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Good question.

artappraiser — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:40:31 +0000

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Good question.

In what universe is using “Latinx” a vote winner? https://t.co/Kw9wXEHc4U
— Carl (@HistoryBoomer) October 6, 2021

David Shor:

artappraiser — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:16:21 +0000

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David Shor:

Chasing education polarization started as a cynical vote maximizing strategy and turned into a moral imperative once it became clear that it didn’t work
— (((David Shor))) (@davidshor) October 2, 2021

On "Progressives'

artappraiser — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 03:42:43 +0000

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On "Progressives' mobilization delusion"

Small/obvious thing I'd add to these @mattyglesias/@Nate_Cohn takes: exit poll demographic takes on don't focus enough on behavior by *state.* So, no Dem has won the white vote nationally since 1964, but Obama won the white vote in Iowa twice.https://t.co/gQNkvq5b62
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 4, 2021

A majority is an unreasonably high bar! You just want to try to win "somewhat more" non-college voters of all ethnicities. https://t.co/2RXzZDSeDM
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 4, 2021

This is important for two reasons.

One: It is good to win more votes rather than fewer.

Two: College graduates (again, of all ethnicities) concentrate in cities, so a coalition grounded in the highly educated faces an unwinnable senate map.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 4, 2021

much more at interaction between https://twitter.com/mattyglesias and https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn

Warning signs of troubled

artappraiser — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 02:25:21 +0000

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Warning signs of troubled waters for House Dems in 2022!

I give up. pic.twitter.com/aILJ7n4Ppq
— Fernand Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) October 5, 2021

Denial not a river in Egypt:

I guess everyone should have started paying attention to the 2020 House and Senate election results. Everyone didn’t vote blue no matter who. They voted to remove Trump. No one is confronting why Dems didn’t get bigger senate wins and lost house seats. People need to wake up. https://t.co/oWbkZXtrp0
— Devin Nunes Mom (@NotDevinsMom) October 6, 2021

As often the case, Yang has

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:35:56 +0000

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As often the case, Yang has some interesting ideas but his implementation is lacking. He wants to "fix things" but not be part of them. He's a good ideas brainstorming guy, but not a Mr. Fixit - his startup ideas were mostly destined for the trash bin, and his GMAT biz seems a lucky bailout break, his estimates of what will happen with trucking are way wide of the mark, overly simplified and believing trend hype too much, but yess, hemmorhaging jobs and putting a bandaid on it or watching job benefits disappear *are* two issues worth following. Though is he any more able than you or me in preaching yet not enacting the same ideas? He didn't create the UBI, and it's not terribly workable at this point (nor was Sanders' $15 min wage that/who he supported), but it is one of those "break the logjam" tactics that may cut through the stasis - though the hardline woke children of the revolution would hear nothing of $12/hr so here we are 5 years later with much the same bag except some outliers. Implementation is important. Strategy is important.

So why is he leaving the Democratic Party? He says he likes "fixing things", but it's more like another startup gig - he shopped around his biz idea for 3 years, and now it's on to a different startup idea, and besides, a big organization is not his style. The Democratic Party for sure has its problems, but what are the pragmatic reasons for leaving it, and what are the actual positive efforts that should follow? Again, it just seems like a spotty career with fairly minor successes and a nice acceptable guy. Basically we're back to personality politics - youth and freshness with a bit of dot.com and woke. Except one of Bloomberg's flacks has been helping him hone his message - where does that put Reality 2.0?

https://newrepublic.com/article/162060/andrew-yang-celebrity-politician

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/andrew-yang/

Him and Beto can get a room.

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 23:19:04 +0000

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Him and Beto can get a room.

Andrew Yang:

artappraiser — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:45:24 +0000

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Andrew Yang:

Why I’m leaving the Democratic Party https://t.co/nrStxjrLfF
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) October 4, 2021

A reminder that even though he didn't do so well in the race for NY mayor, he had enough passionate national support to qualify to be on the stage for the main Democratic primary debates for president! His supporters are not chopped liver, they are a significant block of voters, a very significant one.

sounds like they are trying

artappraiser — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:58:01 +0000

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sounds like they are trying to do what Yglesias said.

Yglesias:

artappraiser — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:08:36 +0000

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Yglesias:

Me in Bloomberg … Democrats need to get something worked out on the reconciliation bill ASAP and pivot back to addressing the issues actually on people’s minds, the pandemic and the immediate economic problems. https://t.co/JuwKxUzJwL
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 4, 2021

Columnist for The Nation

artappraiser — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 05:29:17 +0000

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Columnist for The Nation hopefully finally seeing the light that all the culture wars stuff is bait used by right-wring trolls to get The Woke to act out and distract the main voting populace with crap that they don't cotton to.

One striking thing right now is the dog that isn't barking. When Obama was pushing for ACA at this point in 2009, Tea Party in full swings, Dem legislators mobbed at town halls, etc. This time: silence. All GOP opposition focused on culture/race issues (CRT, immigration).
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) October 3, 2021