Yeah if a Dem gets elected in 2028 we're going to need massive majorities in Congress alone for all the cleanup in revoking 19th century laws that were sitting on the books for Trump to weaponize like the Alien Enemies Act so the next Republican President has less obvious tools in the toolbox to use.
Yeah if a Dem gets elected in 2028 we're going to need massive majorities in Congress alone for all the cleanup in revoking 19th century laws that were sitting on the books for Trump to weaponize like the Alien Enemies Act so the next Republican President has less obvious tools in the toolbox to use.
100% agreed, which is why I want the next Democratic president to be a new age politician who acknowledges today’s reality that Republicans are the actual enemy to our country, democracy is extremely shaky and instead of working with them, they need to do everything in their power to make it so Republicans have a harder time winning.
Also I want them to fire every single Republican previously nominated to any office (not all government workers in case anyone thinks I want DOGE version of the left, but departmental heads). The less connections the GOP has, the weaker the party and the weaker their ability to gain power becomes, we got to stop giving them ladders or keeping people in positions just because of some weird old age thinking about stability and fairness that no longer applies today which ties our hands as a party for any politician who actually still believes that.
Also need to pass a national law banning gerrymandering and requiring independent redistricting commissions in every state. If Dems have to abolish the filibuster to do that, so be it.
We could presumably get through those legislative issues with a modest but not particularly large majority in the house.
The real obstacle is the senate. As is it would be fortunate for us to have a senate majority at all come 2029. We're going to need some cushion to deal with spineless institutionalists that think it's more important to preserve the traditions of the senate than to preserve democracy.
I think we will need 52 seats to guarantee any accomplishment beyond whatever can get through reconciliation.
Getting to 52 seats by then isn't impossible but it is a very tall order. Requires us to win all the inherently competitive seats up in 2026 and 2028: WI, NC 2026, NC 2028, ME. Then on top of those four we would need to win something somewhere else. Maybe Alaska, Iowa, Texas, or Ohio are our best chances for a miracle on that front.
Yeah if a Dem gets elected in 2028 we're going to need massive majorities in Congress alone for all the cleanup in revoking 19th century laws that were sitting on the books for Trump to weaponize like the Alien Enemies Act so the next Republican President has less obvious tools in the toolbox to use.
100% agreed, which is why I want the next Democratic president to be a new age politician who acknowledges today’s reality that Republicans are the actual enemy to our country, democracy is extremely shaky and instead of working with them, they need to do everything in their power to make it so Republicans have a harder time winning.
Also I want them to fire every single Republican previously nominated to any office (not all government workers in case anyone thinks I want DOGE version of the left, but departmental heads). The less connections the GOP has, the weaker the party and the weaker their ability to gain power becomes, we got to stop giving them ladders or keeping people in positions just because of some weird old age thinking about stability and fairness that no longer applies today which ties our hands as a party for any politician who actually still believes that.
Also need to pass a national law banning gerrymandering and requiring independent redistricting commissions in every state. If Dems have to abolish the filibuster to do that, so be it.
If Kamala won and Dems regained a trifecta, they would’ve done just that.
DC & PR statehood too.
We could presumably get through those legislative issues with a modest but not particularly large majority in the house.
The real obstacle is the senate. As is it would be fortunate for us to have a senate majority at all come 2029. We're going to need some cushion to deal with spineless institutionalists that think it's more important to preserve the traditions of the senate than to preserve democracy.
I think we will need 52 seats to guarantee any accomplishment beyond whatever can get through reconciliation.
Getting to 52 seats by then isn't impossible but it is a very tall order. Requires us to win all the inherently competitive seats up in 2026 and 2028: WI, NC 2026, NC 2028, ME. Then on top of those four we would need to win something somewhere else. Maybe Alaska, Iowa, Texas, or Ohio are our best chances for a miracle on that front.