The Democrats by the way are one of the most electorally successful center-left parties in the democratic world, something you’d never know if you got your information from the beltway media.
I’m really interested to hear Sarah Longwell, a podcaster who has never won a political campaign in her life, lecture Democrats about how to win elections.
It’s official - How to Eat an Elephant book tour is LIVE. I’m hitting the road this fall to a city near you. Get your tickets here:
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James Carville on Hakeem Jeffries meeting with Jared Kushner: “In the opinion of every Democrat in the US, we believe one thing above all: these people are a pack of felons and traitors and you do not meet with them. You meet with Jared Kushner, we need to drag his ass before a committee and find out what backdoor dealing whorehouse shit he’s got going on with Steve Witkoff and everybody else. We’re not gonna be nice to you, we don’t like you. None of them. Fuck these people. Don’t meet with them. Any business we have is gonna be conducted with you under oath”
Here’s a quote I once a year need to tweet out as a reminder:
“NO ONE EVER WENT BROKE BY TAKING A PROFIT.”
A win is a win. A gain is a gain. You missed it or you sold too early? So be it. FOMO can be a NONO. Can always get back in at the next pit stop if you must. Or just go on the next opportunity. Because there is ALWAYS opportunities around the corner…
@ftukpolitics Of course it took less than a week for the criticism to change from “the Labour leader is bad at social media” to “the Labour leader is too good at social media”
@NaphiSoc@ArmandoNDK Because “Ax” and his Pod Bros relentlessly promoted the Nazi because they hate normie lib women and they think they are very special boys
Ok Sarah now remind us what Tim Miller has been saying about Graham Planter the last six months - despite being told again and again that this kind of scandal was bound to happen.
I’m only gonna do this once, because there’s only so much time one can devote to bad faith attacks, but The Bulwark overall has been extremely Platner-skeptical, while still endeavoring to analyze his popularity with Maine voters. I disagreed with this take at the time, but JVL is clear in this piece that he doesn’t like Platner and worries about populist movements in general. As he says in this piece:
“That’s a powerful thing but I will be honest: I do not like it. Not one bit. I’ve seen that movie before.”
He also makes clear at the top of the piece: “This is not a brief for (or against) Platner. I’m only trying to analyze what likely will happen, I’m not arguing for what should happen.”
This is also annoying to me personally since I’ve taken so much heat for being unwilling to get on board with Platner from the Left. Anyone who has actually listened to us wrestle with the Platner dynamic knows that this characterization of The Bulwark is a lie.
You'll never guess in a million years who you should be mad at.
The candidate who is a total scumbag and cheating on his wife? The consultants who pushed him through with zero vetting?
No, no... Of course you should be mad at Chuck Schumer and The Establishment. Naturally.