The only definite big lesson that can be taken from Zohran Mamdani's win in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary is that Democrats are sick of their party establishment and want real change.
And don't forget Al Frankin who was one of the best Democratic Senators until they took him down for absolutely nothing. They had a photo of him looking like he was grabbing a sleeping women's breasts. We really do eat our own.
I’m sick of older people getting elected year after year. We need younger, sharper, leaders to not only run the party, but also bring our country back to what it was. We need ladies to kick some butt and take names.
We need to start planning how to take back out country, and the people to hold it.
The base of the democratic party has been ready for real change. For the love of our country establishment dems must move aside for the future of our party and country.
Fox was FREAKING OUT over this last night. Which means the Democratic Party is encountering its Tea Party moment, ie fighting back more against FDJT and his corrupt administration.
We need a 2010 sized shellacking for the Republicans next year. Dems gaining 3-4 Senate seats is definitely possible with the right political momentum and candidates.
Democrats need a champion. Someone that has a "fire-in-the-belly". It is very hard to get passionate and rally to battle when the person "leading" is whiney and says, "The Republicans out-number us so there's nothing that we can do until we get more Democrats elected to Congress. Send us money....lots of money, every month so that we can win in 2 years. THEN we will fight for you." Funny thing is, when the Democrats had a majority in both houses, Republicans still managed to block much of Obama's agenda. Yes, they used dirty tricks and filibusters.....the rule that ONE person could block a bill from coming to the floor. Didn't the sitting Democrats learn ANYTHING from that??? Schumer and Jeffries are both bright, decent men but they have the inspirational fighting spirit of a rabbit! And, just like rabbits, they are running away from standing and fighting against Trump's agenda.....which WE DO NOT WANT!!!!! Save our democracy!!!! If the "Big Hideous Bill becomes law, Trump will abolish Congress and there won't BE any more elections.
#1. Trump can't abolish Congress or get rid of elections. That will NEVER happen. #2. Democrats need to be their own leaders, and Democrats have to realize that THEY need lead the party and stop waiting for someone to lead them.--Jason
Trump can't get rid of elections, be they mid-terms or national?
What do you mean?
Can he unilaterally declare martial law? Can he invoke laws that govern national emergencies, fabricated or genuine? Does he care what the courts think or do? Can he declare war on any nation without Congressional approval, as he just did? Can he disregard the Constitution as he does daily, including Posse Comitatus, human rights in general, and Habeas Corpus? Folks, we need to wake the fk up.
People overestimate the power of the DNC, but what they did in 2016 led to the real reforms carried out by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden together in 2020, so it did lead more power being handed to the voters, which is why the elites are trying to bring back the superdelegate system for 2028.---Jason
Bernie was never EVER going to win the primary in 2016 or 2020 -- and he would've gotten blown out by FDJT in the general.
Furthermore, the Bernie Bros didn't show up to vote in the primaries. So why are Bernie fans harping about him "being stepped on" or "coronated Hillary" when he didn't get the votes?
The Trump campaign had a file on Bernie Sanders in 2016 that was reportedly 3 inches thick. He had no chance of winning. Bernie's biggest problem was attracting Democratic voters, which is a big problem in a Democratic primary. AOC is showing how to be a Democrat and a progressive. Bernie's biggest problem was that a lot of primary voters would never support a candidate as their nominee who wasn't a Democrat.---Jason
It’s way past time to clean out all of our Houses!
Getting rid of Trump is just like pulling one bad tooth, when what we really need is a massive ROOT CANAL! We haven to get to the putrid infection that is the cause of how we got where we are!
It’s not enough to call for the impeachment of Trump, bc then Vance will step in & he’ll be a worse tooth ache for us!
The root canal is the way to go & that means getting rid of Project 2025, Russel Vought. The Federalist Society, Leonard Leo. The entire cabinet, Steve Miller, DOJ, the Republican Party & then clean out the Supreme Court…there’s a lot of cleaning that needs to be done including the Democratic Party… Schumer & those in Pelosi’s shadow all need to go…we need a young energetic go getters!
