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The Way Forward

In reply to the discussion: Democratic politicians need to act like they are trying to win popularity contests by being populists [View all]

ProfessorPlum

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7. Fetterman, for all of his weird unknown motivations, WON
Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #6)
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 09:59 AM
Jan 27

by campaigning as a populist. Many other politicians do the same, including AOC, Bernie Sanders, FDR, the late great Paul Wellstone.

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Democratic politicians need to act like they are trying to win popularity contests by being populists [View all] ProfessorPlum Jan 26 OP
Some of it seems so obvious. yellow dahlia Jan 26 #1
gosh who would have thought of this ... stopdiggin Jan 26 #2
second take stopdiggin Jan 26 #3
maybe you could provide a list of all of the branches of government Democrats control. I'll wait ProfessorPlum Jan 26 #5
and of course Fetterman will turn that corner for us. stopdiggin Jan 26 #6
Fetterman, for all of his weird unknown motivations, WON ProfessorPlum Jan 27 #7
populism is one thing stopdiggin Jan 27 #8
OF COURSE sanity is important. More than anything. I voted for the sane candidate in the last election ProfessorPlum Jan 27 #9
Unfortunately the leadership is risk averse and will continue the game of 'not as bad as those guys'. Voltaire2 Jan 26 #4
Talk about enhancing Medicare... raising SS benefits... WarGamer Jan 27 #10
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