a "progressive" is my idea of a "moderate centrist".
I don't think it's "okay", I think it's inevitable. The DNC would rather lose to the Republicans than lose their campaign financiers (who also sponsor Republicans).
Not sure what kind of point youre trying to make here, all of the above are important issues and I've talked about them extensively on this and prior social media accounts. I'd have to dig into my dead Twitter account for receipts but I predicted the lack of enthusiasm for the "safe" incumbent Democrat causing Trump to win this year's election all the way back in 2015 when the DNC decided that knocking Bernie off the ballot was more important than holding a democratic primary that was actually democratic. That the Dems would have to switch if they wanted to win has been as obvious as the fact that the incumbent won't stand down unless forced to, an extremely unlikely proposition.
You are in good company. Professor Allan Lichtman has a fascinating scientific approach for presidential elections. (it's long but the first ten minutes will give you the idea).
Democrats look at the tiniest flaws rather than Biden's popular policies.
Yep, only wonks care about policy. To the average American, the election amounts to little more than a popularity contest.
They do that because the voters do that
Yes. Enormous efforts. “Genocide Joe” (the name) is part of that effort.
There is one in this comments section
Just one? Are they a faux-commie?
There are a lot more now; it started out as one
I was more worried about it until I realized Lemmy is the only place I'd heard anyone say Genocide Joe.
This is how effective psyops works.
Joe Biden is on track to win this election. Democrats are hell bent on snatching defeat from the mouth of victory.
Most people are just now waking up and paying attention while Biden's numbers are beginning to climb, in spite of his own party trying to sabotage him.