Tell me you are a useless controlled opposition party without telling me you are a controlled opposition party…
Pecanus on
The DNC are incompetent or complicit. I don’t care which, they need to go.
The_SubGenius on
Pure, unadulterated cowardice.
Figure out what went wrong, release the report, and correct the problem.
MiddleAgedSponger on
They aren’t going to tell you what went wrong because they plan to keep doing it.
AnonAmbientLight on
> by Robby Soave, opinion contributor
> Robert Emil Soave Jr. is an American libertarian journalist. He is a senior editor for Reason and co-host of The Hill’s web news commentary series program Rising.
Hard pass lmfao.
Professional_Cry2415 on
AIPAC won’t let them
IfNotNow313 on
Hint: it rhymes with playpack
ItchyAge3135 on
Bet it would involve admitting that their stance on Israel is unpopular, among other things.
JFJinCO on
We know what went wrong: Trump somehow won all seven swing states, and all just beyond the levels needed for a recount. Then he bragged about rigging the elections with Elon’s knowledge of the voting machines.
Comprehensive_Tie431 on
It was the lack of a primary. Joe Biden said he was going to complete one term and pass the baton, but he chose to run a second time. Biden’s decision to run for reelection cost the Democrats the election.
If the Democrats had a healthy primary, I believe they would’ve triumphed over Trump.
nyet-marionetka on
I just listened to Pod Save America where they talked about this and I was yelling at him uselessly. They didn’t release the report because they don’t want us “looking backward” and “pointing fingers” and “looking for a smoking gun” or a “silver bullet”. Instead they’re releasing “lessons”, which he also described as an “executive summary”, but an executive summary is a formal document typically released *along with* the longer document. They have not even released that, just apparently shorter stuff released to particular people? If these lessons are valid conclusions I don’t see why they don’t release all the data the conclusions are based upon instead of handwaving and saying “trust us”. Why does he think he should be able to tell is what to conclude without even seeing the evidence instead of reviewing it ourselves? The question this prompts for me is, what’s in there that would be harmful to DNC leadership if it got out, and why aren’t they willing to do what’s necessary to address the problem transparently?
Oceanbreeze871 on
On pod save America they grilled a rep from the dnc and he said “we’ve shared the findings with key donors, consultants and activists” and that right there is the problem.
illogical_mindset on
This was a frustrating interview to listen to. Martin came off condescending and like he thinks he knows what’s best for people instead of letting them draw their own conclusions.
Jamesboach on
Didn’t this idiot push out David Hogg
pilgermann on
It’s worth listening to Pod Save America’s interview with Ken Martin on this. I knew the DNC was a bit slimey, but Christ this dude is a tapeworm. I’ve never been more turned off, and the Dems are fucked if they let someone like this control the party.
DenaliBurnz on
Here is my autopsy.
1. Merrick Garland waited too long to appoint a special prosecutor. This will go down as the biggest legal blunder in the history of America and maybe western civilization.
2. Biden should have never run for a second term.
3. There should have been a real primary if Biden ran.
4. Biden waited too long to drop out.
5. America didn’t get to choose a Democrat candidate.
5. Kamala was a bad candidate.
6. The campaign was run poorly.
7. The down ballot races didn’t inspire turnout.
Edit to include:
9. A poor VP choice, especially when considering other options.
ClusterFoxtrot on
Can we just release Ken Martin? From this job, anyway.
ryoushi19 on
Listen, I’m frustrated with the Democratic party and all, but the person that wrote this article is stupid. This is an actual quote from the article.
>You can bet that the leaders of the party, and the people they listen to — talking heads on CNN and MSNBC — are going to want to steer the candidates toward Kamala-style woke progressivism. It’s an agenda that excites college professors and no one else.
Yes, they apparently believe Kamala lost because she was too much of a “woke progressive”. The author writes for a libertarian magazine.
NoThing8978 on
They don’t want to release it because it will name Israel as a main issue and the dnc doesn’t want to face that fact
Marionberry_Bellini on
Every day it becomes more clear that the Democratic Party would rather lose over and over than make the necessary changes to be popular again. Absolutely pathetic.
vishaka-lagna on
I want to see how the DNC spent $1.5B in 15 weeks while staffers kept coming to media to discuss the lack of outreach and how Pennsylvania was a mess. I wonder if that’s a part of the autopsy. I’m keeping my donations to local races only.
SovietPropagandist on
Did you know that r/democrats still won’t let you mention Mamdani? They’ll remove your comment and ban you. They literally block any discussion of democratic socialism even when the mayor of the largest city in the country won a landslide victory as a democratic socialist.
Constant_Flamingo828 on
It’s guys like this that cause the Dems to lose so bad. The upper echelon of the party is highly paid consultants that only care about data and spamming fundraising emails.
NeverNeverSometimes on
Just listened to the Pod Save America about this. It was infuriating.
They asked a dozen times “you said you would release the report, now you’re not, what changed?”
