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The Democrats' Race Back to the Future

Jack Hays

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This is a pretty bleak picture of the state of the Democrats from a journalist not usually hostile to them. Are they really in such bad shape?

Democrats' Race Back to the Future - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post

WASHINGTON – In 2008, the Democratic Party in the U.S. nominated one of its youngest candidates ever, and its first African-American. Everyone assumed that the choice of Barack Obama, 47, meant a new day and a new era.
But seven years later, the party’s 2016 contest is shaping up as a battle of aging white Baby Boomers for control of an ancient organization desperately in need of a fresh identity and a new wave of ideas, leaders and voters (though Hillary would be the first woman to win the nomination).
Democrats like to brag that they have been in continuous operation for two centuries, longer than any other major political party in the free world.
It certainly feels like it. . . .
 
Both Democrat and Republican parties desperately need a new slate of candidates who aren't the stale same-old same-old...
 
Both Democrat and Republican parties desperately need a new slate of candidates who aren't the stale same-old same-old...

Fair enough. Truth in advertising: I'm a fan of John Kasich. But I take your point.
 
This is a pretty bleak picture of the state of the Democrats from a journalist not usually hostile to them. Are they really in such bad shape?

Democrats' Race Back to the Future - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post

WASHINGTON – In 2008, the Democratic Party in the U.S. nominated one of its youngest candidates ever, and its first African-American. Everyone assumed that the choice of Barack Obama, 47, meant a new day and a new era.
But seven years later, the party’s 2016 contest is shaping up as a battle of aging white Baby Boomers for control of an ancient organization desperately in need of a fresh identity and a new wave of ideas, leaders and voters (though Hillary would be the first woman to win the nomination).
Democrats like to brag that they have been in continuous operation for two centuries, longer than any other major political party in the free world.
It certainly feels like it. . . .

And yet those aging white Baby Boomers have better ideas than the new faces of the GOP, who are still recycling tired ideas Republicans have always promote -- lowering taxes on the wealthy, cutting social programs and scapegoating immigrants.
 
And yet those aging white Baby Boomers have better ideas than the new faces of the GOP, who are still recycling tired ideas Republicans have always promote -- lowering taxes on the wealthy, cutting social programs and scapegoating immigrants.

The GOP is not monolithic. Until you develop a more sophisticated view you're not to be taken seriously.
 
The GOP is not monolithic. Until you develop a more sophisticated view you're not to be taken seriously.
You are right. There are candidates that want to support social programs and raise taxes on wealth but they're called Democrats.
 
John Kasich should be receiving more attention. He is the best option so far for the Republicans.
 
John Kasich should be receiving more attention. He is the best option so far for the Republicans.

He's not eligible because he expanded Medicare under the ACA. The GOP is going for another Bush instead.
 
Hmmm. I feel like that kind of flexibility is needed in the GOP. I believe it is a losing battle to write off anyone who adopts any Democratic agenda. The Democrats have done some thing well. During the first debate Rand Paul came at Christie for hugging Obama... It's political strength to work together and follow your leader. Kasich was following the advice of his leader in expanding ACA.
 
He’d also have to somehow reach out to a new version of the party that is out there waiting to be born. It is a yet-to-be-defined mashup of Black Lives Matter; pro-immigration activism; non-European cultural consciousness; tolerance of all religions, lifestyles and genders; genuine urgency about the fate of the planet; confidence in technology, social media and the sharing economy; and skepticism about America’s right, power and duty to lead the world.

That's a hypothetical new version of the Democratic party? Sounds a lot like the current one.
 
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