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In reply to the discussion: I Hate to Say This But DNC Vice Chair David Hogg's New Maneuver Is Ill-Advised--and Worse-Timed [View all]
Ping Tung
(4,100 posts)104. What "safe incumbant" is he running against?
"Safe incumbent" reminds me too much of the saying, "He knows the price of everything and the value of nothing".
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I Hate to Say This But DNC Vice Chair David Hogg's New Maneuver Is Ill-Advised--and Worse-Timed [View all]
mcar
Apr 2025
OP
It's more constructive to contact David Hogg and tell him exactly what you're saying here. He's young. He'll listen.
ancianita
Apr 2025
#47
He's an individual, not the faceless "young" & we won't know until we try. He may have been listening to...
Hekate
Apr 2025
#106
He was a great choice. I fully support his trying to bring in new persepectives to safe Blue seats.
Celerity
Apr 2025
#28
No seat is a "safe Blue seat" with Mango Mussolini in charge. Trumpistas have money to burn...
Hekate
Apr 2025
#108
The status quo & 'doff the cap to ANY and ALL incumbents, no matter what' stances have been a disaster, and have helped
Celerity
Apr 2025
#113
It is hard to have hope these days when so many people can't see through these narcissists
nini
Apr 2025
#115
He was just on MSNBC, and again set the record straight. He is NOT going after any Democrats in any remotely vulnerable
Celerity
Apr 2025
#3
Red herring. He is not going after any Dems in vulnerable seats. And as was pointed out in the interview, other DNC
Celerity
Apr 2025
#13
I disagree and fully support Hogg's attempt to try to bring in new thoughts and perspectives via a democratic (small d)
Celerity
Apr 2025
#20
Hogg has and will be supporting Democrats, and some of those Dems will be challenging other Dems in a Democratic primary
Celerity
Apr 2025
#29
IMO going after Dem incumbents is a mistake. So if the candidate he backs to challenge...
brush
Apr 2025
#62
Why go after fellow Democrats to begin with when there are literally hundreds of Republicans he could be challenging?
W_HAMILTON
Apr 2025
#11
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. We need new approaches and new persepctives, and a primary challenge
Celerity
Apr 2025
#15
Primary challenges like this only give the other side ammunition. Republicans will win.
Walleye
Apr 2025
#26
Disagree, as we are talking about safe Blue seats only, one where a Rethug has no shot at winning.
Celerity
Apr 2025
#31
I prefer (for celerity's definition and synonyms) swiftness, legerity, vivacity, expeditiousness, alacrity
Celerity
Apr 2025
#38
Can they? Because I sure don't see these upstart progressives winning in many purple/red areas.
W_HAMILTON
Apr 2025
#33
But they will give the Republicans plenty of soundbites and ammunition in their campaigns against our incumbents
Walleye
Apr 2025
#35
We need a lot more like David Hogg. Thanks for setting the record straight Cel.
Autumn
Apr 2025
#105
Members of the anti-progressive crew really come out hard against AOC in the 2020 NY-14 Democratic primary, where they
Celerity
Apr 2025
#51
The pearl clutching metaphor is not working so well. We are genuinely scared now.
Walleye
Apr 2025
#36
I don't see how this would open things for primaries that wouldn't otherwise happen
EdmondDantes_
Apr 2025
#9
At least 4 centrist, corporate-friendly Dems tried to scupper Biden's pharma cost reductions. These are the type of Dems
Celerity
Apr 2025
#18
thank you for the kind words (I am London raised, 'scupper' is far more commonly used in the UK than the US)
Celerity
Apr 2025
#39
English seadogs like Francis Drake and Jack Sparrow did a lot of scuppering
thought crime
Apr 2025
#46
We could replace every single elected Democrat at the federal level right now with Hogg clones and...
W_HAMILTON
Apr 2025
#42
Then the clones would be called corrupt establishment and have to be primaried. It would never end.
betsuni
Apr 2025
#82
Incumbents will need more money, then the screaming about being beholden to donors billionaires oligarchy
betsuni
Apr 2025
#25
The strategy should be to elect more Democrats all over. Fact: incumbents get re-elected because voters
emulatorloo
Apr 2025
#71
My core principle since becoming politically aware around high school/voting age...
Ol Janx Spirit
Apr 2025
#77
That will be the case so long as that's what we accept and even come to expect...
Ol Janx Spirit
Apr 2025
#90
That isn't always a bad thing. Many people rise to prominence in their community...
Ol Janx Spirit
Apr 2025
#98
I support our democratic leadership to take steps to rid corruption within our party
SSJVegeta
Apr 2025
#85
Whoever the Democratic party officials see fit to primary. The democratic party can make that determination.
SSJVegeta
Apr 2025
#92
Any actual corrupt Democrats would be run out of the party by the voters themselves (see: Menendez).
W_HAMILTON
Apr 2025
#112
Fetterman is the type of unproven but self-proclaimed """progressive""" that Hogg wants more of.
W_HAMILTON
Apr 2025
#111