And the response was “We are sharing it. We’re sharing what we learned from it.”
No, motherfucker. Sharing what you learned is not the same as sharing the report. That’s only sharing your interpretation of it.
N23EX on
Vote Blue no matter who…unless it’s a soc dem like the wildly popular and effective Mamdani! Can’t support a real left wing candidate. The DNC is just RNC is sheep’s clothing
rossmosh85 on
Harris got absolutely no love when running in 2020. People just flat out were not interested in her being president.
So the fact she lost in 2024 after doing nothing of note as VP and being basically invisible shouldn’t surprise anyone
drethnudrib on
They’re latched firmly to the billionaire teat, and they’re happy to be controlled opposition as long as they make their money.
mattjf22 on
They won’t release it because they aren’t willing to make the necessary changes required. Bribery has fucked up our government.
BigSuggestion9664 on
I wonder if they’re hiding the results because the results show that they didn’t lose, but they don’t want the 2020 results to continue to be questioned.
Top_Standard_4369 on
Got something to hide? Imagine that.
Plastic_Key_4146 on
He’s literally proving he’s not learning the lessons!! How can he have people focus on the right lessons, when he’s not learning any lessons!
WE DON’T TRUST YOU! Learn that lesson Mr. Martin. You need to earn the voters of trust. David Hogg might be cringe, but he at least appears to be genuine.
I watched you campaign for DNC chair, and you promised you wouldn’t do any of this. You sound like one of them.
Forward not back. That’s JD’s line! Forward not back, that’s why Jefferson Davis walked away with his head held high. Forward not back, that’s why Dubya is painting.
This is exactly what lost ’16 and ’24. Back state parties; endorse and back Mamdani, Platner, and Talarico; and release the report. Corporatists cannot win, only FDR can.
padizzledonk on
That interview on PSA was absolutely brutal lol
And i agree with the other comment that is was a 100% because of her stance on Israel and how Biden and her handled Gaza
If it was literally ANYTHING else they would have no problem releasing it
The finny thing is that we all collectively know it, and hiding it isnt going to change how absolutely fucking rabid we all are, left, right and independent, for that relationship and support to end
bluepillarmy on
I can give you the autopsy in one sentence:
“Turns out voters are turned off by candidates who look and sound like HR managers.”
jll027 on
Why the hell would any dem want this released into the news cycle when they finally have some momentum against Trump.
We’re a sexist, racist country AND Kamala wasn’t a likable candidate AND wasn’t even chosen by voters. Holy shit this isn’t that hard.
Quentin-Quarantino19 on
The most unpopular issues are those that their donors are interested in.
If they release the findings, the obvious requirement would involve a shift in policy on issues the donors don’t want to be meddled with.
Ok_Function2282 on
How dumb are you If you still need an autopsy of the election?
They put up a black woman against a white man during one of the most misogynistic and racist periods America has had in the last three decades.
They’re not going to come out and say that was the problem because they don’t want to upset their minority and female voters.
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Tell me you are a useless controlled opposition party without telling me you are a controlled opposition party…
The DNC are incompetent or complicit. I don’t care which, they need to go.
Pure, unadulterated cowardice.
Figure out what went wrong, release the report, and correct the problem.
They aren’t going to tell you what went wrong because they plan to keep doing it.
> by Robby Soave, opinion contributor
> Robert Emil Soave Jr. is an American libertarian journalist. He is a senior editor for Reason and co-host of The Hill’s web news commentary series program Rising.
Hard pass lmfao.
AIPAC won’t let them
Hint: it rhymes with playpack
Bet it would involve admitting that their stance on Israel is unpopular, among other things.
We know what went wrong: Trump somehow won all seven swing states, and all just beyond the levels needed for a recount. Then he bragged about rigging the elections with Elon’s knowledge of the voting machines.
It was the lack of a primary. Joe Biden said he was going to complete one term and pass the baton, but he chose to run a second time. Biden’s decision to run for reelection cost the Democrats the election.
If the Democrats had a healthy primary, I believe they would’ve triumphed over Trump.
I just listened to Pod Save America where they talked about this and I was yelling at him uselessly. They didn’t release the report because they don’t want us “looking backward” and “pointing fingers” and “looking for a smoking gun” or a “silver bullet”. Instead they’re releasing “lessons”, which he also described as an “executive summary”, but an executive summary is a formal document typically released *along with* the longer document. They have not even released that, just apparently shorter stuff released to particular people? If these lessons are valid conclusions I don’t see why they don’t release all the data the conclusions are based upon instead of handwaving and saying “trust us”. Why does he think he should be able to tell is what to conclude without even seeing the evidence instead of reviewing it ourselves? The question this prompts for me is, what’s in there that would be harmful to DNC leadership if it got out, and why aren’t they willing to do what’s necessary to address the problem transparently?
On pod save America they grilled a rep from the dnc and he said “we’ve shared the findings with key donors, consultants and activists” and that right there is the problem.
