The Democratic Party is flush with them. Bloomberg hosted Bush Jr in NYC for the 2004 RNC and now he’s one of the Dems’ most mega of donors. Neocons like Bill Kristol and the Cheneys have been getting dumped over the line by disaffected Republicans for the last decade. Candidates like Charlie Crist and Lincoln Chafe have been fleeing to the Dems in order to escape contested Republican primaries.
Appealing to moderate Republicans is also a great way to fundraise. Lots of wealthy midwesterners and coastal small business tyrants that love neoliberalism as economic policy and just hate the Wokeness that comes along with it.
Those are all wildly unpopular people with all but the wealthy donor class. They are all ghouls who Democrats hated 20 years ago, and trying to emulate them today is when they keep getting shit on in elections. No one wants a Diet Republican Party. They want the real deal or progressivism.
Something about appealing to moderate Republicans, as if that has even been a thing.
The Democratic Party is flush with them. Bloomberg hosted Bush Jr in NYC for the 2004 RNC and now he’s one of the Dems’ most mega of donors. Neocons like Bill Kristol and the Cheneys have been getting dumped over the line by disaffected Republicans for the last decade. Candidates like Charlie Crist and Lincoln Chafe have been fleeing to the Dems in order to escape contested Republican primaries.
Appealing to moderate Republicans is also a great way to fundraise. Lots of wealthy midwesterners and coastal small business tyrants that love neoliberalism as economic policy and just hate the Wokeness that comes along with it.
Those are all wildly unpopular people with all but the wealthy donor class. They are all ghouls who Democrats hated 20 years ago, and trying to emulate them today is when they keep getting shit on in elections. No one wants a Diet Republican Party. They want the real deal or progressivism.
The problem with the Trillionaire Class is that one trillionaire carries the weight of a million millionaires.
Wealthy donors carry so much more weight than rank-and-file voters. And if you don’t support the donor pick, you must be a MAGA sympathist.