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Democrats are employing an ineffective and counterproductive opposition strategy by engaging in pure opposition ('we'll stop them') and reacting hysterically to Trump's statements rather than waiting for concrete actions or seeking collaboration.
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"they keep the Democrats keep making the mistake of playing trump/ the new gop's game which which is like for instance uh opposition as a position like the idea of we'll stop them we won't do anything for them we'll stop everything they do that won't work for the Democrats"
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"they're taking the bait again and just attacking everything he does and everything he says"
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"if they resist that the Democrats and the media too by the way of just jumping on everything the guy says and wait for what he does and on the political side try to collaborate as much I think that's how everybody's best served including their party interests"
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"for the media and the Democrats without knowing the plan as you said but even if that's the plan to scream hysterically about what a horrible idea that is seems to me kind of a mistake"
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- 02
Democrats should prioritize governing and improving the lives of real people by seeking common ground and opportunities to collaborate with the administration and Republicans on issues like immigration, taxes, and housing, rather than focusing solely on 'more politics' or pure opposition. They should also challenge based on ideas.
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"the point of politics is not more politics the point of politics is governing to improve the real lives of real people"
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"they'll look for opportunities to work with the administration and the majorities of the republicans in Congress to find common ground to make the real lives of real people better immigration taxes housing there's a number of areas where I think they could find common Grant"
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"and they should challenge Donald Trump and they should do it based on ideas along those lines"
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"and on the political side try to collaborate as much I think that's how everybody's best served including their party interests"
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There is a growing public exhaustion with political division and an emerging appetite for more constructive, cross-partisan conversations, indicating a shift in voter preference for political engagement.
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"the division has just gotten exhausting"
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"divisions kind of run its course like people can only get so angry and that there is an emerging appetite to listen to people and talk with people you do not agree with"
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"conversation has come back into common appetites"
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Kamala Harris was not a suitable candidate to defeat Donald Trump and should have recognized her own limitations, particularly her perceived inability to make difficult choices under pressure, a crucial quality for a president.
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"she shouldn't have run when when Joe Biden called her and said I'm I'm I'm I'm not gonna run maybe she should have said you know what I'm not gonna run either because I can evaluate my capacity to beat Donald Trump in 100 days and I'm not the right person"
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"she's not good at making difficult choices Under Pressure that is the job description of President and presidential candidate"
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"she should have said to herself I think I'm not good at making difficult choices under pressure and trying to figure out how to explain why the country should vote for me as part of an Administration where they think the country's on the wrong track is going to require making a lot of difficult decisions under pressure and I shouldn't do it"
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The Democratic Party has allowed Donald Trump to capture the 'majority position' on key issues across national security, economics, and social/cultural domains, effectively ceding the political center to him.
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"I think the Democratic party has allowed Donald Trump to take the majority position on all three legs"
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"the Democrats let Donald Trump become a Centrist"
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"the lesson for the Democrats is figure out that in fact you've moved so far to the left on all three issues that you can't compete even against someone as unpopular as Donald Trump"
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- 06
Democrats are out of step with mainstream public opinion on specific policy areas: being perceived as favoring 'forever wars' (National Security), promoting unpopular high government spending (Economics), and moving too far left on cultural issues like trans rights and immigration.
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"I think she got caught up in the forever Wars and being tagged with that"
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"Joe Biden had brought the economy back by spending a ton of money and having all these government programs a lot of Americans don't like that"
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"on the cultural stuff yes abortion better for the Democrats but some of these other issues trans immigration which is also of course an economic issue"
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- 07
The Democratic Party has shifted too far to the left, becoming a 'far far left' party, which is a significant departure from its historical positioning, particularly compared to 1988 or the Bill Clinton era when it was more centrist.
