Shane Goldmacher

I think that's a big part of the conversation inside the party. It's a question of what do you emphasize? What do you put forward? If you are letting the party be defined in the views of an average voter as focused on those issues, it makes it harder to make an economic case. to those same voters, right? So the New York Times and Ipsos just did a poll. How do people view the Democratic Party?

How do people view the Republican Party? The top two issues that people have associated with the Democratic Party were abortion and LGBT rights. And Those are not in the top issues for what voters cared about overall. And the top issues for Republicans were around the economy and immigration, which were among the top issues for voters.

How do people view the Republican Party? The top two issues that people have associated with the Democratic Party were abortion and LGBT rights. And Those are not in the top issues for what voters cared about overall. And the top issues for Republicans were around the economy and immigration, which were among the top issues for voters.

So Democrats are going to be supportive of diversity programs in general. The question is how much you emphasize that.

So Democrats are going to be supportive of diversity programs in general. The question is how much you emphasize that.

Well, I'm just excited to talk about baseball with Reid on the podcast. I mean, I think it breaks down to the question of is less more or is more more? And that is one that is really gripping Democrats, especially having watched Trump flood the zone in 2024. Yeah. in the media, right?

Well, I'm just excited to talk about baseball with Reid on the podcast. I mean, I think it breaks down to the question of is less more or is more more? And that is one that is really gripping Democrats, especially having watched Trump flood the zone in 2024. Yeah. in the media, right?

He was an omnipresence in the campaign trail in a way that a more cautious Kamala Harris picked her spots and often performed in those spots. And it wasn't quite enough. And so there are a lot of Democrats saying, get out there and respond to everything. And that is the Chris Murphy school of thought saying, it's not that all these fights are winners.

He was an omnipresence in the campaign trail in a way that a more cautious Kamala Harris picked her spots and often performed in those spots. And it wasn't quite enough. And so there are a lot of Democrats saying, get out there and respond to everything. And that is the Chris Murphy school of thought saying, it's not that all these fights are winners.

In fact, some of them might not be winners, but the act of opposing is powerful. And Those two sides are just like pulling at each other each day. And because Trump is making so much news every day, the Democrats have a new opportunity to either respond or not.

In fact, some of them might not be winners, but the act of opposing is powerful. And Those two sides are just like pulling at each other each day. And because Trump is making so much news every day, the Democrats have a new opportunity to either respond or not.

I'm not sure if it's going to be effective yet. But the big soul searching that the Democratic Party has been going through since the election is how did they lose ground among working class voters?

I'm not sure if it's going to be effective yet. But the big soul searching that the Democratic Party has been going through since the election is how did they lose ground among working class voters?

And so in Musk, they have a billionaire foil, as you heard Chris Murphy just say, and they can say, nobody voted for this guy, so we might be willing to give Trump some leeway, talking about those voters in the middle, but we're not giving this guy any leeway. And right now, the party is debating not just do you take on Elon Musk, but do you support particular programs that he's targeting?

And so in Musk, they have a billionaire foil, as you heard Chris Murphy just say, and they can say, nobody voted for this guy, so we might be willing to give Trump some leeway, talking about those voters in the middle, but we're not giving this guy any leeway. And right now, the party is debating not just do you take on Elon Musk, but do you support particular programs that he's targeting?

USAID is something he said he wants to dismantle, unravel, get rid of, right? This has not been a kind of thing with broad popular support in the United States, but it is part of the kind of agenda the Democrats have. What do you do? Well, you pick the fight with Elon Musk instead of the defense of USAID.

USAID is something he said he wants to dismantle, unravel, get rid of, right? This has not been a kind of thing with broad popular support in the United States, but it is part of the kind of agenda the Democrats have. What do you do? Well, you pick the fight with Elon Musk instead of the defense of USAID.

Okay.

Okay.

Let's tell you who the person they selected was to tell you why the answer is no. The person they picked is a guy named Ken Martin, who is the chair of the Minnesota State Democratic Party. And he has been in that position for years, and he won the national party chairmanship by coalition building inside the party. The party picked, in a choice of insiders, perhaps the most inside candidate.