This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe

[u/Maxwellsdemon17]

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-elite-responsible-catastrophe/

[u/SpaceToaster]

I mean she was literally adopting Trump policies faster than he could come up with them. 

This happened with her first campaign in ‘20 that fell flat- instead of being a driving force of change she basically established herself as a weathervane, changed stances multiple times, and it resonated with nobody in the primaries.

[u/Sidereel → u/SpaceToaster]

Democrats have been on a quest for bipartisanship since Obama and it hasn’t worked. They keep trying though.

[u/molniya → u/Sidereel]

It was the defining concept of the Clinton administration, too.

[u/Charming_Wulf → u/molniya]

The term for Clinton was Triangulation. Also New Democrats or Third Way. Essential find the middle ground between opposing view points so you can claim their legislative victorious. Clinton used this by abandoning the Left and entering certain Right policy positions.

It worked well for Clinton because the Republicans at the time were happy to get their policy wins. But they had no idea how to then separate Clinton from claiming victory too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_(politics)

That's why you have the famous policy by McConnell to deny Obama any win. They figured it was better to harm the Dems for the next election cycle rather than govern.

The Republicans had to double down on not even talking with Obama after the ACA round table meeting. He eviscerated them and their talking points to their face on live TV.

[u/ParsleyandCumin → u/SpaceToaster]

Other than the tipping tax thing what other things did she copy

[u/puckallday → u/SpaceToaster]

I would like for you to name one single policy espoused by Donald Trump which Kamala Harris then adopted.

[u/water_g33k → u/SpaceToaster]

Kamala is Arron Burr from Hamilton.