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"the Democrat can't be the far farle party that they've become"
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"they've never been this left wing they're substantially to the left of 1988 when Michael duus lost"
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"Bill Clinton brought them back to the center with a range of more moderate positions"
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- 08
The Democratic Party has shifted too far to the left, becoming a 'far far-left party' that is substantially more left-wing than in previous eras (e.g., 1988) and has alienated its traditional working-class base.
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"the Democrat can't be the far farle party that they've become"
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"but they've never been this left wing they're substantially to the left of 1988 when Michael duus lost"
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"this is not his party that cat was all working class all the time"
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- 09
Democrats are making a strategic mistake by engaging in pure opposition, 'playing Trump/GOP's game' by attacking everything he says and does, and reacting hysterically to potential plans without full information, rather than focusing on substantive ideas or waiting for actual policies.
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"they keep the Democrats keep making the mistake of playing trump/ the new gop's game which which is like for instance uh opposition as a position like the idea of we'll stop them we won't do anything for them we'll stop everything they do that won't work for the Democrats"
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"they're taking the bait again and just attacking everything he does and everything he says"
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"for the media and the Democrats without knowing the plan as you said but even if that's the plan to scream hysterically about what a horrible idea that is seems to me kind of a mistake"
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Democrats 'screwed up' the status quo, particularly on border policy, and felt compelled to defend a narrative they owned, which contributed to their political challenges on the issue. They also fail to express outrage at illegal immigrants committing crimes, which is out of step with public sentiment.
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"they didn't do that because it was a narrative that they had to own they had to own the status quo and they had screwed it up especially on the border"
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"you never once have heard Donald Trump or Joe Biden or KLA Harris Express outrage at people coming to this country illegally and committing crimes against American citizens never once"
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"I'd bet if you did a poll and said president Trump wants to use the military to help Deport people in the country who've come illegally and then committed a second crime against an American citizen I think that …"
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The prevailing political media landscape, particularly cable news, is often 'dumbed down' and fails to meet the public's desire for sophisticated, in-depth political discourse.
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"a lot of cable is dumbed down it's not as sophisticated as you hear if you went into a Manhattan bar or a Green Bay Diner or a a Colorado daycare center"
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"people want conversation they want sophistication they don't want to be dumbed down"
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Engaging in sustained, civil conversations with individuals holding opposing political views can reduce partisan anger and foster greater understanding among voters, as evidenced by Harris supporters feeling less upset after listening to Trump supporters.
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"meant to have Trump supporters listen to Harris supporters and Harris supporters listen to Trump supporters and rather than getting angry about it learn from it"
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"so many of our Harris voters say I'm less upset than my friends who voted for Harris and I'm less upset because I've listened here to Long conversations with Trump supporters"
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A 'problem for the left' (Democratic Party) is their tendency to incorrectly assume that all Trump voters are 'racist or fascist or bigot,' which prevents them from understanding the true, diverse motivations of these voters.
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"so I think part of the problem for the left is to say we can't imagine really that everyone who voted for Donald Trump is a racist or fascist or bigot it just it can't be true"
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"because most of them did not vote for Donald Trump because they're bigots"
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- 14
Many individuals within Democratic-leaning social and professional circles (e.g., Manhattan, Washington) lack personal connections with or understanding of Trump voters, indicating a broader intellectual curiosity deficit that hinders their ability to comprehend electoral outcomes.
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"I find it hilarious how many people I meet in Manhattan in Washington I say what friends do you have who voted for Trump and they say none none that's incredible"
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"you should be intellectually curious as an American as to why those people are about to do something that you say you can't imagine anyone doing"
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Joe Biden should not have run for re-election, and arguably not even in 2020, indicating a poor strategic decision for the Democratic Party.
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"Joe Biden should never have run he really shouldn't have run in 2020 but he certainly shouldn't have run free election"
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"he shouldn't have run and she shouldn't have run"
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The media's portrayal of Donald Trump as appealing only to an 'extreme MAGA base' is a significant failing that has misled Democrats into underestimating his broader, more centrist appeal on key policy issues.
