11-16-2016, 12:49 PM
So, there was an article in my daily Virginia politics email from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the headline was "Jim Webb applauds Donald Trump, says election shows Democrats have lost white working class". You should be able to read the article since RTD is a metered paywall site and I doubt any of you frequent them like I do.
Webb discussed recently how the Democratic party has moved away from the part of FDR, being for the working class, no matter the race, gender, sexuality, "to the point that it made white working people their most convenient whipping posts. Particularly white males." He preached on the way the party has gone the route of elitism.
Whether you agree with Webb or not, it's clear that the Democratic party is having a bit of an identity crisis at the moment. We all thought the GOP would be fighting against a schism (and it still may, there is still a lot of turmoil there to be hashed out), but no one was predicting that the DNC would have to take a hard look at itself in this way so soon.
So what do you think the Democrats need to do going forward? What happened to them? What do you predict for the future of the party? I have more to type out, but I have to actually do some work so I will add my two cents here in a bit.
Webb discussed recently how the Democratic party has moved away from the part of FDR, being for the working class, no matter the race, gender, sexuality, "to the point that it made white working people their most convenient whipping posts. Particularly white males." He preached on the way the party has gone the route of elitism.
Whether you agree with Webb or not, it's clear that the Democratic party is having a bit of an identity crisis at the moment. We all thought the GOP would be fighting against a schism (and it still may, there is still a lot of turmoil there to be hashed out), but no one was predicting that the DNC would have to take a hard look at itself in this way so soon.
So what do you think the Democrats need to do going forward? What happened to them? What do you predict for the future of the party? I have more to type out, but I have to actually do some work so I will add my two cents here in a bit.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
