This isn't a specific knock on anyone here - but in reading some of the comments here today and in various diaries over on Daily Kos, it really does seem to me to be almost impossible for a Democratic president to make people happy. Or for them to stay happy I guess. Record low unemployment is basically deemed as meaningless, short term …
This isn't a specific knock on anyone here - but in reading some of the comments here today and in various diaries over on Daily Kos, it really does seem to me to be almost impossible for a Democratic president to make people happy. Or for them to stay happy I guess. Record low unemployment is basically deemed as meaningless, short term inflation that fades is a crime, etc. And this is from a bunch of people who are deep partisans for the Democrats! My strong advice to any (hopeful we'll have one!) future Democratic presidents is to ignore good policy (it gets you nowhere) and focus on good vibes.
My point is largely that the people here and on DKOS, who already know the truth and are deep (sometimes crazy)partisans are basically not happy with with through the basement unemployment and better than basically any other developed nation levels of inflation. Yes, Biden and his administration sucked at communication, but the people who didn't need to be communicated to are still unhappy.
I mean I was very happy with the Biden administration my income quadrupled under it and I got into the lower middle class, eggs being a dollar more really didn't compare to that increase. If he wasn't 81 with a stutter and a perception by three-quarters of the country believing that he was too old I would have been fine with him running again. Democrats offline can be just as bad though but Trump being in office focused them last time.
On the contrary. You need good policy, but you also need a clear strong slogan and message for it to resonate and be heard. You can't dismissively tell people just to look at your policy on your website like Clinton did, or explain how you're not a socialist like Sanders. In Harris' case, she was stuck trying to distinguish herself from Biden. For all his faults, Trump has simple effective slogans and policy. "Build the wall", "tariffs" and "make China and Mexico pay". He's also built up a (false) persona as a savvy businessman in large part due to The Apprentice. Obama himself built up a charismatic and cool persona and had his own effective slogans and policy. "Change we can believe in", "yes we can" and withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan and universal healthcare which to his credit he delivered. Now I ask you, can you summarize to me in a sentence or 2 what exactly Harris' policies were? Because I will tell you now that the average voter sure as hell could not and that's a major problem.
I still remember back when President Obama was in office in his first term and the excitement over him back in 2008 had fizzled due to him not satisfying those who wanted major change beyond epic proportions.
This isn't a specific knock on anyone here - but in reading some of the comments here today and in various diaries over on Daily Kos, it really does seem to me to be almost impossible for a Democratic president to make people happy. Or for them to stay happy I guess. Record low unemployment is basically deemed as meaningless, short term inflation that fades is a crime, etc. And this is from a bunch of people who are deep partisans for the Democrats! My strong advice to any (hopeful we'll have one!) future Democratic presidents is to ignore good policy (it gets you nowhere) and focus on good vibes.
Good policy without good communication is sort of like the proverbial tree falling in the forest.
On a more humorous note:
"If a man says something in the middle of the forest, and his wife isn’t there to hear it, is he still wrong?"
My point is largely that the people here and on DKOS, who already know the truth and are deep (sometimes crazy)partisans are basically not happy with with through the basement unemployment and better than basically any other developed nation levels of inflation. Yes, Biden and his administration sucked at communication, but the people who didn't need to be communicated to are still unhappy.
I mean I was very happy with the Biden administration my income quadrupled under it and I got into the lower middle class, eggs being a dollar more really didn't compare to that increase. If he wasn't 81 with a stutter and a perception by three-quarters of the country believing that he was too old I would have been fine with him running again. Democrats offline can be just as bad though but Trump being in office focused them last time.
On the contrary. You need good policy, but you also need a clear strong slogan and message for it to resonate and be heard. You can't dismissively tell people just to look at your policy on your website like Clinton did, or explain how you're not a socialist like Sanders. In Harris' case, she was stuck trying to distinguish herself from Biden. For all his faults, Trump has simple effective slogans and policy. "Build the wall", "tariffs" and "make China and Mexico pay". He's also built up a (false) persona as a savvy businessman in large part due to The Apprentice. Obama himself built up a charismatic and cool persona and had his own effective slogans and policy. "Change we can believe in", "yes we can" and withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan and universal healthcare which to his credit he delivered. Now I ask you, can you summarize to me in a sentence or 2 what exactly Harris' policies were? Because I will tell you now that the average voter sure as hell could not and that's a major problem.
I still remember back when President Obama was in office in his first term and the excitement over him back in 2008 had fizzled due to him not satisfying those who wanted major change beyond epic proportions.