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"I would say the biggest failing of the media in covering Donald Trump and and and it it lulls the Democrats into this of all the failings they say he's just appealing to his extreme magga base well it turns out the extreme magga base is 50% plus"
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"on all those issues Donald Trump is not appealing to the extreme agab base he's appealing to the center"
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Potential Democratic presidential candidates, such as Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom, lack the extreme drive, ruthlessness, and willingness to overcome significant obstacles ('gnaw through handcuffs') that are deemed vital for winning the presidency, as exemplified by Donald Trump.
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"you have to wake up every day and say what are the 10 things I need to do today to get elected president and if one of the things on the list is you you need to gnaw through the handcuffs that have you chained to a fence you need to GW through the handcuffs and Trump will do it"
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"and I don't think there's any evidence that Nikki Haley or Ronda santis or Gretchen Whitmer or the Gavin Nome will GW through those handcuffs"
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Democrats are 'taking the bait again' by immediately attacking everything Trump says and does, rather than waiting for concrete actions.
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"they're taking the bait again and just attacking everything he does and everything he says"
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"if they resist that the Democrats and the media too by the way of just jumping on everything the guy says and wait for what he does"
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- 19
Democrats (and the media) make a mistake by 'screaming hysterically' about potential Trump plans, such as deporting illegal immigrants who commit crimes, especially when such plans would likely be popular with a large segment of the public.
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"for the media and the Democrats without knowing the plan as you said but even if that's the plan to scream hysterically about what a horrible idea that is seems to me kind of a mistake"
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"to be hysterical about something you said that hasn't happened yet that would probably be popular seems like a bad idea to me"
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Democrats 'screwed up' the status quo, particularly on border policy, and have failed to address public concerns or outrage regarding illegal immigration and associated crimes.
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"they didn't do that because it was a narrative that they had to own they had to own the status quo and they had screwed it up especially on the border"
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"you never once have heard Donald Trump or Joe Biden or KLA Harris Express outrage at people coming to this country illegally and committing crimes against American citizens never once and most Americans are outraged"
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- 21
Democrats should prioritize governing and finding common ground with Republicans on substantive issues like immigration, taxes, and housing to improve the lives of real people, rather than focusing on 'more politics' or pure opposition.
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"the point of politics is not more politics the point of politics is governing to improve the real lives of real people so I hope that at least in the in in initial days and months they'll look for opportunities to work with the administration and the majorities of the republicans in Congress to find common ground to make the real lives of real people better immigration taxes housing there's a number of areas where I think they could find common Grant and they should challenge Donald Trump and they should do it based on ideas along those lines"
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"on the political side try to collaborate as much I think that's how everybody's best served including their party interests"
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Democratic governors should leverage their states as 'laboratories of democracy' to develop innovative ideas that could potentially be scaled up to federal programs, fostering competition for votes by demonstrating effective governance.
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"I'd like to see all governors including the Democratic Governors treat their states as what was called in the 90s Laboratories of democracy where they come up with innovative ideas that other Governors can copy"
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"we're better off if both parties look to be aggressively competing for the other side's votes"
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While Democrats did not 'screw up' the economy, public perception is skewed because Trump's economic record is often viewed without factoring in the impact of the pandemic, giving him an unfair advantage in the narrative.
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"they did not screw up the economy"
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"Trump gets a pass on the economy because he gets to look at his administration without the pandemic they never factor in the pandemic but that's politics"
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Democrats are making a strategic mistake by playing into the "Trump/new GOP's game" by adopting "opposition as a position" and attacking everything Trump does, which is ineffective.
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"they keep the Democrats keep making the mistake of playing trump/ the new gop's game which which is like for instance uh opposition as a position like the idea of we'll stop them we won't do anything for them we'll stop everything they do that won't work for the Democrats"
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"they're taking the bait again and just attacking everything he does and everything he says"
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Democrats (and the media) make a mistake by reacting hysterically to hypothetical or unconfirmed Trump plans, particularly on immigration, instead of waiting for concrete actions or seeking collaboration.
