The point I think is being missed here is that there's no obvious reason ALL the (D) issues need to be correlated.Soontir C'boath wrote:The fact that Democrats have been doing poorly for several years now in federal and local seats such as only a third of state legislating bodies show their campaign tactics such as tacking to the right do not work. They'll just vote for the actual Republican. The rhetoric coming out of Democrats have been mealy mouth with no actual sense of policy other than vague or little change of promises. For example, majority of Democrats and Republicans have been polled to want single payer healthcare and yet majority of Democrats refuse to endorse it. Warren, probably the second most staunch Progressive behind Bernie took awhile to finally recently stated she is behind it, it's ridiculous.
Why does thinking single-payer health care is a good idea mean you have to think gun control is a good idea?
If there are large numbers of Americans who could be persuaded to support single payer health care, who could be persuaded to loathe the idea of the loss of the ACA causing millions to lose health insurance... But for whatever reason those same Americans think that the right to own guns is so important it's worth massive sacrifice...
Why not just say "okay fine, keep the guns, guns are not the point right now, health insurance is the point?" Why not pick the battle we can win and that is certain to affect millions, as opposed to the battle we will inevitably lose with the outcome that will affect thousands, and where it's not even obvious we're in the right?
It's not "running to the right" to give up on a single specific issue while continuing to fight hard on other issues where victory is more likely.
