Only one of those 3 is an empty slogan. Im still waiting on someone to explain what it means, you know, in relation to every other Dem candidate. Just how and why is Kamala Harris "smart" on crime?
What exactly is "smart on crime" an alternative to? It sounds like bullshit. Is someone campaigning as "Dumb on crime"?
It's just as important, if not more important, to engage younger progressive voters than to politically tiptoe around "moderates". Moderates arent staying home and they arent voting for Jill Stein. We need radical politics, full stop. I say all this not to disagree that moderates need to be "sold" progressive policy, but to say that moderates should not be steering policy. They need to fall in line.
There are reasons to support Kamala Harris, but her reputation as a prosecutor and AG are not good reasons, and chasing phantom moderate voters is a fucking terrible excuse for supporting her.
well, PH sort of did
well, PH sort of did
“Tough on crime” has worked for conservatives for decades even though Democrats haven’t had a “weak on crime” slogan. It’s time to fight back.
“Tough on crime” has worked for democrats for decades. What does it mean to “fight back?”
To counter the perception that Democrats are weak on crime. Redefine how we understand crime and criminalization in this country and brand it. Don’t let Republicans define it.
M and Strick are stuck on this idea that a person couldn’t possible appeal to multiple groups.
What exactly is "smart on crime" an alternative to? It sounds like bullshit. Is someone campaigning as "Dumb on crime"?
It's just as important, if not more important, to engage younger progressive voters than to politically tiptoe around "moderates". Moderates arent staying home and they arent voting for Jill Stein. We need radical politics, full stop. I say all this not to disagree that moderates need to be "sold" progressive policy, but to say that moderates should not be steering policy. They need to fall in line.
It seems like most of them are falling in line. I think every candidate who has declared has said they support Medicare for All.
The truth though is that the President shouldn’t be steering policy alone. We place far too much importance on, and thus vest far too much authority in, the Presidency. Come 2021 I want a strong Progressive Caucus pushing radical progressive ideas in the House; a President who will be a team player, help sell those big policy ideas, but will yield to Congress final decisions on how far left to go; and a Senate willing to do whatever it takes to ram that agenda through.
I don’t really think we necessarily need the most ideologically pure candidate to fill that role.