In hindsight I think a better thing to do would be to have run primaries where the other candidates weren't harangued out of the running. That probably would have required Biden to step aside though. I thought he would step aside prior to his announcement of running again. It was the debate performance that really sank that ship and that was too late.
I thought the campaign was run well enough. I'd prefer one that promises to start building a long-term effort to get money out of politics enough to demand that be a plank next time. The memelord thing was not good, I didn't see anything at all meme-wise so I guess it was mostly big social media? Steam forums were being tore up by right-wingers the whole time, and the internet tradition is to not feed the trolls so it largely goes unanswered in neutral areas. Getting the wide cast of celebrities on board wasn't a bad idea. One exception was when Biden skipped a big Ukraine summit where Zelensky was pitching his biggest international plan. He went to a George Clooney fundraiser instead. That was outrageous. I think it it had been looking better in Ukraine during the election, the Democrats would have at least done better. Biden let slip once that his position was that "we don't want our allies to win too much." Remember, don't vote for centrists.
I demanded policy explanations at the start and complained bitterly after the campaign took a big donation and then changed policy on crypto. Russia had legalized crypto for state investment and use just prior to that, and on top of that I'm not sure if the party bigwigs have been reading court opinions to understand what crypto has been funding over the years. Other than that I held my nose and didn't complain. My main worry was that Kamala didn't seem to get along with Zelensky and secondly that I felt she might be a rubber stamp for things I disagree with. I don't think there was much Democratic undermining of the campaign. I think it's more that the party has been slipping away from the voting base of the party to pursue a swing voter base on issues the Democrats are roasted in big media for, sometimes fairly like immigration policy doubling as a bailout of hotels due to inability to get work permits, or everpresent like during the slow Biden recovery from inflation, for which I think think the administration and Federal Reserve deserves due credit along with, perhaps surprisingly to hear me say this, the financial sector's moves for stability if I am not hallucinating. Speaking of inflation:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/potato-cartel-fries-tater-tots-hash-browns-1.7387960Four companies currently dominating a multibillion-dollar market in the United States are being accused of sharing detailed, sensitive inside information with each other as part of an alleged conspiracy to raise the price of their goods and make more money off consumers.
Remember that guy who was saying it can't possibly be price fixing and how we all argued with him? They got my 'tatoes!?
Some of the Democrats I complain about plus some others plus Ron Wyden who is usually pretty cool actually had a bill for this. I don't think it passed but I also can't be bothered to check since I think that's a fair guess.
https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2024/2/klobuchar-colleagues-introduce-antitrust-legislation-to-prevent-algorithmic-price-fixingI never heard about that but that's because to be honest the major news stations except MSNBC (meaning CNN) were busy chipping away instead of chipping in. Meanwhile that one guy was here in this very forums, insulting us and then passively aggressively insulting us to get around the rules, but the whole time arguing with us. Don't do what that guy did though and parrot make-up and buttcovering. The Democrats don't have to do that when their policy can stand on it's own. That's why flipping on a bunch of stuff isn't a good idea because let's be clear that no one thinks the black mark on history immigration policy due to congressional failure is a good thing, and yet by failing to react well you gave CNN a chance to break news over and over and over on it because it's easy and safe. This was one thing that I thought the center as represented by Mayor Adams was screwed over by what I assume were groups on the left: initially a plan to have temporary outdoor housing was shot down by what appeared to be lefties in NYC as being inhumane. I mind you that not a few months later it was a struggle to allow people to camp in public. After the tents were unacceptable Adams cut a deal with hotels because of the pressure, giving real estate even more sway in NYC politics.
In regards to swing voters, instead of being pressured into abandoning principles, a smart idea would be to campaign on something that is broadly viewed by Americans as a positive thng that no one believes Republicans could pull off such as campaign finance reform. Sort of how Obamacare was before Max Baucus insisted on bringing in insurance representatives to 1: make it mandatory and 2: remove the public option. How did the years of inflating coverage costs treat the party politically since there was no public option as a floor? At least the conservative Supreme Court did you a favor by striking the mandatory purchase part.
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