We need FULL TRANSPARENCY from ALL of our houses, need term limits, and Supreme Court needs to be changed to The People’s Court! The court should be working FOR the people…not any one party & certainly not the BILLIONAIRES! It has been compromised & we need to get rid of the bad apples!
This is going to take ALL of us, the people MUST get involved in solving some of these issues, our elected representatives must work to break up all the big corporations, and amend the Constitution so we are never ever left in a helpless situation again!
It will take time, but it must be done if outer democracy is to survive.
We need to overhaul our entire educational system..it’s old & tired! We must teach in a way to allow children to learn how to think & question everything…not just memorizing stuff. We must have critical thinkers!
I am an old democrat and I also believe that the 'old guard' and the 'old white guys' who are running things need to go. It is time to do a deep dive root analysis to see what is working and what is not working and be willing to make changes. We need fighters who will not back down from a fight or a confrontation. When Americans see that the new leaders are there for them, willing to stand up for them, US, then the 90%+ will get behind them, or at least 70% - who knows what the baseline MAGA cult will do.
I am pleased that the Democrat elections are rejecting the 'old guard' in lieu of a younger generation with experience in living in our world, navigating the technology that we have and is coming, and people are not going to give money in donations to re-elect useless incumbents and keep the status quo.
As an old broad, I want Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, Veteran's benefits, and all medical care and social safety net programs maintained. I want equality enforced for everyone and I want immigration completely overhauled so that good hard working people can be here and work here and raise their families here legally.
The problem isn't a person's age, so much as many of those older Democrats refuse to make room for the next generation. They perpetuate a closed system. There is room for party elders, but there also needs to be a way for younger people to advance without being blocked.---Jason
There might be room for party elders, but if they do not willingly leave, then the younger generation will not be able to have a seat at the table without the older generation being forced out. What does making "room" mean to you? To me it means to leave, retire and let the younger generations take over. Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. Paul Revere was 41 when in 1776 when it all came down. George Washington was 44 when he crossed the Delaware.
The median age of the House is 57.5 years old, and the median age of the senate is 64.7. See the problem here? Pictures of our forefathers just make them look old, but George Washington was 57 when he was president. Abraham Lincoln was 52. JFK was 43. Our oldest senator is 92.
3/4's of the Senate are all 60 and over clear up to 92. That is a problem in our World today. Approx. 230 representatives are 60 and over and clear into their 90s. That is a little more than 1/2. It's time for a huge change and I am glad to see NY City giving it a go. I was so disappointed when David Hogg left the DNC, though I totally understand why he did.
The DNC has been captured by the corporate elites!! Senators like Schumer. Manchin & Sinema were too beholden to their corporate overlords and were unwilling to embrace bold, progressive, big ideas to rain in inequality and constantly made perfection the enemy of good! How else can you explain the national minimum wage remaining at $7.25. Until the DNC starts to embrace a bold agenda and new ways of thinking centered on real working families they will continue to flounder! It was a huge mistake not to elect Ben Wikler as chairmen!
This change is indeed quite significant. Thanks to Senator Sanders and A.O.C they endorsed him. We are having tea party moment as Joe Walsh says and I agreed 👍. I am tired of establishment politics.Only Senators Sanders, Senator Murphy, Senator Booker car about this election.
Correction--Democrats worked AGAINST Mamdani at every turn. Progressives got him into office, along with New Yorkers who are sick of Zionist, corrupt candidates like Andrew Cuomo.
I had never heard the name, Zohran Mamdani, until it was announced he was a NYC mayorial candidate. Very interesting that he identifies himself as a Democratic Socialist. Bernie Sanders is the only person who did so, until he switched to Independent who votes with the Democrats. The GOP did such a bang up job of poisoning the word "socialist" that no Democrat was ever willing to identify that way even though they knew that the Russian government's form of socialism was not the kind Bernie identified with. But that's just the Republican voters. Too ignorant to look the word(s) up. And then we can also fault the old guard Democrats who, instead of standing up for the word "socialist", refused to allow him to win his 2nd attempt at a run for the presidency and rallied around Biden instead. Biden wasn't too terrible, but it sure would have been an improvement having a "real" fighter like Bernie at the helm.
