silence7@slrpnk.netcake to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhat Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down14
arrow-up1150arrow-down1external-linkWhat Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netcake to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoWhat I’ve learned from the last two presidential elections is that right now, the incumbent party loses if people are unhappy with the current state of the country. A clever, but evil opposition party would try to make things worse.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoThis is why “doing what republiQans do” isn’t a useful tactic for Democrats. Never has been, though the party leaders have never learned it.
What I’ve learned from the last two presidential elections is that right now, the incumbent party loses if people are unhappy with the current state of the country. A clever, but evil opposition party would try to make things worse.
This is why “doing what republiQans do” isn’t a useful tactic for Democrats. Never has been, though the party leaders have never learned it.