General Discussion

But considering the ramp up - and that she was selected as a candidate by the very situation 2/3 of Democratic voters told the party was a bad idea - we got where we got.

The age issue is not merely one of numbers. The age issue is reflective that voters want candidates who understand how people are living their lives. The top of our party has lost touch with how people live in this country, how they think, and what's important to them (to say nothing of the technological and economic changes that have occurred in the past 20 years). You cannot run a campaign of "It really is the bestest economy ever" when people are struggling to buy food and afford housing. Harris was pinned down by this, because she couldn't figure out a way to detach herself from a Biden campaign that had these issues in spades. The age and out of touch issue was a big bucket of shit, and Harris got splashed by it through no fault of her own.

There is a sense that the people who have been in power forever simply do not understand the country they live in any longer. It is not only youth, but every demographic across the board skedaddled. (Except white people, which is hilarious given the kinds of excuses perennially given here)

Blame whoever you want. Grouse about young people (is this the second or third time this week?)

But I will blame the politicians and those who control the party apparatus that put us in this political position.