Golden Opportunity for Democrats
But will they blow it?
If the Democrats think through things correctly, they have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an upset scenario.
I began watching political conventions in 1968, where, as an eighth grader, I was glued to the TV as much as my son watches the Superbowl. And I must say that last week’s Republican convention was the best, most orchestrated, and impactful presentation they have had since I began watching. In summary: Biden then - and now the Democrats are in trouble.
Yet, with Biden’s withdrawal, they have an unprecedented opportunity. Americans love a good drama and watch reality competition shows (like Survivor) by the millions. They love the suspense and drama, and its formulas have proven good for ratings!
Rather than anointing Kamala Harris as their new standard barrier, they would have been wise to have an open convention to allow others to be considered. The floor fights between the remaining moderate wing of the party and the Progressives would give viewers enough drama so they would not miss the Celebrity and other network shows for weeks to come. Yet, it appears that the fix is in, and all the rank and file are already blindly falling in line.
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Keeping us in suspense while ballots are counted and witnessing the political wrangling would no doubt have shown the voters how “the sausage is really made.”
Better yet, had a fresh face been presented to the public—perhaps someone who people are not already sick of—and would have brought enough curiosity and interest to him/her, then this could have equaled hundreds of millions of dollars in political ads.
More importantly, if the candidate has a proven record of working across the aisle, is from a red state, and is young and exciting, then there is a chance for a significant upset.
Should the Democrats ignore this opportunity and instead fall into line as they often have, they will undoubtedly be heading for a McGovern-type defeat like the one that happened in 1972.
John has been a Political Consultant to multiple congressional races, a board member to a Political PAC, and adviser to a Gubernatorial race, including numerous state house, senate, and city council races.
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4 个月Did anyone truly vote Democrat in the last election? Biden's rallies were empty If we could vote for anyone if we could write in a name on the ballot for president, (allowed in some 40 states) who would we choose? Would we choose a current Democrat, whose party allows Californians to get rid of laws for stealing; whose party allows for immigrants to flood our borders, destabilizing our entire economy, our labor force, our hospital emergency rooms, our highways? Would we choose a current Democrat, whose party has contributed almost a trillion dollars to Ukraine? U-what? ...leaving our American highways, bridges, our infrastructure in disrepair? Would we choose a current Democrat, whose president Clinton repealed Glass-Steagall, a banking act of 1933, that has allowed our homes to be purchased by Wall Street, our mortgages to be invested by banks? Or would we to write in a candidate who fulfills our dreams, like an Abraham Lincoln, or a George Washington, or John F. Kennedy? There are simply no candidates who have not bowed, like all the rest of the Republicans, to corporate greed, with most politicians taking high paying corporate jobs once they leave office ENOUGH LET US RETURN TO THE FARMS OF OLD MARK applied physics
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4 个月The Fix is in says it all. I wouldn't be surprised to know that this was the plan all along. Just another political smokescreen. Yes it would have been nice to see an actual competition for our vote for once, but they aren't interested in pleasing us, just lining their pockets with campaign war funds. Now word is out the Trump shooter was working for BlackRock who had shorted Trumps company the same week. Would have lost millions after he didn't die, but their buddies on Wall Street made that loss go away. Hmmm. Now we find out Crowdstrike who destroyed the economy for a week has been in bed with the Clintons and the Dems for years. Just how deep is the Deep State? Sad thing, mindless freaks will vote Democrat based on party alone even with as much suffering as they have caused us these past few years. Trump surely isn't perfect and has his issues, but at least he is pro-America unlike the terrorist loving Dems. Kamala is a joke and hopefully by the grace of God she will be defeated. Otherwise, we will cease to exist as a sovereign nation.
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4 个月Very insightful!