Exactly right, John. I have been appalled by the quick shift by pundits and some politicians from fighting for Kamala Harris to playing the blame game. "She should have done this. She should not have said that. It's all Biden's fault." One conservative economist even wrote an article in the NY Times offering Trump "advice." You know what the advice was? With the exception of border control, it was to do everything Biden and Harris have been doing! And of course, he failed to mention that Trump killed the strong border bill Republicans wanted and Biden and Harris both said they would sign because Trump wanted to keep the issue to campaign on. As a corrective to this negative analysis of the election loss, I recommend Joyce White Vance's analysis. A law professor and frequent speaker on legal issues, she argues that disinformation from foreign bad actors as well as unending lies from Trump and other Republicans, was what cost Harris the election. She was telling the truth and offering working class people policies that would help them. She was drowned out by Trump's lies. Democratic leaders should not and must not assume that the policies Harris ran on were wrong. Dean is right. Trump will have at least two years to implement his horrible, destructive policies. To the extent that he succeeds, people will see how horrible they are. Those Hispanic voters who supported him will be unpleasantly surprised when Trump's goons show up to deport their family members and friends. "I didn't think he meant us"! People who thought the only issue was the price of eggs will be shocked to learn how much prices rise due to Trump's tariffs. Democrats and all of us Harris supporters must be right there the whole time, telling the truth and offering people a more positive vision for our country. We must stay the course, not change direction because our direction is the right way to go.
Exactly right, John. I have been appalled by the quick shift by pundits and some politicians from fighting for Kamala Harris to playing the blame game. "She should have done this. She should not have said that. It's all Biden's fault." One conservative economist even wrote an article in the NY Times offering Trump "advice." You know what the advice was? With the exception of border control, it was to do everything Biden and Harris have been doing! And of course, he failed to mention that Trump killed the strong border bill Republicans wanted and Biden and Harris both said they would sign because Trump wanted to keep the issue to campaign on. As a corrective to this negative analysis of the election loss, I recommend Joyce White Vance's analysis. A law professor and frequent speaker on legal issues, she argues that disinformation from foreign bad actors as well as unending lies from Trump and other Republicans, was what cost Harris the election. She was telling the truth and offering working class people policies that would help them. She was drowned out by Trump's lies. Democratic leaders should not and must not assume that the policies Harris ran on were wrong. Dean is right. Trump will have at least two years to implement his horrible, destructive policies. To the extent that he succeeds, people will see how horrible they are. Those Hispanic voters who supported him will be unpleasantly surprised when Trump's goons show up to deport their family members and friends. "I didn't think he meant us"! People who thought the only issue was the price of eggs will be shocked to learn how much prices rise due to Trump's tariffs. Democrats and all of us Harris supporters must be right there the whole time, telling the truth and offering people a more positive vision for our country. We must stay the course, not change direction because our direction is the right way to go.
Thanks for reading the piece and for your comment. I agree with you on Joyce Vance. I read her stuff very frequently and always learn from it.