I hope Mr. Mamdani has very thick skin. He is going to need it. NYC voters aren't stupid. They tried very hard to warn us against voting for Trump (he's a thief, a slum lord, a phony, etc.) but we voted for him anyway. I didn't but I know of some Dems who voted for him because they didn't like Hillary. Now that we've had 10 yrs to think about it, was it really so bad that she called Trump's supporters "deplorables?" Oh well,I just want to say that I wish him luck adjusting to the slings and arrows he's gonna be ducking, because this sure isn't the courteous, freedom-loving country I remember growing up in. Trump destroyed all that, and it's gonna be a long, long time to recover from the doorways to hate that he opened.
..."The same tired establishment faces, whether they are the elite, candidates, or consultants, aren’t going to get it done." Yes! Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries both need to be
primaried. They are decent men, but lack passion and courage. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie
Sanders are old, but not tired. They have what it takes to inspire people to take action. Indivisible members are taking action on our local level to make a list of Dems to consider supporting. We cannot wait.
I think you are incorrect about us wanting moderate Democratic candidates. We want progressive not just new. We also want young candidates not 60 or older with the exception of Bernie Sanders.
There is a genuine desire for change among Democrats, and party elites should ignore the message being sent at their own peril.---Jason
Looking at the NY Dems like Schumer and Gillibrand supporting a sex pest like Cuomo and getting egg on their faces.
And don't forget Al Frankin who was one of the best Democratic Senators until they took him down for absolutely nothing. They had a photo of him looking like he was grabbing a sleeping women's breasts. We really do eat our own.
Al Franken deserved to get the boot. It wasn't just one picture. He was replaced with a very good Senator in Tina Smith.---Jason
Gillibrand, after Al Franken, shows a total lack of principles to turn around a support someone with multiple credible SA allegations.
This Democrat is ready for a change!
I want the continuation of truth and integrity with a healthy burst of PASSION!!!
Energy and passion are to me what's been missing at the top of the party for a while.---Jason
That energy and passion has been missing in the voters as well, until recently. What happens at the next primary will say a lot.
I’m sick of older people getting elected year after year. We need younger, sharper, leaders to not only run the party, but also bring our country back to what it was. We need ladies to kick some butt and take names.
We need to start planning how to take back out country, and the people to hold it.
The base of the democratic party has been ready for real change. For the love of our country establishment dems must move aside for the future of our party and country.
Fox was FREAKING OUT over this last night. Which means the Democratic Party is encountering its Tea Party moment, ie fighting back more against FDJT and his corrupt administration.
We need a 2010 sized shellacking for the Republicans next year. Dems gaining 3-4 Senate seats is definitely possible with the right political momentum and candidates.
Democrats need a champion. Someone that has a "fire-in-the-belly". It is very hard to get passionate and rally to battle when the person "leading" is whiney and says, "The Republicans out-number us so there's nothing that we can do until we get more Democrats elected to Congress. Send us money....lots of money, every month so that we can win in 2 years. THEN we will fight for you." Funny thing is, when the Democrats had a majority in both houses, Republicans still managed to block much of Obama's agenda. Yes, they used dirty tricks and filibusters.....the rule that ONE person could block a bill from coming to the floor. Didn't the sitting Democrats learn ANYTHING from that??? Schumer and Jeffries are both bright, decent men but they have the inspirational fighting spirit of a rabbit! And, just like rabbits, they are running away from standing and fighting against Trump's agenda.....which WE DO NOT WANT!!!!! Save our democracy!!!! If the "Big Hideous Bill becomes law, Trump will abolish Congress and there won't BE any more elections.