This was a frustrating interview to listen to. Martin came off condescending and like he thinks he knows what’s best for people instead of letting them draw their own conclusions.
Didn’t this idiot push out David Hogg
It’s worth listening to Pod Save America’s interview with Ken Martin on this. I knew the DNC was a bit slimey, but Christ this dude is a tapeworm. I’ve never been more turned off, and the Dems are fucked if they let someone like this control the party.
Here is my autopsy.
1. Merrick Garland waited too long to appoint a special prosecutor. This will go down as the biggest legal blunder in the history of America and maybe western civilization.
2. Biden should have never run for a second term.
3. There should have been a real primary if Biden ran.
4. Biden waited too long to drop out.
5. America didn’t get to choose a Democrat candidate.
5. Kamala was a bad candidate.
6. The campaign was run poorly.
7. The down ballot races didn’t inspire turnout.
Edit to include:
9. A poor VP choice, especially when considering other options.
Can we just release Ken Martin? From this job, anyway.
Listen, I’m frustrated with the Democratic party and all, but the person that wrote this article is stupid. This is an actual quote from the article.
>You can bet that the leaders of the party, and the people they listen to — talking heads on CNN and MSNBC — are going to want to steer the candidates toward Kamala-style woke progressivism. It’s an agenda that excites college professors and no one else.
Yes, they apparently believe Kamala lost because she was too much of a “woke progressive”. The author writes for a libertarian magazine.
They don’t want to release it because it will name Israel as a main issue and the dnc doesn’t want to face that fact
Every day it becomes more clear that the Democratic Party would rather lose over and over than make the necessary changes to be popular again. Absolutely pathetic.
I want to see how the DNC spent $1.5B in 15 weeks while staffers kept coming to media to discuss the lack of outreach and how Pennsylvania was a mess. I wonder if that’s a part of the autopsy. I’m keeping my donations to local races only.
Did you know that r/democrats still won’t let you mention Mamdani? They’ll remove your comment and ban you. They literally block any discussion of democratic socialism even when the mayor of the largest city in the country won a landslide victory as a democratic socialist.
It’s guys like this that cause the Dems to lose so bad. The upper echelon of the party is highly paid consultants that only care about data and spamming fundraising emails.
Just listened to the Pod Save America about this. It was infuriating.
They asked a dozen times “you said you would release the report, now you’re not, what changed?”
And the response was “We are sharing it. We’re sharing what we learned from it.”
No, motherfucker. Sharing what you learned is not the same as sharing the report. That’s only sharing your interpretation of it.
Vote Blue no matter who…unless it’s a soc dem like the wildly popular and effective Mamdani! Can’t support a real left wing candidate. The DNC is just RNC is sheep’s clothing
Harris got absolutely no love when running in 2020. People just flat out were not interested in her being president.
So the fact she lost in 2024 after doing nothing of note as VP and being basically invisible shouldn’t surprise anyone
They’re latched firmly to the billionaire teat, and they’re happy to be controlled opposition as long as they make their money.
They won’t release it because they aren’t willing to make the necessary changes required. Bribery has fucked up our government.
I wonder if they’re hiding the results because the results show that they didn’t lose, but they don’t want the 2020 results to continue to be questioned.
Got something to hide? Imagine that.
He’s literally proving he’s not learning the lessons!! How can he have people focus on the right lessons, when he’s not learning any lessons!
WE DON’T TRUST YOU! Learn that lesson Mr. Martin. You need to earn the voters of trust. David Hogg might be cringe, but he at least appears to be genuine.
I watched you campaign for DNC chair, and you promised you wouldn’t do any of this. You sound like one of them.
Forward not back. That’s JD’s line! Forward not back, that’s why Jefferson Davis walked away with his head held high. Forward not back, that’s why Dubya is painting.
This is exactly what lost ’16 and ’24. Back state parties; endorse and back Mamdani, Platner, and Talarico; and release the report. Corporatists cannot win, only FDR can.
That interview on PSA was absolutely brutal lol
And i agree with the other comment that is was a 100% because of her stance on Israel and how Biden and her handled Gaza
If it was literally ANYTHING else they would have no problem releasing it
The finny thing is that we all collectively know it, and hiding it isnt going to change how absolutely fucking rabid we all are, left, right and independent, for that relationship and support to end
I can give you the autopsy in one sentence:
“Turns out voters are turned off by candidates who look and sound like HR managers.”
Why the hell would any dem want this released into the news cycle when they finally have some momentum against Trump.
We’re a sexist, racist country AND Kamala wasn’t a likable candidate AND wasn’t even chosen by voters. Holy shit this isn’t that hard.
The most unpopular issues are those that their donors are interested in.
If they release the findings, the obvious requirement would involve a shift in policy on issues the donors don’t want to be meddled with.
How dumb are you If you still need an autopsy of the election?
They put up a black woman against a white man during one of the most misogynistic and racist periods America has had in the last three decades.
They’re not going to come out and say that was the problem because they don’t want to upset their minority and female voters.
It’s not complicated.