It's not just the border, it's the entire system of illegal immigration, and the Democratic Party is just as complicit as the Chamber of Commerce, Cato, and the Koch Foundation. There is a push and a pull. The push is people coming up the pull is the jobs waiting for them.
Biden could require e-verify tomorrow, and millions would begin crossing the border in the other direction. Employers won't hire if there is a chance they could end up in court, employers won't have any on the payroll who aren't covered by comp, they could lose millions via one worker's comp claim.
Many upper middle class Dems and upper middle class Republicans are indistinguishable except for that one letter R or D. They both support liberal social issues and conservative economic issues. They both want large numbers of low wage service workers to support their lifestyle.
The party who supports the American multi racial, multi ethnic, working class, gets our vote.
I expected the Biden from the past. I'll be honest and say that I think he's been taken advantage of because of his age issues. The people who did that are despicable. They will be responsible for his loss if he loses because had he remained the centrist he always was, this wouldn't even be a close race.
I agree with Ruy's post, and I am sympathetic to Biden insofar as you do have to make concessions to people in your party you disagree with in order to get them on board with your other priorities. I am guessing Biden has been trying to build political capital with them in order to pivot to the center on immigration, oil drilling, and the like.
It's a smart strategy, but I hope it's not too little, too late. Biden is fortunate in that Donald Trump is his opponent...
I just don't see it that way. Political capital is giving here and there. Changing government policies to everything DEI, asking people not to say mother or father, eliminating Title IX protections for females, suing a whistleblower for telling that a hospital is still doing surgeries on minors, replacing equality with equity, allowing 12 million people into the country, prosecuting a political opponent on a theory in an election year, raising wages of the people who pay the least taxes while bearing down on the middle class, taking a first amendment case to the Supreme Court to be allowed to continue censorship? Those aren't moderate positions. They aren't even center-left. That's a lot of deal making, almost as if he isn't who he ran as. I can definitely see using a couple of those, but ALL of them?
I agree with most of those points with the exception of the “prosecuting a political opponent in an election year.” Biden had nothing to do with that. That’s not even a case by the federal government.
And I take your point that he’s seems to be conceding a lot of ground without equal ground in return at his own political expense.
The truth is, I come here and read these articles because it makes me feel sane. I was always attracted to the old school dems because they were live and let live and they genuinely seemed to care about the working-class and common sense solutions. .I want those people back so badly. I try to remind myself they are still there somewhere. I grew up in a working-class family in a working-class town. I know and love those people. I find many "Enlightenment" Democrats here on Substack.
For sure…I still think Dems are better for the working class on the whole. Their economic policies, though imperfect, are centered on the middle out or from the bottom up and middle out, rather than the top down.
I think they can stay competitive as long as they keep that as their North Star. But they will have to get tougher on immigration and moderate on cultural issues to win back voters they’ve lost. If they lose enough elections, they’ll change their tune. I promise. Ditto the Republicans and their culture war agenda.
Free Press recently had an article about black middle-class residents in a Chicago suburb suing the city because the city re-purposed a neighborhood park to house recent asylum arrivals. The people interviewed laid the problem squarely in Biden's lap. Their anger was visceral. I think Biden's move is less about attracting undecided voters, and more about retaining a core constituency (urban voters).
How telling that targeting "the low information and low engagement voter" is a Democrat campaign strategy. They need ignorant people on their side to win. What else does anyone need to know?
Well, Republicans are courting them too, and in fact Biden is down right now because these low information voters are currently backing Trump. I think the big question will be if they vote or not.
Biden is consistently leading with likely voters and highly engaged voters. I think that tells you something.
Biden is too confused from his dementia, too ignorant of the issues, and too fearful of the political consequences from Progressives to push back fully on any of this. He is not only an empty suit, he is also corrupt (see Hunter and Jim).
It's not just the border, it's the entire system of illegal immigration, and the Democratic Party is just as complicit as the Chamber of Commerce, Cato, and the Koch Foundation. There is a push and a pull. The push is people coming up the pull is the jobs waiting for them.
Biden could require e-verify tomorrow, and millions would begin crossing the border in the other direction. Employers won't hire if there is a chance they could end up in court, employers won't have any on the payroll who aren't covered by comp, they could lose millions via one worker's comp claim.
Many upper middle class Dems and upper middle class Republicans are indistinguishable except for that one letter R or D. They both support liberal social issues and conservative economic issues. They both want large numbers of low wage service workers to support their lifestyle.
The party who supports the American multi racial, multi ethnic, working class, gets our vote.
Biden and the Dems could stall on border security until migrants began flooding northern cities.
I expected the Biden from the past. I'll be honest and say that I think he's been taken advantage of because of his age issues. The people who did that are despicable. They will be responsible for his loss if he loses because had he remained the centrist he always was, this wouldn't even be a close race.
I agree with Ruy's post, and I am sympathetic to Biden insofar as you do have to make concessions to people in your party you disagree with in order to get them on board with your other priorities. I am guessing Biden has been trying to build political capital with them in order to pivot to the center on immigration, oil drilling, and the like.
It's a smart strategy, but I hope it's not too little, too late. Biden is fortunate in that Donald Trump is his opponent...
I just don't see it that way. Political capital is giving here and there. Changing government policies to everything DEI, asking people not to say mother or father, eliminating Title IX protections for females, suing a whistleblower for telling that a hospital is still doing surgeries on minors, replacing equality with equity, allowing 12 million people into the country, prosecuting a political opponent on a theory in an election year, raising wages of the people who pay the least taxes while bearing down on the middle class, taking a first amendment case to the Supreme Court to be allowed to continue censorship? Those aren't moderate positions. They aren't even center-left. That's a lot of deal making, almost as if he isn't who he ran as. I can definitely see using a couple of those, but ALL of them?
I agree with most of those points with the exception of the “prosecuting a political opponent in an election year.” Biden had nothing to do with that. That’s not even a case by the federal government.
And I take your point that he’s seems to be conceding a lot of ground without equal ground in return at his own political expense.
The truth is, I come here and read these articles because it makes me feel sane. I was always attracted to the old school dems because they were live and let live and they genuinely seemed to care about the working-class and common sense solutions. .I want those people back so badly. I try to remind myself they are still there somewhere. I grew up in a working-class family in a working-class town. I know and love those people. I find many "Enlightenment" Democrats here on Substack.
For sure…I still think Dems are better for the working class on the whole. Their economic policies, though imperfect, are centered on the middle out or from the bottom up and middle out, rather than the top down.
I think they can stay competitive as long as they keep that as their North Star. But they will have to get tougher on immigration and moderate on cultural issues to win back voters they’ve lost. If they lose enough elections, they’ll change their tune. I promise. Ditto the Republicans and their culture war agenda.
Free Press recently had an article about black middle-class residents in a Chicago suburb suing the city because the city re-purposed a neighborhood park to house recent asylum arrivals. The people interviewed laid the problem squarely in Biden's lap. Their anger was visceral. I think Biden's move is less about attracting undecided voters, and more about retaining a core constituency (urban voters).
How telling that targeting "the low information and low engagement voter" is a Democrat campaign strategy. They need ignorant people on their side to win. What else does anyone need to know?
Well, Republicans are courting them too, and in fact Biden is down right now because these low information voters are currently backing Trump. I think the big question will be if they vote or not.
Biden is consistently leading with likely voters and highly engaged voters. I think that tells you something.
Biden is too confused from his dementia, too ignorant of the issues, and too fearful of the political consequences from Progressives to push back fully on any of this. He is not only an empty suit, he is also corrupt (see Hunter and Jim).