#1. Trump can't abolish Congress or get rid of elections. That will NEVER happen. #2. Democrats need to be their own leaders, and Democrats have to realize that THEY need lead the party and stop waiting for someone to lead them.--Jason
Trump can't get rid of elections, be they mid-terms or national?
What do you mean?
Can he unilaterally declare martial law? Can he invoke laws that govern national emergencies, fabricated or genuine? Does he care what the courts think or do? Can he declare war on any nation without Congressional approval, as he just did? Can he disregard the Constitution as he does daily, including Posse Comitatus, human rights in general, and Habeas Corpus? Folks, we need to wake the fk up.
YES. Full stop. The DNC is an elitist, rotting boil on the butt of the Democratic Party. They lost me for good when they stepped on Bernie in ‘16.
People overestimate the power of the DNC, but what they did in 2016 led to the real reforms carried out by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden together in 2020, so it did lead more power being handed to the voters, which is why the elites are trying to bring back the superdelegate system for 2028.---Jason
Bernie was never EVER going to win the primary in 2016 or 2020 -- and he would've gotten blown out by FDJT in the general.
Furthermore, the Bernie Bros didn't show up to vote in the primaries. So why are Bernie fans harping about him "being stepped on" or "coronated Hillary" when he didn't get the votes?
The Trump campaign had a file on Bernie Sanders in 2016 that was reportedly 3 inches thick. He had no chance of winning. Bernie's biggest problem was attracting Democratic voters, which is a big problem in a Democratic primary. AOC is showing how to be a Democrat and a progressive. Bernie's biggest problem was that a lot of primary voters would never support a candidate as their nominee who wasn't a Democrat.---Jason
"Stepping on" Bernie sounds like a plan that I could sign on to. He did not serve us in 2016.
It’s way past time to clean out all of our Houses!
Getting rid of Trump is just like pulling one bad tooth, when what we really need is a massive ROOT CANAL! We haven to get to the putrid infection that is the cause of how we got where we are!
It’s not enough to call for the impeachment of Trump, bc then Vance will step in & he’ll be a worse tooth ache for us!
The root canal is the way to go & that means getting rid of Project 2025, Russel Vought. The Federalist Society, Leonard Leo. The entire cabinet, Steve Miller, DOJ, the Republican Party & then clean out the Supreme Court…there’s a lot of cleaning that needs to be done including the Democratic Party… Schumer & those in Pelosi’s shadow all need to go…we need a young energetic go getters!
We need FULL TRANSPARENCY from ALL of our houses, need term limits, and Supreme Court needs to be changed to The People’s Court! The court should be working FOR the people…not any one party & certainly not the BILLIONAIRES! It has been compromised & we need to get rid of the bad apples!
This is going to take ALL of us, the people MUST get involved in solving some of these issues, our elected representatives must work to break up all the big corporations, and amend the Constitution so we are never ever left in a helpless situation again!
It will take time, but it must be done if outer democracy is to survive.
We need to overhaul our entire educational system..it’s old & tired! We must teach in a way to allow children to learn how to think & question everything…not just memorizing stuff. We must have critical thinkers!
I am an old democrat and I also believe that the 'old guard' and the 'old white guys' who are running things need to go. It is time to do a deep dive root analysis to see what is working and what is not working and be willing to make changes. We need fighters who will not back down from a fight or a confrontation. When Americans see that the new leaders are there for them, willing to stand up for them, US, then the 90%+ will get behind them, or at least 70% - who knows what the baseline MAGA cult will do.
I am pleased that the Democrat elections are rejecting the 'old guard' in lieu of a younger generation with experience in living in our world, navigating the technology that we have and is coming, and people are not going to give money in donations to re-elect useless incumbents and keep the status quo.
As an old broad, I want Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, Veteran's benefits, and all medical care and social safety net programs maintained. I want equality enforced for everyone and I want immigration completely overhauled so that good hard working people can be here and work here and raise their families here legally.
