The Best Counter to Project 2025 Is a Progressive Project 2025

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If President Biden—or any Democratic replacement—wants to get back in the race, they need a positive moral vision to run on, not just dire warnings.

To win back support, the Democratic candidate must offer a positive and coherent vision centered on care and progressive policies, rather than relying solely on anti-Trump rhetoric.

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I'm not focused on filibuster proof, I gave both. If anything I focused on simple majority.
4 years of the last 24 years (simple majority, not filibuster) and you want to suggest they never have to go to the center to find voters? How does that math work out? They basically lost 20 of the last 24 years. That's exactly why they have to go to the center to find voters. And why they have to compromise during those 20 years.
Right, center, for this discussion whatever you want to call it, that's the general direction they have to go. Because they lose all the fucking time. They lose consistently. Because the left never shows up to vote.
- Because the DNC does not represent their values. The left begins at anticapitalism, and thats not the DNC.
  
  I'm saying if you want anything on the left, you need to give Dems consistent and overwhelming victories.
  Oh should we discuss capitalism?
  Whether you like it or not it's capitalism. You have a choice between 1) capitalism that’s free for all, fuck the workers, fuck the consumers, fuck the Earth, disband the EPA, OSHA, FTC, etc. or 2) capitalism that’s regulated, with environmental protection, worker protections, minimum wages, workplace standards, product regulations, etc. You can say those regulations aren't strong enough, but how do we get stronger regulations? The choice should be obvious.
  
  That would still be a resounding no. We've tried it your way for decades and you people decided that an old senile POS with a racist past was the best option. There is no longer any credibility on good decisions remaining in liberals.
  
  Then your vote is a resounding no to regulation. Make no excuses about it, that's what you're voting for.
  *Oh and btw for decades. Have you? Dems have had control of all 3 (house of reps, senate, and presidency) for 6 years of the last 44 years. That's right, 6 pathetic years out of 44 fucking years. So no, you haven't tried for decades. You've tried nothing and are all out of ideas.
  **And I really should cover what he's done since you're intent on attacking: Green energy, EV investment, union empowerment, student debt forgiveness, marijuana rescheduling and pardons, infrastructure, drug price controls, Chips act, PACT act, etc etc etc. Non-competes banned (by FTC along 'party lines'). Pardoning people kicked out for being gay. Supporting Ukraine. Fucking great President.
  
  If they can't manage to get control it's perhaps because they suck at governing and are not worth the vote
  
  They get control when they go to the center to find votes. So guess what happens? They go to the center voter, and they cater to the center voter. And you're surprised that they go to the center?
  So. What do you do as the left voter that wants them to move left? You vote for them. You give them consistent and overwhelming victories. Then they have the option to actually move to the left.
  
  Then promptly abandoned them again after the election, the same way they do marginalized communities
  
  You're saying they abandoned the center after the election? What? Obviously I think, no they didn't. Now you can say not enough for center or marginalized, and hell I'll agree with that. Now how do we get enough? Hmmmmmm. By voting and giving Dems consistent and overwhelming victories.

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