Democratic (Party) Direction

if you actually read the list it's not actually terrible or "more of the same" at all

Nor is it branding. It’s just like…facts about some people?

Also it is kind of impossible for millennials to represent “more of the same”, the oldest Millennials have only been eligible to run for the house for maybe eight years.

Didn't realize Corey Robin was such a big Pelosi fan

making your choice of leader a primary "plank" is dubious; win first

"Why is being a millennial terrible?"

Unless it's tied to a new politics and set of ideas about economics and the state, it's just a branding exercise.

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) July 13, 2018

but that article doesn't say it's a plank, it just quotes their response to a direct question xp

wow, people under 40, who lived through the George W. Bush era? just terrible. what a disaster for the DNC.

some of them won't even support Nancy Pelosi! no wonder Morbs is pissed.

this person's tweets make no sense, this blog post is not about campaign strategy or branding it's just "what do these people who happen to be running in GOP-held seats happen to be like"

younger Chuck Schumers, that's all ya need

here is the entirety of the support for your characterization in this article:

All were against abolishing ICE. None are talking up “a federal jobs guarantee.”

pick a smarter twitter user next time!

why start now

i'm calling for socialist reinforcements vs you lawyers

https://www.vox.com/2018/7/12/17564576/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-twitter-ballot-new-york

This is a good article that I think both makes clear why Ocasio-Cortez would doubt Crowley's motives and also leaves the possibility that his motives are good. My inclination would be not to trust Crowley though.

My dad warned me from a young age not to go to law school for no reason, which is the only thing keeping me from applying to law school right now. That and I’d have to dress better. xp

the tweet is a bit dopey but I like Corey Robin a lot

in the Jay Roach HBO movie about this election, I would like Crowley to be played by Michael Gaston.

corey robin seems smart till you follow him on twitter and realize he's kinda not

a lot of ppl are like this tbh

just not on this board

I'm gonna judge more by his book than his tweets, thx

My dad warned me from a young age not to go to law school for no reason, which is the only thing keeping me from applying to law school right now. That and I’d have to dress better. xp

― devops mom (silby), Friday, July 13, 2018 12:21 PM (forty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know several lawyers and your last point is...not true

I mean, I assume I wouldn’t be allowed to wear shorts, is what I’m saying

My boss wears shorts and has said I could do the same. But I need some semblance of dignity.

Hmmm, so Dems at all levels need to do more Facebook, Instagram, google, etc. ads...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/technology/tech-midterms-democrats.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&action=click&contentCollection=technology®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Dozens of progressive groups are organizing for Democrats in this year’s midterms. But Tech for Campaigns has focused on a particularly challenging assignment: dragging Democratic campaigns into the digital age, before it is too late....In a year and a half of existence, Tech for Campaigns has become a kind of Democratic Geek Squad — a national volunteer network consisting of more than 4,500 tech workers with day jobs at companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix and Airbnb. These volunteers, who include engineers, marketers and data scientists, are matched with Democratic campaigns across the country to provide training on digital skills, such as how to promote themselves on social media, build their email lists and use data analytics to identify potential donors...One of the group’s biggest tasks, Ms. Alter said, is persuading candidates to campaign heavily on social media, rather than relying solely on TV ads and printed mailers. Many Democrats running in 2018 are spending a much smaller percentage of their ad budgets on digital ads than their rivals, sometimes as little as 10 percent versus more than 40 percent for Republicans, according to two political consultants with ties to multiple campaigns.

"Tech for Campaigns has become a kind of Democratic Geek Squad —"

they'll take your hard drive, copy all the porn off it, and charge you $300 to reformat it?

e pluribus unum

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/14/identity-politics-right-left-trump-racism

Does anyone know how Abdul El-Sayed's chances are like for the Michigan gubernatorial race? He seems good. I'm watching his big speech in February about poverty.

https://abdulformichigan.com/issues

ICYMI, another "key adviser" to Cuomo was convicted on corruption charges this week, and Nixon is calling Prince Andy either clueless or corrupt.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2018/07/13/top-cuomo-official-and-donors-convicted-in-buffalo-billion-trial-the-governors-feminism-michael-cohens-new-digs-285903

¿Por qué no los dos?

Hmmm, so Dems at all levels need to do more Facebook, Instagram, google, etc. ads...

?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&action=click&contentCollection=technology®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Hmmm.

Heh

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-feinstein-de-leon-endorsement-20180714-story.html

(Although didn’t this already happen at a convention earlier in the year?)

Well hey.

I’m sure this is a fluke, Morbius should be awake in a few hours to remind us what The Dems really stand for.

president winfrey will appoint special agent strzok to be america's ambassador to the russian federation

re: Feinstein/de Leon, pulled from elsewhere:

Note that this ONLY happened because of the massive influx of progressives and overt socialists organizing and running for elected delegate positions, which we swept.

Morbius should be awake in a few hours to remind us what The Dems really stand for.

just jumpin' on the socialist bandwagon (like HRC selectively tried to do w/ Bernie to sadly unconvincing results).

by default they stand for as little as possible (happy?)

Thank you, Jane Mayer.

Nan Aron, the president of Alliance for Justice, a progressive group, who was also involved in the Thomas confirmation fight, agrees. “The conventional wisdom is that a vote against the nominee will hurt Democrats, but the reality that we’ve seen in the past is that it’s sometimes the right vote for Democrats politically. Votes for Thomas deflated the Democratic vote” afterward in some Senate races. As for this year, she says, “Look—Democrats in red states need the progressive base. You don’t need them staying home.”

On Saturday, two progressive groups—Demand Justice, a new organization focussed on judicial issues, and the Center for American Progress—planned to release a poll, conducted in the battleground states of Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, and West Virginia, that seeks to convey a similar message to vulnerable Democratic senators.

According to the poll, conducted by Hart Research Associates, Democratic senators may actually be better off politically, even in states that went overwhelmingly to Trump in 2016, if they cast votes against Kavanaugh. The polling data, which was gathered between June 30th and July 5th from about twelve hundred voters in those four states, are, of course, self-serving. But it makes the case that, if Democratic senators in conservative states frame their opposition to Kavanaugh clearly as a matter of conscience, based on one of three possible arguments, a majority of voters will likely accept and support the decision.

I'd like to see that poll

Elsewhere on ILX I saw a quote from Manchin where he was emphatically distancing himself from Schumer on the Kavanaugh vote, but he left the door wide open for him to vote either way, framing it as his decision alone, based on his personal judgment. This aligns well with the advice given above, but only if his eventual vote is against.

got some threadbait

This anecdote from my Ohio reporting last week captures something I see all the time. Purity tests: Big on Twitter, less so IRL. https://t.co/4phI0m2Ue3 pic.twitter.com/Gour17aTTe

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 17, 2018

70 y/os so weak on irl purity tests also their canes slow them down a lil

another cool 70 yo in that article saying she wont vote for the dem because he will keep obamacare and abolish ice

My fave trump anti obamacare feature is where they have repo teams to recover canes and batterychairs from the 70 y/os. that’ll larn em.

Cuomo is shook as hell

NEWS: Christopher Kim, the Cuomo donor who gave 69 times, reported the same Long Island City address (down to the apt. #) as Cuomo aide Julia Yang.

She identifies herself on LinkedIn as Cuomo’s “creative director.”

I’ve reached out to the campaign for comment… https://t.co/YUITqWwADI

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 17, 2018

nice

lmao what a move

also 69/77, nice

hahahah hell yeah

very "creative" Ms Yang

love to give, and receive, 69 times