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"I think if they resist that the Democrats and the media too by the way of just jumping on everything the guy says and wait for what he does and on the political side try to collaborate as much I think that's how everybody's best served including their party interests"
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"for the media and the Democrats without knowing the plan as you said but even if that's the plan to scream hysterically about what a horrible idea that is seems to me kind of a mistake"
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Kamala Harris received a historically low vote count in New York City.
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"even though she got a record low since tacus"
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The current electoral choices (Trump and Harris) are unacceptable, and America deserves better candidates.
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"the choices are unacceptable to me America should do better than Trump and Harris"
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A significant reason for Trump's electoral success is that a segment of the electorate had 'problems with the Democratic party' and perceived Trump as offering 'better solutions.'
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"they're people who had problems with the Democratic party and who saw in Donald Trump uh what he had on offer better Solutions"
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A 'main reason' for the Democratic Party's electoral losses is the difficulty its supporters (and implicitly the party itself) face in accepting 'any flaws in the Democratic party.'
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"it's very difficult for the people who don't like him to accept any flaws in the Democratic party which is one of the main reasons I think they lost"
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The Democratic Party and its supporters are unwilling to acknowledge specific problems within their administration, such as inaction on immigration for three years or the President's declining mental acuity.
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"on the left if you say well wasn't it a problem that the administration did nothing for three years about immigration or isn't it a problem that the president's mental acuity decline was so obvious and everyone around him said we can't keep up with him he's so sharp they won't acknowledge it"
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- 31
The left (Democrats/allies) accuse the media of not calling out Donald Trump's outrageous behavior proportionately.
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"I don't minimize the complaints of those on the left who say you do not call him out proportionate to the outrageous"
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The Democratic Party is complicit in normalizing the perceived mental decline of the Commander-in-Chief (Biden) by covering it up.
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"you're the party of a conspiracy with the breast to cover up the commander-in-chiefs of the United States mental decline"
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Democrats normalize concerning behavior by President Biden, such as speaking to a dead congresswoman, by downplaying it and not bringing it up again, which is presented as more dangerous than Trump's actions.
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"after he speaks to a dead congresswoman you pretend it didn't happen you make it a two-day story and you never bring it up again that's normalizing something that's super dangerous more dangerous than Donald Trump and Mara Lago"
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Democrats normalize President Biden's lack of transparency, exemplified by his avoidance of press conferences and interviews with major outlets like the New York Times.
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"how about no press conferences how about no interviews with the New York Times during the entirety of his term how about normalizing that"
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Media coverage, by focusing too heavily on Donald Trump's negative aspects (e.g., legal cases, attempts to keep him off the ballot), inadvertently drove voters into his arms, rather than undercovering him.
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"you cannot blame the press for undercovering Donald Trump I think what you can blame the press for is for covering him so hard that you force voters into the arms of Donald Trump"
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- 36
The normalization of negative narratives about Trump (even if based on misquoted or false statements by Democratic figures) by the media produced votes for Donald Trump.
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"that normalization produced votes for Donald Trump"
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Voters who are critical of Trump also perceive the politicians (Democrats) who criticize him as hypocritical, lying, using the system for their own benefit, and even subverting democracy (e.g., in how they picked Harris).
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"the people who are outraged by him are really not that much better than him these politicians lie they use the system uh to their own benefit they used it against him they say he's a threat to democracy and then they subverted democracy with how they picked Harris"
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Beyond Trump's actions regarding the 2020 election, Democrats have engaged in actions that make it hard to argue they have 'clean hands'.
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"outside of that I can point the things the Democrats did that again it's hard to hard to argue that they've got clean hands"
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Democrats should have been able to defeat Trump in the election.
