Trump administration 2024-2028

[lenaitch]

Tip the ship too far left or right, and she sinks.

The political parties need to focus on the 80% of the population which is somewhere in the center. At least for us Canadians. And I do know many an American (including 6 cousins), and not one of them is far left or far right.

However people also have to be careful what they define as "far/fringe left or right"
A few examples
-Wanting a decent universal healthcare does NOT make you far left
-Wanting reasonable and manageable immigration does NOT make you far right
-Wanting a decent education system for all does NOT make you far left
-Wanting to a moderately effective armed forces does NOT make you far right

and we could go on.

Appealing to 'grassroots America' is made difficult when so much of their system is funded by lobbyist, PACs and corporate interests with pockets so deep it it hard for us to imagine.

I'm not convinced the left/right lines are drawn the same in the US as they are here; either out of ideology or simply lack of information. To many Americans, our single-payer healthcare is 'socialism' marked by long wait times and imposed MAID. Tossing around the terms 'socialism' or 'communist' has a very different meaning down there.

 

[ytz]

Tossing around the terms 'socialism' or 'communist' has a very different meaning down there.

I would argue those labels are starting to lose efficacy as the situation gets worse and worse for young people there.

If all the capitalism of their elders gives them is the serfdom they hate, suddenly "socialism" and "communism" doesn't sound so bad. If you're working gig jobs with no health benefits and can barely make rent, what do you have to lose?

 

[HavokFour]

There appears to be a pretty significant push to keep Jeffries away from House Speaker and remove Schumer as Majority Leader, quite a few of the new incoming Senators have already come out against Schumer holding the position.

I'm not as familiar with Jeffries, but Schumer's endorsement of Haley Stevens has turned into a pretty knarly black mark for him in the eyes of many Democrats considering what she did.

 

[ytz]

Trump picked Miller. Democrats need wartime leaders. Not sure Schumer has the right instincts for that fight.