The Democrats problem

 Scott Pinsker:

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why the Democratic Party Keeps Nominating Unlikeable Candidates

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 In 1992, Bill Clinton was viewed as the total political package: He was young! A southern Democrat with electoral success! His middle name is Jefferson, for crying out loud! He was literally a “man from Hope!” And to top it all off, he actually LIKED people! (Okay, sometimes a little too much.) Still, he could connect with almost anyone!

Connecting one-on-one with people just doesn’t matter to the Democratic Party anymore. Instead, they’re choosing candidates based on personal demographics. Some genders/ethnicities/religions make the cut; others do not.

No way would Bill Clinton be nominated today. And not just because of #MeToo. He no longer fits the Democrat’s desired candidate template. He’s too male, too white, and too accepting of non-liberals.

But when you elevate gender, ethnicity, and how snarky you are on social media above everything else, it skews your candidate search.

You don’t end up with a Bill Clinton. You end up with a Hillary Clinton. And a Kamala Harris. Or maybe, in a few years, an AOC.

This will likely be a persistent, long-term problem for the Democratic Party because it’s not just a candidate problem — it’s a process problem. Ideology has broken the Democrat’s SOP for candidate selection. Now it’s garbage in, garbage out.

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It is hard to believe that the Democrats think Kamala Harris is a good candidate.  She is inarticulate and unlikable unless your idea of a hot date is a heavy drinker.   I can't imagine allowing her to negotiate with Putin.

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