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"democrats should have been able to beat Trump in this election"
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Democrats lost every close electoral call in the Electoral College.
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"they just lost every closed call that there was uh in the Electoral College"
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Joe Biden should not have run for president, neither in 2020 nor in the current election cycle.
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"Joe Biden should never have run he really shouldn't have run in 2020 but he certainly shouldn't have run"
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The 'failed record' of the Biden-Harris administration was a significant vulnerability for the Democratic Party, contributing to their electoral losses.
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"the biggest vulnerability Joe Biden had besides his loss of Acuity and his age was our failed record"
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The political offerings, messages, or platforms ('what they're selling') of both the Democratic and Republican parties are not popular with a significant portion of the American electorate.
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"pressure on the Democrats and the Republicans to recognize that what they're selling is not particularly popular with tens of millions of folks"
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The media participated in a conspiracy with the Biden Administration to cover up President Biden's alleged loss of mental acuity.
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"the participation in a conspiracy with Biden Administration to cover up his loss of mental acuity"
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The media failed to adequately hold Joe Biden and Kamala Harris accountable, resulting in unequal coverage.
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"the failure to hold Joe Biden and K Harris accountable"
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Newsrooms are biased due to the presence of liberals, leading to unfair coverage that implicitly favors Democrats.
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"Purge The Newsroom of liberals also would probably do that who cover things faily"
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Some individuals on the political left are afflicted by 'Trump derangement syndrome' and spread falsehoods about Donald Trump.
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"if you're on the left don't be afflicted by Trump derangement syndrome don't tolerate people telling lies about Donald Trump when the truth is bad enough"
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For the first time, independent voters have voted more as independents than as identified Democrats or Republicans, indicating a significant shift in voter alignment.
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"the first time in your and my careers Independents or people who identified as that voted more that way than as Democrats and the same as Republicans"
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The increasing trend of independent voting should put pressure on the Democratic Party (and Republicans) to adapt.
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"it it it certainly at a minimum should put pressure on the Democrats and the"
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Democrats should prioritize governing and improving the real lives of people by seeking opportunities to work with the opposing administration and congressional majorities on common ground issues like immigration, taxes, and housing.
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"I hope that at least in the in in initial days and months they'll look for opportunities to work with the administration and the majorities of the republicans in Congress to find common ground to make the real lives of real people better immigration taxes housing there's a number of areas where I think they could find common Grant"
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Democrats should challenge Donald Trump based on ideas.
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"they should challenge Donald Trump and they should do it based on ideas"
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Democratic governors should treat their states as 'laboratories of democracy' to develop innovative ideas that could potentially be adopted as federal programs.
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"I'd like to see all governors including the Democratic Governors treat their states as what was called in the 90s Laboratories of democracy where they come up with innovative ideas that other Governors can copy and um and and can um and can maybe make Federal programs where that's applicable"
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The Democratic Party has become a 'far, far-left party' and cannot effectively compete for votes from the other side if it remains so.
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"the Democrat can't be the far farle party that they've become"
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The Democratic Party is currently 'substantially to the left' of its position in 1988 (when Michael Dukakis lost) and has 'never been this left wing'.
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"they've never been this left wing they're substantially to the left of 1988 when Michael duus lost"
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The current Democratic Party has shifted away from its traditional working-class base and its historical stance on cultural and economic issues, making it unrecognizable to figures like Mario Cuomo.
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"this is not his party that cat was all working class all the time yeah and anything that had to do with money uh in the system he thought was obviously poison and everything on culture I mean even though he was you know a a noted Catholic he was all about keeping it out of other people's lives"
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Democrats are repeatedly making the mistake of adopting 'opposition as a position' (stopping everything the other side does), which is an ineffective strategy against Trump and the new GOP.
