Barack Obama sagt den Demokraten im Repräsentantenhaus, dass sich die Partei auf die Zwischenwahlen und nicht auf ideologische Spaltungen konzentrieren sollte
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barack-obama-tells-house-democrats-party-focus-midterms/story?id=128416320
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I don’t disagree, but sometimes you gotta punch a bully in the face if their behavior doesn’t change.
Ok. But let’s see the moderates hold their nose and get behind some progressives for a change. Every election a message to unify comes out but it always means unify behind the more conservative position.
Sounds like “vote blue no matter who,” from the party whose leaders wouldn’t get behind Mamdani.
He’s right… Democrats need to stop the circular firing squad & unite to beat back a Fascist.
Basically, don’t give the GOP the video clips they’re going to try to get by asking bad faith questions after the primaries are settled.
Shouldn’t really need to be said, but it’s better for Democrats to have infighting after they control Congress.
No, getting the right people into these seats is equally important as compared to getting the wrong people out of them.
As though the smug DNC neoliberals weren’t the cause of where we are…
Wrong. This is the perfect time for infighting. We need the best Democrats in those seats to beat back Trump. Schumer and the Do-Nothing Neo,Libs have proven time again that they dont have the will to message or fight.
We need to shame these people out of office or beat them into the primaries. Progressives have the better message and better policies that excite our base.
Ive been paying attention for ~30 years… When was this not the message for Democrats? Its sad to see Obama placating the GOP and towing the only line he was ever allowed to have… Even after 10 years… Someone should tell him that the gloves are off!
Obama is such a fucking coward. I really don’t understand what the appeal is.
Meanwhile Republicans win elections on made up culture wars.
I know that Obama is supposed to be some kind of hero but his policies and actions were just typical corporate dem stuff.
You don’t clash with accountability unless you’re afraid of what it’ll uncover.
I like Obama, but not sure we should take advice from the president with the worst midterm losses in modern history.
I actually would argue these fights are worth having during midterm elections with an unpopular incumbent. Figure more of it out now before the next presidential election.
The time to focus on corporate & AIPAC control of the DNC is somehow always the next election after this one, which we are supposed to believe will be less „urgent“ than this one, while we continue not to address any working class issue in any meaningful way, despite the opposite happening the past 4 elections in a row.
They should focus on kicking Schumer the fuck out of his position.
Edit: by they I meant Democrats in general, not just the house.
how about voting for someone left of center for once?
When Schumer won’t commit to oppose war with Venezuela, the question becomes whether his ideology is simply “give up before there’s danger of victory.” That is hard to make jive with… anything.
After the Epstein files are released I’ll see how I feel.
Sit down, President Obama!
While he served with dignity, he also failed to properly fight after being sworn in.
After passage of ACA, he literally told Democrats in Congress – many of you will lose your jobs after this vote! What kind of leader does that to the very people who helped make this bill a reality?!?
He also failed to blow up the filibuster and pass gun control legislation after Sandy Hook (when Senate Republicans scuttled any chance of passage, despite being in minority) and when immigration reform was killed by same obstructionist a-hole Republicans in Senate.
We could have had a much better, different America today if Pres Obama was willing to actually fight instead of letting Republicans get away with lies, propaganda and obstruction.
Because „when they go low, we go high“ worked so well in the past
This is the way
Have to win before your opinion even matters.
Or, you know try fully embracing the positive progressive policies you stand for instead of fighting them tooth and nail to keep the broken government in it’s current format. Or, run on anti-corruption. It’s the perfect time for it, with the criminals running the country. I mean something that is actually taking and owning a stance for fucks sake.
The ideological divides are why the party is failing. The ideological tent is too big in the Democratic Party, and the former republican plus mainstream liberal alliance that controls the levers of power in it are the single biggest contributing factor for that failure.
They’ll do the same shit they always do. Focus on the social wars. Trans rights, abortion, gay marriage, gun laws, etc. Things that impact a very small percentage of the overall population.
They don’t want to focus on inflation, medical care, wage stagnation, etc. because that would anger their donors. Republicans are at least transparent about bending us all over.
Neither side truly cares about the people. Not until you stop allowing billionaires and foreign entities to give the money to create laws that only benefit themselves.
They should focus on actually being Democrats.
Incoming Newsom/Cheney 2028
Lol, says the guy who constantly caved to Republicans and led to Trump coming to power.
Why the fuck should we listen to him?
Thanks for the input Obama, but I’ll focus my energy towards candidates who speak to and listen to the class of people that are being fucked sideways by the rich in this country
Absolutely disagree. A message needs to be honed in on for the midterms and we need to decide what we’ll do with some of the seats we have going into 2028, especially the Senate. Moderates stand for nothing and their incompetence and support of fascist policies before progressive ones is what enabled Trump’s return. Let’s try something new, something popular.
I think they need to worry about this administration doing everything they can to not hold midterms.
Cuck Schumer needs to leave immediately.
All we need is one person who can herd cats
„Now is not the time“ every damn time 😔
As long they’re not talking about throwing a bunch of marginalized scared minorities into the wood chipper a „ideological divide“
Obama, ever the centrist hoping for constructive dialogue
He did a solid job as a centrist President but the Dems were slaughtered everywhere down ballot and on the state level partially because he refused to ever play hardball and insisted on “going high”
I really think he’s out of touch with what is broken in this country and how to get it fixed. He’s still mentally living in a world where the left right and center all can discuss and come up with compromise.
Push for Medicare for all. It’s a slam dunk.
One message: PROSECUTE
The way to focus on midterms is to actually do things right now. We need dems to fight. Not give up. We need rallies. We need to hear the fucking plan.
What are we running on? I’m going home for Christmas next week. If my trumper parents ask me why I’m in with the loser dems etc etc what am I going to tell them?
A few rallies and ads a year from now isn’t going to cut it. Are we fucking serious about this or not?
Removing all Republicans influence total priority
What does he think primaries are for exactly?
>Porque no los dos
A good ideological framework that people understand *should* lead to success.
Or just be better than what we have now
Thanks Obama.
Ideological fights need to happen in the party and they need to happen because the party is essentially leaderless and has been for years.
Which group was he telling that to? Was he telling the old ones to leave the progressives alone? Or telling the progressives to be quiet?
Obama needs to take a backseat. He is wrong. Dems need heated primaries. We saw the results of not having primaries in 2024. DEMS, including Obama NEED to let the actual voters decide!!
With how extreme the Trump admin has been in just the first year, why in the hell do so many of you think this is just going to be another midterm election?
Republicans are never ceding control. Right now they can pretend to be democratic, but as soon as a big election is lost they’ll take off the mask.
Stop relying on something a year away that might not even happen. We should be forcefully taking control now. Don’t give these lunatics another year of hurting people. Another year of regime building. Another year to plot the end of democracy.
Future historians will laugh at us for thinking these fascists care about or will respect elections.
Wow, a lot of Russian Trolls getting real animated in this thread.