Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

F4lconF16

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9. So your plan is what, exactly?

Reply to Indydem (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:45 PM

Jan 2015

Keep people poor so they vote democratic? That hasn't exactly worked so well for us.

So, if we work to increase peoples economic security, they will inevitably become republicans?

Not at all. People see what works and what doesn't. I think one of the biggest reasons we don't have more support among people who have more economic security is that they are the ones who were "successful". They profited of the backs of everyone around them, and now that they have what they wanted, they feel free to ignore the plight of everyone else. Should we help people get to where they need to be economically, they are far more likely to empathetic to the struggles of others, and vote for liberals. It's been shown time and time again that the poor are much more community oriented, and though that does change as you slide up the income scale, it isn't totally lost.

This clearly opens the door to the often repeated republican talking point that we want to keep people poor so that they "need" us.

F--- 'em. If we're actually helping people, they'll know who's on their side (most of the time).

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Yep... 'How the Democrats Could Win Every Election' - DailyBeast [View all] WillyT Jan 2015 OP

More importantly they need to deliver on that populist rhetoric when they get into office corkhead Jan 2015 #1

Yeah there's that little tidbit. tblue Jan 2015 #2

Yeah. And stop appointing Righties® and Republicans to sensitive positions. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #3

Or fight your own party BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #13

Sarcasm aside... 3rd-Way will masquerade as Populist Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #5

Yep you got it...they reinforce the right wing meme for us. zeemike Jan 2015 #12

And the media reinforces their message. Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #14

Totally agree. zeemike Jan 2015 #21

EXACTLY! Why are Democrats running on a Republican platform of tax breaks???????? BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #17

Minimum wage is nice, LIVING WAGE is the PRIZE Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #23

TAX CUTS DON'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB. CrispyQ Jan 2015 #25

That would be a good one BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #27

Yes, exactly. 'When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #28

TWO midterms: it's almost like they wanted to lose! BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #29

Sadly the opposite is also true. When my Democratic representative didn't run A Simple Game Jan 2015 #11

Kicked Enthusiast Jan 2015 #4

So, if we are doing our jobs, we will become extinct. Indydem Jan 2015 #6

So your plan is what, exactly? F4lconF16 Jan 2015 #9

In California, there are plenty of wealthy Democrats BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #18

We need to make it easier for them to vote n2doc Jan 2015 #7

Mail-in ballots and/or a Voting Holiday! Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #10

+1 BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #19

Make it easier for likely Democrats to vote? Why bother, from what I can read here if Obama didnt randys1 Jan 2015 #26

Smaller scale plans? Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #8

Yeah, they got that backwards. abelenkpe Jan 2015 #15

And it was no accident. Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #16

Exactly abelenkpe Jan 2015 #20

Wish more people would recognize that +1 Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #24

Because the working poor are bloody exhausted on the end of the day. canuckledragger Jan 2015 #22

Pin of the week! demwing Jan 2015 #30

Syriza is interesting semanticwikiian Jan 2015 #31