Jul 4, 2022 Leftists: “Get money out of politics! It provides an unfair advantage [for Republicans!]” Also leftists: “Democrats need to stop trying to raise money to win elections!”
Jul 5, 2022 What? Big money corrupts both sides. This has been the case for 40+ years. Oil and gas industries donate to both parties. Same with Wall Street and corporations. NRA donates to Republicans and some Dems. We’re against big money donors…even unions. Get rid of it. It has corrupted our system. It doesn’t matter how much $ working class people donate to DeSantis or Pelosi because they’re already bought off by special interests And you missed the point that Dem leadership thinks that sending out donation emails = fighting for regular people. No they aren’t. Obama had a super majority and promised to codify Roe and didn’t. It’s all for show. Biden and Pelosi aren’t actually going to fight to codify Roe. Pelosi endorsed an anti abortion, pro NRA Dem a couple months ago. They won’t fight to get rid of the filibuster. They won’t fight to expand the Supreme Court. Weak leaders! Need new leadership and also get rid of big money in politics.
Jul 5, 2022 Special interests don’t donate to candidates to convince them to vote a particular way; special interests donate to candidates because they hold positions that they *already* align with. Political scientists have been saying this for years: There’s a real disconnect between emphasizing that money is so critical in politics/elections but then complaining that the only legitimate left-leaning political party in the U.S. is trying to raise money. If Democrats don’t raise money, Republicans win elections across the board—how is that better? P.S. the supermajority that Obama briefly had in 2009 consisted of numerous pro-life Dems. It includes two democratic senators from *Arkansas* ffs. They didn’t have the votes to codify Roe then. Even AOC knows this:
Jul 14, 2022 Republicans are still very much favorites to win back Congress but there’s been a notable shift in the polls in Democrats favor since the Supreme Court overturned Roe. We’re in mid July—will that shift last until November? Who knows. But it is significant.
Sep 8, 2022 A lot can change until Election Day but we’re 2 months away & election models are consistently showing Democrats as favorites to win the Senate & underdogs to win the House (though their odds are about on par with Trump’s 2016 odds). Democrats resurgence in polls can be explained by both the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v Wade (+ subsequent abortion bans that followed in numerous states) & inflation (in particular gas prices) declining. The big question is will these polling numbers remain the same going into November? That part is unclear though there is some evidence to indicate that candidates leading in polls post-labor day tend to win their election. What is clear is that there is little evidence of a big “red wave” of right now. If the election were held today: Democrats would be in good position to win back both chambers of Congress which is rare in terms of modern U.S. history (the party that wins the White House usually suffers big losses in the midterms).
Sep 21, 2022 Is that what Whoopi said this morning? Florida couldn't handle them. They're much better off with Obama and Larry David.