I hate most suggestions so thats a compliment.

How do we take back the populist banner?

Assess an emergency situation first, then plan.

Universal Health Care basket. I know Ted Kennedy died on this hill, but if the assassination of the Health Care Exec. proved.
this is an issue that has appeal the every American.

also, it encompasses women's reproductive health and health in general, as well as trans care in a way that can't be cleaved away as wedge issues.

JMHO

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Anti-war sentiment from the 60's was quickly switched to pro-POW stances.
Upcoming Democrats were simply assassinated. along with MLK all in their prime.
GOP flicked on the anti-Russia switch but never the anti-Nazi switch. Foreign policy supported dictators and coups.Now we have a plutocratic coup with the GOP embracing both Nazis and Putin.

if only some more Democrats would do it

body of water is going to bring down the cost of eggs? Put a spotlight on what TSF is actually doing and asking how that improves the lot of its voters.

And Voter Suppression is a State by State Issue that is legislated.

Without gerrymandering do you think DT would have the support he does or the state legislatures? As for voter suppression, purges, etc... it does matter and it makes a difference. I'm done with this.

Voter fraud is fraud committed by an individual voter, say like voting in more than one district, or marking a ballot belonging to a deceased family member.
this happens but not a scale impacting election vote outcomes.

election fraud however is a different kettle of worms all together.

Early neocons were "DEMS"? Please tell me who you're thinking of.

And these "DEMS" courted country-club Republicans? This is getting very interesting.

And then we suddenly segue into Ronald Reagan, who I'm pretty sure was not a DEM.

And slide without pause into "and then Bill Clinton," so I guess he was a neocon.

After which George Bush, because, well, that's what happened!

It's a mess, Gamer. I don't think you've presented your argument very well at all.

Justin Vaisse wrote a great book on the origins of Neoconservatism...

The argument in a nutshell: Dems that can actually win presidential elections are baaaaaaaaad.

Holy naivety Batman!

In 2008 it sure looked like Democrats would stay in power for a very long time, with huge majorities in both Houses and a generational President. However, it was short-lived. In 2010, Democrats got what Obama called "a shellacking." Republicans were back.

In 2012, Republicans nominated a guy who wasn't really trusted in his own party, so much so that Free Republic refused to endorse him. While Obama won handily, it was closer than 2008. The writing was on the wall for 2016, especially after the 2014 elections.

Now, 1992 would be another story. Not sure if you're old enough to remember, but Clinton utterly destroyed Republicans morale that year.

If Democrats bought all the big media we'd be in much better shape.

They’re already dead. This is a ghoul stumbling around sucking our brains. Don’t mistake this for strength. Do fight with all we’ve got- but they are hollow. They have no core principles, or blood in their veins. They have no positive vision or societally beneficial purpose other than “strength” and bravura- with nothing inside. It’s “order” for the sake of denialism about the reality of the climate changing, multicultural world that they are afraid in and don’t know how to navigate.

We have the answers and the skills… we just need it make it sexy. Do the work to reach and motivate people and that cannot be entirely about grinding it out- it also has to be about inspiring people at a gut level. And of course we slap them back hard at every opportunity when they break the law!!!!

Rick Scott said something they liked and they went "YAY!", then reporters dug into things he'd said in the past and there was something that made them go "BOO!" Rinse and repeat for Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, John Huntsman, Michelle Bachmann, Buddy Roemer, and Trump's unofficial trial balloon.

Outside the clown car, Mitt steadily scapped up delegates while the rest were scattered amongst the clowns, and in the end he came out with enough to win the nomination.

That's part of why, in 2016, Trump was straight out of the gate with full-on racism (in addition to, y'know, actually being a bigot), and he got those people to rally around him right off the bat.

Someone responded: "I thought they died on August 9th 1974"

They never died. They may have lost a few elections, but they sure didn't die.