Ruy Teixeira
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Yeah, both parties believe they're, I mean, whenever they're the out party, they believe they're inches away from becoming the in party again, and maybe in a big way, so the incentives to change aren't high, so I think that's why The revealed preference of Democrats at this point is to be the party of restoration rather than the party of change. Because that's the easy way.
Yeah, both parties believe they're, I mean, whenever they're the out party, they believe they're inches away from becoming the in party again, and maybe in a big way, so the incentives to change aren't high, so I think that's why The revealed preference of Democrats at this point is to be the party of restoration rather than the party of change. Because that's the easy way.
Yeah, both parties believe they're, I mean, whenever they're the out party, they believe they're inches away from becoming the in party again, and maybe in a big way, so the incentives to change aren't high, so I think that's why The revealed preference of Democrats at this point is to be the party of restoration rather than the party of change. Because that's the easy way.
You don't have the signal to anyone.
You don't have the signal to anyone.
You don't have the signal to anyone.
Right, right. Yeah, but this time there may not be a COVID pandemic and all this kind of stuff. Plus, you know, we've had the Trumpian change in politics for a while now. And it doesn't look like That lands the boil. It looks like the populist appetite for change, particularly among the working class, is stronger, if anything, than it was before.
Right, right. Yeah, but this time there may not be a COVID pandemic and all this kind of stuff. Plus, you know, we've had the Trumpian change in politics for a while now. And it doesn't look like That lands the boil. It looks like the populist appetite for change, particularly among the working class, is stronger, if anything, than it was before.
Right, right. Yeah, but this time there may not be a COVID pandemic and all this kind of stuff. Plus, you know, we've had the Trumpian change in politics for a while now. And it doesn't look like That lands the boil. It looks like the populist appetite for change, particularly among the working class, is stronger, if anything, than it was before.
So, yeah, I think they're trying to rerun the same playbook. And I think it's significantly less likely to work. But the second thing I was going to mention, Chuck, besides the fact that I don't see the momentum there for, you know, we have to establish we're a different kind of Democrat. New Democrat, whatever the phrase you want to use. You have to be really different.
So, yeah, I think they're trying to rerun the same playbook. And I think it's significantly less likely to work. But the second thing I was going to mention, Chuck, besides the fact that I don't see the momentum there for, you know, we have to establish we're a different kind of Democrat. New Democrat, whatever the phrase you want to use. You have to be really different.
So, yeah, I think they're trying to rerun the same playbook. And I think it's significantly less likely to work. But the second thing I was going to mention, Chuck, besides the fact that I don't see the momentum there for, you know, we have to establish we're a different kind of Democrat. New Democrat, whatever the phrase you want to use. You have to be really different.
So the appetite isn't there for that yet, for a lot of the reasons we've been going over. The second thing, though, is if you look at the DLC and its origins and how it developed as much influence as it did, it had a lot to do with the structure of the Democratic Party at the time and what the Congressional Caucus was like.
So the appetite isn't there for that yet, for a lot of the reasons we've been going over. The second thing, though, is if you look at the DLC and its origins and how it developed as much influence as it did, it had a lot to do with the structure of the Democratic Party at the time and what the Congressional Caucus was like.
So the appetite isn't there for that yet, for a lot of the reasons we've been going over. The second thing, though, is if you look at the DLC and its origins and how it developed as much influence as it did, it had a lot to do with the structure of the Democratic Party at the time and what the Congressional Caucus was like.
There were a lot of moderates in the Midwest and the South who were like chafing at the bit. um so etwas zu tun. Weil sie wussten, dass die Dinge in ihren Bereichen nicht gut gehen. Wir hatten starke demokratische Gouverneure. Ja, ja, ja.
There were a lot of moderates in the Midwest and the South who were like chafing at the bit. um so etwas zu tun. Weil sie wussten, dass die Dinge in ihren Bereichen nicht gut gehen. Wir hatten starke demokratische Gouverneure. Ja, ja, ja.
There were a lot of moderates in the Midwest and the South who were like chafing at the bit. um so etwas zu tun. Weil sie wussten, dass die Dinge in ihren Bereichen nicht gut gehen. Wir hatten starke demokratische Gouverneure. Ja, ja, ja.
Du hattest also eine andere Art von Partei, wo diese Art von Moderation, diese Art von Aufmerksamkeit für die arbeitende Verteidigerin oder die medizinische Verteidigerin viel höher war. Aber ich denke, während der demokratischen Partei jetzt ist es viel mehr uniform, viel mehr homogenisch in Bezug auf die Ideologie und viel mehr hostile.
Du hattest also eine andere Art von Partei, wo diese Art von Moderation, diese Art von Aufmerksamkeit für die arbeitende Verteidigerin oder die medizinische Verteidigerin viel höher war. Aber ich denke, während der demokratischen Partei jetzt ist es viel mehr uniform, viel mehr homogenisch in Bezug auf die Ideologie und viel mehr hostile.