2020 campaign strategies for Democrats

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Sunday April 07, 2019 · 1:16 PM PDT

2019/04/07 · 13:16

Just wanted to share a few very simple campaign strategies for Democrats and see what the kos folks think:

1) In parts of the country where folks are still scared of the word “socialism” or even “democratic socialism” use the term “socially-conscious capitalism”.

Conscious capitalism is defined as an emerging economic system that “builds on the foundations of capitalism—voluntary exchange, entrepreneurship, competition, freedom to trade and the rule of law. These are essential to a healthy functioning economy, as are other elements of conscious capitalism including trust, compassion, collaboration, and value creation.

Conscious capitalism is ethically grounded free enterprise.

2) Use a “wide and deep” — “Bernie and Beto” campaigning strategy:

“Wide” as in 50 state-wide: campaign everywhere and anywhere. Bring your message to red states which may not be aware of the Democratic message — go into the bubble, make your message heard.

“Deep” as in both urban and rural areas: dont be afraid to campaign in small town rural areas like Beto.

You may not win those red towns or House seats but peeling off some of those voters can swing Senate races.

It may be time to re-evaluate Democrat's support for unions

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Saturday December 23, 2017 · 3:40 PM PST

2017/12/23 · 15:40

As has been well documented, large numbers of union workers voted for and still support Trump despite Democrat’s support for unions.

This NYTimes article documents the steel workers plight quite well:

The United Steelworkers, the union that includes the workers in Conshohocken, has historically aligned with Democrats. But many workers opposed trade agreements forged by Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and viewed Hillary Clinton’s stance on trade as insincere.

In a shift in the politics of trade, the union has defended the Trump administration’s trade agenda against the criticisms of traditionally Republican business groups, like the Chamber of Commerce.

www.nytimes.com/…

There’s also a general feeling that most union workers actually support Trump because of his “saying it like it is” attitude towards minorities, et al...their resentment against the “others” is off the charts. We already know some other unions such as Police unions are very strong supporters of Trump.

It may be time to re-evaluate Democrat support for unions. We are not getting these voters back.

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Glenn Greenwald is back - keeps repeating Donna Brazile claims

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Sunday November 05, 2017 · 6:55 AM PST

2017/11/05 · 06:55

Glenn Greenwald, friend of Russia and a Jill Stein/Trump apologist, is back with a new article stating that the claims that the DNC signed similar agreements with Bernie and Clinton are false. Inline with his trend of attacking democrats on eve of elections, read more of his journalism straight from Brazil here: theintercept.com/...

Iowa is not a swing state anymore

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Saturday October 14, 2017 · 2:11 PM PDT

2017/10/14 · 14:11

Trump won Iowa by a larger margin than Texas. Iowa is hemorrhaging voters with college degrees at an alarming degree and leaving behind less mobile and less educated more Republican voters.

I know there are some in Kos (especially from the midwest) who still have hope that this rural state will swing back but its looking bleak. My prediction is that the South and the Midwest are on the verge of exchanging the label of the enfant terrible of America. Iowa and Ohio are getting less educated and less diverse while Georgia and North Carolina are getting more educated and more diverse.

NYTimes article:

www.nytimes.com/...

EDIT: I think its safe to say that Iowa (and similar states) will not be getting Amazon HQ2.

A warning for progressives: united we win, divided we fall

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Thursday December 29, 2016 · 10:11 AM PST

2016/12/29 · 10:11

Now I know you might be rolling your eyes at the headline ..yea yea, its obvious. But I recently read two articles which illustrate how progressive/left parties around the world are getting shellacked by right/far-right parties. They also showcase that right-wing parties are more adept at politics and at sticking together than left-wing parties.

via The Economist: Salvaging Jerusalem:

www.economist.com/…

This article shows how the Jeremy Corbyn led Labour Party has literally disintegrated in the UK, leading to a near one-party state in the form of the conservative Tory party. And they are not done yet: Labour is set to lose even more seats in the upcoming election because Corbyn is set on creating a “movement” instead of winning elections.

via Politico: Trump could be Israel’s worst nightmare

www.politico.com/…

Ignore the headline. The real meat in this article describes how Bibi Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party dominated Israel politics for almost three decades and is currently in the midst of fending off even more extreme far right splinter parties. The center-left party, much like in Britain, is disjointed.

In both Israel and Britain, its not like there has been a vast increase in conservative votes/population. Rather the left-wing parties are so disjointed and hapless, it has led to a one-party states where much like in Japan, national decisions take place within warring factions of one large party instead of different government oppositions.

I have little hope that Democrats will get their act together for 2018 and 2020, but I wanted to post this diary as a warning on daily kos. At the least, it makes for interesting reading.

Chuck Schumer ready to kiss Trumps' ring

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Thursday December 22, 2016 · 2:53 PM PST

2016/12/22 · 14:53

Schumer is on the Trump train as far as a trillion dollar spending bill is concerned.

He will lead Democrats to an unnecessary “across the aisle” collaboration which will decimate Democrats across the board in 2018 and 2020.

Kos might as well put a sticky on the DailyKos homepage stating: “Democrats crushed in 2018 and 2020”.

You heard it hear first — bookmark this post.

www.politico.com/...

Final Des Moines Register Iowa poll: Trump +7

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Saturday November 05, 2016 · 6:25 PM PDT

2016/11/05 · 18:25

Dear DKos’ers in Iowa, care to explain whats going on in Iowa? A state that Obama won twice easily?

Poll Link: www.desmoinesregister.com/...

This is worrisome..without running up the score, even if HRC wins, its going to be four deadlocked years.

The Alt-Right will be the "Tea Party" of the HRC Presidency

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Sunday October 30, 2016 · 3:46 PM PDT

2016/10/30 · 15:46

Throughout the Obama presidency, the nasty virulent strain of the GOP in the form of the Tea Party was a constant thorn. If you thought that the Tea Party was the bottom of the GOP factions, you haven’t probably heard of the Alt-Right movement.

With Trumpism, the Alt-right movement is now the face of the GOP and its even nastier than the Tea Party. Get ready for the alt-right faction to be a constant thorn in HRCs side :

www.bloomberg.com/…

Google Research Director publishes Election 2012 guide (and endorses Obama)

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Friday November 02, 2012 · 9:56 PM PDT

2012/11/02 · 21:56

I didn't see this published here so I thought I should share. Google's research director Dr. Peter Norvig (a heavyweight in the computer science and artificial intelligence domain) recently published an Election 2012 guide with tons of analytical information and also explains why he will vote for Obama - its a really good "FAQ".

http://norvig.com/...

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