This week's Matter of Opinion has special guest @reihan and a foray into video: nytimes.com/2024/11/22/opini…

NEW — The current argument gaining credence among Dems: The problem wasn’t that the party failed to sell the public on what it delivered, it was that it delivered them the wrong things. “We didn’t deliver what people wanted" Ron Klain tells me thebulwark.com/p/why-deliver…

If you’re still ticked off at the Dems protecting Joe Biden for months imagine having run Dean Phillips’ campaign to force a primary. andrewyang.com/blog/tired-of…

Killer Kennedy is even worse than Goofball Gaetz in the estimation of the always astute @Lawrence O’Donnell

For all the Dems distressed by Trump’s Cabinet picks - where were you when Joe Biden and the Dems canceled their own primary to prop Joe up? Dean Phillips called this all “predictable and preventable” and he was spot on.

Joe Biden failed the test of knowing when to step aside and history will judge him for it. But he had a lot of help.

The case for Trumpism being transitory and everyone except me just moving on in 5 years. Not gonna get much of this at The Bulwark next two years so enjoy it while you can! thebulwark.com/p/what-if-som…

The Democrats will essentially never re-take the Senate unless they somehow become competitive in multiple red states which is nearly impossible. It’s the math. theatlantic.com/politics/arc…

On the other hand an Independent like Dan Osborn put Nebraska in play and so did Evan McMullin in Utah. A new approach to politics is vital. ⬆️🇺🇸

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A note to Dem politicians and campaigns: You won't persuade voters with a one-off appearance on a popular podcast the week before the election (which is not a knock on Harris' campaign; she only had a couple months so they did all they could). The reason Republicans are winning over so many young people is because the right invests hours and hours, everyday, every month, every year in audience-building among its influencer class. We can't compete by sticking our candidates on an episode one time in October of an election year. Democrats need to embrace YEAR-ROUND progressive media (either directly political or political-adjacent) if we want to compete. But you cannot only remember independent media outlets exist 2 weeks before an election-- not in a media environment where the vast majority of Americans (and practically ALL persuadable Americans) are consuming content on alternative outlets.

I wrote about all of this here! usermag.co/p/why-democrats-w…

If the job is/was defeating Trump, the Democratic Party is objectively bad at its job.

I was told by a friend that the Harris campaign had me on a list of people not to use because I had ‘crossed a line’ with my criticism of Joe Biden. I know I wouldn’t have made that big a difference but that’s indicative of a dysfunctional culture.

Where were the Dems criticizing Joe Biden today for not dropping out earlier back in January when Dean Phillips was actually running against him trying to force a primary? Nowhere to be found.

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One of the Dems biggest mistakes was antagonizing Elon. He has done more for the Earth - and electric cars - than any other human being.

I voted for her. I think he’s a bad guy. But if you lose the senate, house, electoral college AND popular vote, and you think the lesson is half the country is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, and stupid… wrong lesson. And the same thing will likely happen in 2028.