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"they keep the Democrats keep making the mistake of playing trump/ the new gop's game which which is like for instance uh opposition as a position like the idea of we'll stop them we won't do anything for them we'll stop everything they do that won't work for the Democrats"
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Democratic leaders (Joe Biden, Kamala Harris) have failed to express outrage at people entering the country illegally and committing crimes, despite this being an issue that deeply concerns most Americans.
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"you never once have heard Donald Trump or Joe Biden or KLA Harris Express outrage at people coming to this country illegally and committing crimes against American citizens never once and most Americans are outraged"
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Democrats 'screwed it up especially on the border' because they felt compelled to 'own the status quo' regarding immigration policy.
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"they didn't do that because it was a narrative that they had to own they had to own the status quo and they had screwed it up especially on the border"
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Democrats did not 'screw up the economy'.
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"they did not screw up the economy"
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The current Democratic Party has lost its historical connection to the working class, alienating a traditional segment of its base.
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"this is not his party that cat was all working class all the time"
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Democratic governors should leverage their states as 'laboratories of democracy' to develop innovative policy ideas that can be replicated elsewhere.
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"I'd like to see all governors including the Democratic Governors treat their states as what was called in the 90s Laboratories of democracy where they come up with innovative ideas that other Governors can copy"
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Democrats did not mismanage the economy, and Trump's economic record is often unfairly assessed without accounting for the impact of the pandemic.
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"they did not screw up the economy um Trump gets a pass on the economy because he gets to look at his administration without the pandemic they never factor in the pandemic but that's politics"
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The Democratic Party, or its allies, employed a strategy of demonizing Donald Trump by presenting him as a 'boogeyman' to voters.
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"Boogey men that were waved in front of the Maga voters faces"
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The media participated in a conspiracy with the Biden Administration to conceal or cover up the President's declining mental acuity.
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"the participation in a conspiracy with Biden Administration to cover up his loss of mental acuity"
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- 65
The media failed to adequately hold Joe Biden and Kamala Harris accountable for their actions or policies.
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"the failure to hold Joe Biden and K Harris accountable"
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The media exhibits unequal coverage, treating Democratic presidents more favorably or less critically than Republican presidents.
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"is this the way we' cover a Democratic president who did the same thing not harder not easier"
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Newsrooms are biased due to a significant presence of liberal journalists, which impacts fair coverage.
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"Purge The Newsroom of liberals"
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Individuals on the political left, including elements of the Democratic base, are afflicted by 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' leading to irrational opposition.
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"if you're on the left don't be afflicted by Trump derangement syndrome"
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Some individuals on the left, including Democrats, resort to telling lies about Donald Trump, even when factual criticisms would suffice.
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"don't tolerate people telling lies about Donald Trump when the truth is bad enough"
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The Democratic Party's campaign strategy involved presenting Donald Trump with 'Boogeymen' such as a 'revenge agenda' to influence voters.
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"this suspicion of him and his revenge agenda and all of the Boogey men that were waved in front of the Maga voters faces"
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The Biden Administration participated in a conspiracy with the media to cover up President Biden's loss of mental acuity.
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"the participation in a conspiracy with Biden Administration to cover up his loss of mental acuity"
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The media exhibited a failure to hold Joe Biden and Kamala Harris accountable, contributing to unequal coverage.
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"how unequal the coverage was particularly the failure to hold Joe Biden and K Harris accountable"
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People on the left, including Democratic supporters, are afflicted by 'Trump derangement syndrome' and are prone to tolerating false narratives about Donald Trump.
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"if you're on the left don't be afflicted by Trump derangement syndrome don't tolerate people telling lies about Donald Trump when the truth is bad enough"
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The growing trend of independent voters, who now constitute a larger voting bloc than identified Democrats or Republicans, necessitates adaptation and puts pressure on the Democratic Party.
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"Independents or people who identified as that voted more that way than as Democrats and the same as Republicans … it certainly at a minimum should put pressure on the Democrats and the"
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The media failed to adequately hold the Biden-Harris administration accountable and exhibited unequal coverage, particularly by overreaching in covering legal cases against Donald Trump while neglecting scrutiny of the Democratic leadership.
