{"id":28280,"date":"2017-06-26T12:59:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=28280"},"modified":"2017-06-26T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T20:01:20","slug":"an-eitheror-proposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/26\/an-eitheror-proposition\/","title":{"rendered":"An Either\/Or Proposition?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been a long term conflict within the Democratic Party, about how to win elections, and that has translated into differing strategies about the 2018 campaign.  In the one hand, we have a progressive approach with a strong liberal economic message.  On the other, we have a more moderate approach, that is more traditional and less about identity politics.  My question is this.  Does it have to be an either or proposition?<\/font><\/p>\n

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The largest number of Democratic congressional candidates in decades is putting into play dozens of House districts across the country, raising the possibility of a bitterly contested midterm election cycle next year as the party and its activists try to take advantage of President Trump\u2019s unpopularity to win a majority in the House.<\/p>\n

Yet these candidates and their supporters are also waging a battle among themselves about what the Democratic Party should stand for. After a string of defeats in special elections this year, activists across the country are pitted against Washington-based leaders and strategists about what the message and the tactical plan should be to win the 24 seats needed to take control of the House<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Democrats as well as independent observers believe that figure is attainable given historical trends, Trump\u2019s and the congressional GOP\u2019s sustained unpopularity and the ballooning number of candidates with gold-plated r\u00e9sum\u00e9s willing to run.<\/p>\n

What they don\u2019t agree on is how to do it<\/strong> \u2014 by exciting the base with a liberal economic message and fiery candidates in the model of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), or by keeping the party\u2019s doors open to moderates and independents with centrist contenders, ideally with business or military experience… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <Washington Post<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

In my opinion, all candidates must be committed to a liberal economic agenda.  However, candidates need to tailor their message to coincide with issues that are important to the voters in their districts.<\/font><\/p>\n

I can’t stand Joe Manchin (D-WV).  In most things that he does, he acts more like a Republican than a Democrat.  However, I’d rather have him that a Republican in his seat, because he counts toward a Democratic majority, with all the power and control that would bring.  But a better solution might be a candidate that campaigns like Manchin, but works to educate his constituents over time and acts more like a Democrat.<\/font><\/p>\n

In summary, we need both approaches working together, not a battle between them.<\/font><\/p>\n

For now…<\/font><\/p>\n

RESIST!!<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n

In 11\/2018…<\/font><\/p>\n

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There has been a long term conflict within the Democratic Party, about how to win elections, and that has translated into differing strategies about the 2018 campaign.  In the one hand, we have a progressive approach with a strong liberal economic message.  On the other, we have a more moderate approach, that is more traditional […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}