Minnesota representative has voted for majority of Biden’s legislative agenda but says it’s time for next generation of leaders
Minnesota representative has voted for majority of Biden’s legislative agenda but says it’s time for next generation of leaders
Oh neat. Another centrist trying to give Trump another term. Guess supporting incumbents is only for incumbents like Henry Cuellar and Joe Manchin.
If he succeeds in giving Trump another term, centrists will do what they do every time they lose: blame progressives and shift to the right.
As if Biden himself isn’t a centrist severely increasing the risk of another Trump term.
I’m not saying that I’m in favor of this Phillips rando, mind you, I’m saying that I’m in favor of a candidate with policy positions much more in alignment with the majority of the population than either of them, IE a progressive.
I’m just saying that centrists are against primarying incumbents only when the primary challenge comes from the incumbent’s left.
That’s absolutely true, yeah.
Maybe it’s on the Dems to run a party worth voting for instead of “not trump.”
Not Trump is all I need to vote that aside. One midterm race that I watched closely that didn’t get a lot of national attention was Ryan vs Vance for the Ohio Senate. Ryan ran on abortion rights, reversing job loss & wage stagnation, reducing fossil fuels & increased renewables especially solar, debt free tuition, etc. He ran on more than not trump. Democrats just didn’t bother to vote and Ohio elected Vance who only got nominated because of Trump.
Not sure where I read, but don’t less Democrats vote during midterms?
Voter participation goes down across the board in a midterm. The party out of power typically gets a bump and generally republicans are more reliable voters than Democrats. So yeah. Typically.
Typically I blame people who don’t show up to vote. Overall I think Democrats have better solutions to that problems facing America today but people don’t want to actually vote. Turn out for the last midterm was about 45%. That’s terrible.
Didn’t show up to vote or disenfranchised to vote?
Didn’t show up because those numbers changed during the presidential election. If it were disenfranchisement I think they would have remained low.
I don’t know that the Democrats have better solutions, for me it’s the simple fact that Democrats are proposing solutions at all. What are the proposed Republican solutions for the cost of healthcare, the wage gap, the climate crisis, gun violence?
I don’t even fully agree with all the solutions proposed by Democrats, but it seems to me like they’re the only game in town.
Well a Republican might answer this way:
Healthcare: let the free market determine the price. If you can’t afford it then that’s an incentive to get a better job.
Wage gap: negotiate for better pay. Or find a better job.
Climate crisis: the earth goes though patterns of hot and cold. Humans have nothing to do with it.
Gun violence: the only thing that’ll stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
You know what? I stand corrected. You’re absolutely right.
Honestly don’t see how he’s any worse than Biden in that front. Most people only voted Biden specifically because he wasn’t Trump. A primary challenger could possibly energize dem voters into going to the polls and get some kind of policy talk going, while it remaind to be seen who thr GOP nominee will be, Trumps legal woes coule likely DOA his chances assuming the GOP can produce one healthy brain cell to champion their ticket.
But there’s a chance you’ll elect someone better than Biden. The fact that the US basically has a two-party system is already terrible enough.
But I doubt Biden will not win the Dems primary since he’s already sitting as the President.
And even if Dean Philips doesn’t win the primary, it gives him exposure in advance of the 2028 elections once whoever finishes their term.
What would someone “better than Biden” have done differently? And would this jackass realistically have done those things?