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"the failure to hold Joe Biden and K Harris accountable and the overreach on things like covering the legal cases against Donald Trump which in some cases have some Merit but in all cases have fundamental flaws for the prosecution of a former president"
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The Democratic Party should prioritize governing to improve the lives of real people by seeking opportunities to work with the Republican administration and Congress to find common ground on issues like immigration, taxes, and housing.
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"the point of politics is not more politics the point of politics is governing to improve the real lives of real people so I hope that at least in the in in initial days and months they'll look for opportunities to work with the administration and the majorities of the republicans in Congress to find common ground to make the real lives of real people better immigration taxes housing"
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Democrats should challenge Donald Trump based on ideas rather than just opposition.
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"they should challenge Donald Trump and they should do it based on ideas"
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Democratic governors should treat their states as "laboratories of democracy" to develop innovative ideas that can be copied by other governors or inform federal programs.
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"I'd like to see all governors including the Democratic Governors treat their states as what was called in the 90s Laboratories of democracy where they come up with innovative ideas that other Governors can copy and um and and can um and can maybe make Federal programs where that's applicable"
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The Democratic Party has shifted too far to the left, becoming the "far far-left party" and is substantially to the left of its position in 1988, which hinders its ability to aggressively compete for votes from the other side.
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"we're better off if both parties look to be aggressively competing for the other side's votes and that means the Democrat can't be the far farle party that they've become yeah doesn't mean I don't like I don't like progressives or I'm not interested in their ideas but they've never been this left wing they're substantially to the left of 1988 when Michael duus lost"
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Democratic leaders (and other major political figures) fail to express outrage at people coming to the country illegally and committing crimes against American citizens, which is out of step with public sentiment and a potentially popular policy.
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"you never once have heard Donald Trump or Joe Biden or KLA Harris Express outrage at people coming to this country illegally and committing crimes against American citizens never once and most Americans are outraged I haven't done a poll but I'd bet if you did a poll and said president Trump wants to use the military to help Deport people in the country who've come illegally and then committed a second crime against an American citizen I think that' probably get 75% support"
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Democrats "screwed up" their handling of the border issue because they felt compelled to defend the existing status quo.
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"they didn't do that because it was a narrative that they had to own they had to own the status quo and they had screwed it up especially on the border"
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Democrats did not "screw up" the economy.
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"they did not screw up the economy"
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The 2024 election featured an unusual dynamic where many voters reluctantly supported Trump, indicating a missed opportunity for Democrats to win over those who did not want to vote for him.
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"… Imagine The Proposition being like God I really don't want to have to vote for this person but I think I have to I mean that is a very unusual standard for people"
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The increasing trend of independent voters, who now vote more independently than as identified Democrats or Republicans, places significant pressure on the Democratic Party.
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"Independents or people who identified as that voted more that way than as Democrats and the same as Republicans …"
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The increasing trend of independent voters, who for the first time voted more than self-identified Democrats or Republicans, should exert pressure on the Democratic Party.
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"Independents or people who identified as that voted more that way than as Democrats and the same as Republicans …"
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Democrats and anti-Trump forces employed a strategy of waving 'boogeymen' narratives, such as Trump's 'revenge agenda,' in front of voters.
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"do you believe that this suspicion of him and his revenge agenda and all of the Boogey men that were waved in front of the Maga voters faces"
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The media overreached in its coverage of legal cases against Donald Trump, despite these cases having fundamental flaws, suggesting a biased approach that could benefit Democrats.
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"the overreach on things like covering the legal cases against Donald Trump which in some cases have some Merit but in all cases have fundamental flaws for the prosecution of a former president"
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Democrats did not adequately factor in the pandemic's influence on the political landscape, which was a strategic oversight.
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"without the pandemic they never factor in the pandemic but that's politics and"
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