House Democrat says people want to ‘turn the page’ on Biden
thehill.com
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who has floated a presidential primary contest against President Biden, said Sunday people want to “turn the page” on the incumbent president when it comes to 2024.
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We do want this in our politics, but when we have fascists calling from inside the house, it's a luxury we can't afford right now.
Once fascism is no longer a viable political path for extremists, then we can talk about improving candidate quality and having better options. From where we are currently, though, it feels like putting the cart before the horse.
People have been telling any Democrat that isn't a neoliberal "now isn't the right time for what you want" for far longer than I've been able to vote and I'm 35. Well I say fuck that. Now is a perfectly fine time, people like you just want your guy to keep winning primaries.
I will vote for the person who wins the Democratic primaries. I don't want Biden to run again. He is too old. BUT if he wins the primaries I will vote for him.
Republicans and the Christian Nationalist want to rule us from a minority. Voting may not matter anymore if they get in power. They are scared of young people voting and are looking for ways to stop it. Stop voting for Republicans, they don't believe in our democracy.
I get your feeling, and I'm actually a little bit older than you (so have had to vote for the same boring centrists), but "fuck that" isn't how you strategically defeat a coalition of rich, Conservative ideologues who have been slowly and tactfully eroding our democracy.
"People like me" haven't had their candidate yet win a primary (I'm a progressive socialist), so I'm not sure who you're referring to.
Fair enough, but again that's the same kind of thing we've been hearing for decades. We heard it about Bernie in the last two elections even though he polled better than Clinton or Biden against Trump. At this point it doesn't seem like sound advice so much as a means to convince people to vote for someone they don't actually like based on a vague appeal to the greater good.
Welcome to first past the post voting, where nobody can take any risks for fear of handing the opposition a win by default. Nothing will get better until we overhaul our voting system. We desperately need multiple parties but it's literally impossible to get there with first past the post.
Huh. I usually only hear this when progressives run for anything.