I suppose the tricky part is to craft policy positions in such a way that you don’t alienate former GOP who were okay with Biden. I recall that when Biden won, a lot of folks voted an otherwise straight GOP ticket but Biden-Harris for president.
I suspect that’s what it takes to ahead again.
Meanwhile, it’s easier to risk alienating the base for Harris, since those folks def won’t go to the other guy.
I like Sanders and I like the ideas in his post, but I’m hopeful that if Harris wins this year, the other guy won’t be able to get nominated in 2028 (too old, twice failed, etc) and that will lead to a more normal election cycle. At which point, some of these ideas start looking better.
I suppose the tricky part is to craft policy positions in such a way that you don’t alienate former GOP who were okay with Biden. I recall that when Biden won, a lot of folks voted an otherwise straight GOP ticket but Biden-Harris for president.
I suspect that’s what it takes to ahead again.
Meanwhile, it’s easier to risk alienating the base for Harris, since those folks def won’t go to the other guy.
I like Sanders and I like the ideas in his post, but I’m hopeful that if Harris wins this year, the other guy won’t be able to get nominated in 2028 (too old, twice failed, etc) and that will lead to a more normal election cycle. At which point, some of these ideas start looking better.
Of course, if Harris wins, Dems keep the Senate, and take the House, then there’s the other option - (temporarily) drop the filibuster (setting the threshold to a bare majority) and then enacting the 127 DC states plan: https://www.vox.com/2020/1/14/21063591/modest-proposal-to-save-american-democracy-pack-the-union-harvard-law-review