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lees1975

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Sun May 11, 2025, 09:23 PM May 11

Instead of conceding the 2026 Senate midterms, shouldn't Democrats be gearing up to win the majority? [View all]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/instead-of-conceding-2026-senate.html

So I do realize here that citing an article from The Hill is falsely emphasizing a conservative bias and emphasis, but this one covers the spectrum of Senate elections coming up from the perspective that a Democrat deciding to step down is conceding the race to the other side. In recent days, on several talk radio programs, I've heard Democratic party strategists drag out that tired, old repetitive narrative of already counting the votes based on the last Presidential election and making plans to protect the turf at a time when being aggressive and bold is a necessary strategy.

This is one of the reasons people are frustrated, why the Democratic party is suffering from low approval ratings, and why it seems that, in the face of a destructive demagogue, it doesn't appear anyone in leadership is standing up in an aggressive and bold enough manner to indicate they believe Trump really is a threat to American democracy and to the rule of Constitutional law. When the political tools were in their hands, they wouldn't take the aggresive, bold steps necessary to put an end to this, and that's why we are here now.

They're sending out their fundraising letters and emails. My social media is loaded with appeals, including from out of state candidates looking to pick up some help from blue state Democrats. The rhetoric is pretty much the same as we've been hearing for a while.


The most sensible rhetoric at this point is actually coming from the DNC. David Hogg is proposing to help raise money to replace Democrats with some new, bolder leadership willing to take risks to save the country from fascism. Of course he's been attacked by the establishment, which affirms that what he wants to do is probably the right thing to do and it will work. The head of the DNC, Ken Martin, who has been a disappointment as far as I am concerned, at least is giving some lip service to a "50 state strategy," which is also a step in the right direction.
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