There's a good opportunity right now to start investing in rural states. Since most of these places have smaller media markets and much less people, investments tend to be far less expensive and can go further than they would in bigger and more expensive markets in bigger states. For places like Iowa, we also already have a good pool of …
There's a good opportunity right now to start investing in rural states. Since most of these places have smaller media markets and much less people, investments tend to be far less expensive and can go further than they would in bigger and more expensive markets in bigger states. For places like Iowa, we also already have a good pool of credible candidates, many with good name recognition and at least in Montana, fair redistricting reform at the state level has allowed Ds to gain more seats. Obviously this is all long term investment that won't likely pan out overnight, but we may start reaping some rewards in places like Iowa as soon as 2026, given how bad and toxic the environment will be for the GOP by then.
Yes! Invest and build up the state-level party organizations, each of them attuned to that state’s electorate and needs. Obviously North Dakota is going to be very different from New Mexico, and Colorado different from California. In other words, a modern 50-State Strategy.
From now on, we must put forward a candidate in every race. This election, Democrats failed to challenge more than a thousand state legislative seat! (Never mind that Republicans left even more unchallenged.) That’s political malpractice and its intolerable!
Yeah, people forget how quickly things can change. It’s not all that long ago that all four Dakota senators were Democrats!
I was talking to a younger friend recently and pointed out that in summer of ‘96 several highly respected national columnists were predicting that Clinton would finish 3rd and combined with three straight 400+ EV wins by Republicans that the Democratic Party would soon cease to exist. Of course, after Clinton got 370 EV that fall, that talk quickly disappeared.
I know that now it seems like the sharply divided country will continue forever, but every “forever” in the past has failed to endure. None of us know what event(s) will makes things change, but they will.
In the unlikely event that subsidized corn crops for ethanol production are eliminated, that is something I would actually support. Seriously, we ought to get rid of ethanol in gasoline altogether.
I'm referring to cutting out high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener, which is something I see them tinkering with. Yes, it's a good thing to do away with, but Dems should make hay on its impact to farmers regardless. That's good political acumen.
Yeah if RFK is really allowed to "go nuts on health", one of the first targets will be the processed garbage we put into our bodies that's almost all chock full of corn. It would be good public policy (and the one thing RFK has been a good voice for) but would send shock waves through the farm markets....not to mention hefty inflation at the supermarket that makes the 2023 price of eggs seem frivolous by comparison.
My assumption is that RFK Jr will fail to implement any of the rare good ideas he might have and will spend all his time on the craziest, most unacceptable policies instead.
There's a good opportunity right now to start investing in rural states. Since most of these places have smaller media markets and much less people, investments tend to be far less expensive and can go further than they would in bigger and more expensive markets in bigger states. For places like Iowa, we also already have a good pool of credible candidates, many with good name recognition and at least in Montana, fair redistricting reform at the state level has allowed Ds to gain more seats. Obviously this is all long term investment that won't likely pan out overnight, but we may start reaping some rewards in places like Iowa as soon as 2026, given how bad and toxic the environment will be for the GOP by then.
Yes! Invest and build up the state-level party organizations, each of them attuned to that state’s electorate and needs. Obviously North Dakota is going to be very different from New Mexico, and Colorado different from California. In other words, a modern 50-State Strategy.
From now on, we must put forward a candidate in every race. This election, Democrats failed to challenge more than a thousand state legislative seat! (Never mind that Republicans left even more unchallenged.) That’s political malpractice and its intolerable!
Yeah, people forget how quickly things can change. It’s not all that long ago that all four Dakota senators were Democrats!
I was talking to a younger friend recently and pointed out that in summer of ‘96 several highly respected national columnists were predicting that Clinton would finish 3rd and combined with three straight 400+ EV wins by Republicans that the Democratic Party would soon cease to exist. Of course, after Clinton got 370 EV that fall, that talk quickly disappeared.
I know that now it seems like the sharply divided country will continue forever, but every “forever” in the past has failed to endure. None of us know what event(s) will makes things change, but they will.
That must have been 1992. Clinton was always the heavy favorite in 1996.
Right, I meant 1992.
I say they get ready to capitalize once Rs start moving to throw corn farmers under the bus.
In the unlikely event that subsidized corn crops for ethanol production are eliminated, that is something I would actually support. Seriously, we ought to get rid of ethanol in gasoline altogether.
I'm referring to cutting out high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener, which is something I see them tinkering with. Yes, it's a good thing to do away with, but Dems should make hay on its impact to farmers regardless. That's good political acumen.
The tariffs would also kill Iowa's economy especially after foreign countries retaliate by putting tariffs on us.
Yeah if RFK is really allowed to "go nuts on health", one of the first targets will be the processed garbage we put into our bodies that's almost all chock full of corn. It would be good public policy (and the one thing RFK has been a good voice for) but would send shock waves through the farm markets....not to mention hefty inflation at the supermarket that makes the 2023 price of eggs seem frivolous by comparison.
Exactly. It’s the thing where, I hate to say it, he’s right on the merits but he’s also the last person I’d trust to implement such a policy
My assumption is that RFK Jr will fail to implement any of the rare good ideas he might have and will spend all his time on the craziest, most unacceptable policies instead.
Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, eastern Iowa, shoring up Minnesota and Wisconsin, inroads into Indiana...