Betteridge's Law?
As the challenges facing the nation mount and fatigued base voters show low enthusiasm, Democrats in union meetings, the back rooms of Capitol Hill and party gatherings from coast to coast are quietly worrying about Mr. Biden’s leadership, his age and his capability to take the fight to former President Donald J. Trump a second time.
Interviews with nearly 50 Democratic officials, from county leaders to members of Congress, as well as with disappointed voters who backed Mr. Biden in 2020, reveal a party alarmed about Republicans’ rising strength and extraordinarily pessimistic about an immediate path forward.
“To say our country was on the right track would flagrantly depart from reality,” said Steve Simeonidis, a Democratic National Committee member from Miami. Mr. Biden, he said, “should announce his intent not to seek re-election in ’24 right after the midterms.”
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Still, public polling shows that Mr. Biden is at a low point in his popularity among Democratic voters. A survey last month from The Associated Press found Mr. Biden’s approval among his fellow party members at 73 percent — the lowest point in his presidency, and nine points lower than at any point in 2021. There is little recent public polling asking if Democrats want Mr. Biden to seek a second term, but in January just 48 percent of Democrats wanted him to run again, according to The A.P.’s polling.
Democrats and regret, name a better pair:
Elizabeth Guzmán, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, said Democrats in her caucus regret not passing a sweeping abortion rights law last year before they lost control of the state House and governor’s mansion to Republicans. “We wanted to codify Roe vs. Wade, and look what happened,” she said.
She conveniently forgets that they didn't pass the law because their caucus went on vacation.
Shelia Huggins, a lawyer from Durham, N.C., who is a member of the Democratic National Committee, put it more bluntly. “Democrats need fresh, bold leadership for the 2024 presidential race,” she said. “That can’t be Biden.”
No those aren’t the only two options, and your fixation on them and refusal to accept other alternatives is the problem
The status quo is driving off the cliff later, handing Republicans the keys is driving off now. You said as much yourself. What other realistic option is there? A split Democratic Party is not going to produce a meaningful socialist party immediately.
The alternative is class struggle and forming a Marxist party, agitating to grow it and form a line to prepare for collapse
Can that be done before we go off the cliff? Or are we going off either way, with the big question being timing?
Either way it doesn’t change the correct course of action. Form a communist party, build it up and get connections with other revolutionary organizations. That’s the way forward whether we hit the cliff or not, so why are you even entertaining these excuses for Liberalism?
Would it help to have more time to do that, or less?
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I think the left is in a better position now than in the OWS days. Look at the spike in unionization, the growth of leftist media, the failures of Obama then Hillary then Biden, etc. You have a lot more people open to radical change and a lot more groups trying to turn that into results.
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2011: Occupy Wall Street! Down with Citibank!
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