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the MAGA idiots who went to those rallies. That's something like 10 million crazies (racists, misogynists, gun nuts, religious extremists) who have been out there every election one way or another. None of them were ever going to vote for Harris.

And it had nothing to do with the price of eggs or gasoline. Everybody repeating that nonsense doesn't understand how deep these feelings of frustration run.

The "regular Americans" are the 70% of the country who now consistently answer "wrong track," no matter which party is in control. We can all give plenty of examples of how Democrats are different from Republicans. But the "regular Americans" see the same macro trends happening, regardless of which party is in charge. They see the continued transfer of wealth and power to the 0.1%. They see the least health care security and retirement security of any western nations. They see the devastating costs of prescriptions. They see the continued exporting or automation of the best jobs. They see the continued gun violence.

I am not saying that Democrats are equally complicit as Republicans. Indeed, Democrats generally think these are all bad things. But the simple truth is that we have not been able to do very much about these deep concerns when we have had access to some power. Everybody at this forum knows there are enormous forces lined up to support the 0.1% and the biggest corporations. But the "regular Americans" aren't really understanding of that, and we make no real effort to tell them the truth about why these things happen, for fear that we will lose whatever corporate support we get, and therefore be completely wiped off the electoral map.

We had better understand these things and start addressing ourselves to the anxieties and fears of that 70%. This wasn't about one election. This is about Reaganism has done to the country over 40+ years with very little resistance from our side.