The problem isn't a person's age, so much as many of those older Democrats refuse to make room for the next generation. They perpetuate a closed system. There is room for party elders, but there also needs to be a way for younger people to advance without being blocked.---Jason
There might be room for party elders, but if they do not willingly leave, then the younger generation will not be able to have a seat at the table without the older generation being forced out. What does making "room" mean to you? To me it means to leave, retire and let the younger generations take over. Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. Paul Revere was 41 when in 1776 when it all came down. George Washington was 44 when he crossed the Delaware.
The median age of the House is 57.5 years old, and the median age of the senate is 64.7. See the problem here? Pictures of our forefathers just make them look old, but George Washington was 57 when he was president. Abraham Lincoln was 52. JFK was 43. Our oldest senator is 92.
3/4's of the Senate are all 60 and over clear up to 92. That is a problem in our World today. Approx. 230 representatives are 60 and over and clear into their 90s. That is a little more than 1/2. It's time for a huge change and I am glad to see NY City giving it a go. I was so disappointed when David Hogg left the DNC, though I totally understand why he did.
The DNC has been captured by the corporate elites!! Senators like Schumer. Manchin & Sinema were too beholden to their corporate overlords and were unwilling to embrace bold, progressive, big ideas to rain in inequality and constantly made perfection the enemy of good! How else can you explain the national minimum wage remaining at $7.25. Until the DNC starts to embrace a bold agenda and new ways of thinking centered on real working families they will continue to flounder! It was a huge mistake not to elect Ben Wikler as chairmen!
This change is indeed quite significant. Thanks to Senator Sanders and A.O.C they endorsed him. We are having tea party moment as Joe Walsh says and I agreed 👍. I am tired of establishment politics.Only Senators Sanders, Senator Murphy, Senator Booker car about this election.
You left out Senator Elizabeth Warren. She is a national treasure and a good, clean
fighter.
Agreed...But I'm not so sure about Booker.
Correction--Democrats worked AGAINST Mamdani at every turn. Progressives got him into office, along with New Yorkers who are sick of Zionist, corrupt candidates like Andrew Cuomo.
I had never heard the name, Zohran Mamdani, until it was announced he was a NYC mayorial candidate. Very interesting that he identifies himself as a Democratic Socialist. Bernie Sanders is the only person who did so, until he switched to Independent who votes with the Democrats. The GOP did such a bang up job of poisoning the word "socialist" that no Democrat was ever willing to identify that way even though they knew that the Russian government's form of socialism was not the kind Bernie identified with. But that's just the Republican voters. Too ignorant to look the word(s) up. And then we can also fault the old guard Democrats who, instead of standing up for the word "socialist", refused to allow him to win his 2nd attempt at a run for the presidency and rallied around Biden instead. Biden wasn't too terrible, but it sure would have been an improvement having a "real" fighter like Bernie at the helm.
I hope Mr. Mamdani has very thick skin. He is going to need it. NYC voters aren't stupid. They tried very hard to warn us against voting for Trump (he's a thief, a slum lord, a phony, etc.) but we voted for him anyway. I didn't but I know of some Dems who voted for him because they didn't like Hillary. Now that we've had 10 yrs to think about it, was it really so bad that she called Trump's supporters "deplorables?" Oh well,I just want to say that I wish him luck adjusting to the slings and arrows he's gonna be ducking, because this sure isn't the courteous, freedom-loving country I remember growing up in. Trump destroyed all that, and it's gonna be a long, long time to recover from the doorways to hate that he opened.
..."The same tired establishment faces, whether they are the elite, candidates, or consultants, aren’t going to get it done." Yes! Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries both need to be
primaried. They are decent men, but lack passion and courage. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie
Sanders are old, but not tired. They have what it takes to inspire people to take action. Indivisible members are taking action on our local level to make a list of Dems to consider supporting. We cannot wait.
I think you are incorrect about us wanting moderate Democratic candidates. We want progressive not just new. We also want young candidates not 60 or older with the exception of Bernie Sanders.
Bernie needs to retire. He's part of the problem.
There's no reason why Vermont can't elect someone as progressive as Sanders to the U.S. Senate who's half his age.
Love Al Franken.