America: the nation that approves of CEOs profiting off of the most vulnerable among us, the sick and the dying, but has a big problem with justice being carried out on those CEOs. America: the greatest nation on earth? Nope! It’s America: the most evil nation on earth (but the greatest at concealing its evil). “The love of money is the root of all evil.”
Nothing but corporatist propaganda. Democrats LOST BECAUSE they tried to be the big tent party. She's literally advocating for the same thing. Purity tests are PRECISELY what we need. STOP BENDING OVER FOR REPUBLICANS. THEY WILL NEVER EVER EVER VOTE FOR YOU. And neither will I. After this disgraceful display, my policy is "No progressive? No vote. No exceptions." Corpo democrats destroyed this party the same as the tea party did to the republican party.
I mean - I think we all know that the only people who believe Republicans have any credibility, insight, dignity or common sense are Republicans - they're the only people who believe they're worth listening to
Bingo! There was a meme years ago showing the cast of Star Trek as “this is the future liberals want” For some reason liberals are associated with trannies, pronouns, communism, and pride parades. The messaging should be about affordable housing, free healthcare, fixing corporate greed among so many other things.
Biden and the Dems should cut the useless demonstrative crap that goes away on Jan. 20 and DO THEIR JOB!!!! We must demand that the DEMS, Biden and Harris FINALLY MAN UP and ENFORCE the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment barring insurrectionist Trump from office! Biden can use his expanded powers given to him by SCOTUS who intended them for Trump, to DETAIN, HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND REPLACE the rogue justices who are insurrectionists, receipients of bribery, sex offenders and perjurers!!!! Then there is the matter of the MINIMUM DUE DILLIGENCE of the DEMS to do a recount and start an investigation into the stolen election, or goes anyone here ACTUALLY believe that the MAGA wet dream of Trump winning ALL swing states, the popular vote and the trifecta is legit???? What happened to „When we fight - we win?????“
One thing that neither of you are saying is that legacy media only bashed Harris and Biden and FAVORED Trump. That was a huge problem through out America.
Well said!! And the Democrats did not JUST bash Trump and MAGA (though that is exactly what Trump did vis a vis Kamala and the Democratic Party), they came forward with policies and ideas and an action plan. So Brian and Lis what you are suggesting really is that next time Democrats should just use slogans and hate speech against Republicans and Trump. And keep bashing the thickest of us (MAGA) over the head with it until they capitulate as they did to Trump.
I gave up on CNN .It seemed to me that Scott Jennings was given far too much time to do his trump & pony show.Trump could do no wrong in his eyes.He alone drove me away from CNN.At MSNBC , after 4pm , the coverage was rather anti trump , and they pointed out the stupid things trump and his circus side show did on a nightly basis.Lawrence ODonnell referred to trump as the dumbest & laziest presidential candidate in history,and that's about the nicest thing he ever said about him.Joy Reid,Rachel Maddow,,Ari Melber , /.Nichol Wallace, all of them,between 4 & midnight,none of these folks have caved to trump1,,and I don't expect them to. / /Not all mainstream media is bad,just like not all youtube progressive media is good.
@galvestonwitherspoon3176 Supreme Court Justices Alito, Thomas, Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett are responsible for this mess. Let's call them out by name.
@@willardlockejr2965 They're CORRUPT. Every one of them lied on video during their confirmation hearing! They should be OMPEACHED and removed for perjury. SCOTUS has no authority to create laws, much less a law that contradicts our Constitution. We're in this situation because our democracy was based on integeity and honor. Those are two qualities these CRIMINALS do not possess nor care about.
True. The message was we'll give you a $25.00 check to buy a house. That turned everyone who saved to buy a house off. What wasn't explained ws it ws a tax cut. That we're giving you a tax cut...not the billionaires..like Trump. There was no message about how miserable it actually was under Trump. It was a "concert" of top musicians. She blew a billion dollars. Wrong, wrong message. They need to learn how to fight as the republicans do. With sincerity.
The Democratic party has to show strength through volume. What do you notice about every dictator? They are loud and angry. I would be dropping f words all over the place... as an adjective to describe my level of seriousness. Not to call someone a fucking asshole, but to call out the billionaires for taking over the fucking country. That's how you get people's attention. It's not the policies as much as it needs to become a class war presentation.
The Democratic Party are terrible at touting their accomplishments. It should be loud and so often on every media platform that exists until it’s boring. Period.
I can tell you anything but it's up to you to believe me. So, it really doesn't matter. VP Harris told them everything, and trump did nothing but insult, name call, and tell his supporters he didn't care about them, and he only wanted their vote, now look at them they are all in the FAFO stage of their votes. 💙
The Democratic Party needs to stop creating laundry lists of logical policies and positions. They need to START focusing on simple, clear, EMOTIONAL positions that naturally support the logical positions. One example: Tim Walz brilliantly said his position on abortion, LGBTQ issues, etc. was, “Mind your own damn business.” Talk up PERSONAL freedom, and getting government OUT of personal choices using this. We end up standing for the same details but the MESSAGE hits differently.
He had an excellent message that got lost in the airwaves because of the fact that the media was intentionally deceiving the public about who he really is.
Actually just getting the policies and positions out to the public would make a difference. Finding more and better ways to get it out there is becoming dire. Making the lists is great but if people don't know about them (which many people apparently didn't), having them really doesn't make much of a difference.
@@listenup7284Dems will win in 2 years once Trumps policies start hurting people. See he’s not for you or me only for rich it’s just unfortunate a lot of people don’t see it until it way to late😶
While I don’t agree entirely that Dems need to fix their message, I do agree that we need new communication methods and new leaders. AOC being cast aside as a leader was a mistake on the dem party. She was on social media the day after the election asking voters directly on both sides why they voted the way they did. That feedback is important to next steps. We need the joy of the Harris/Walz ticket, but definitely the new outlets.
Dems keep making serious mistakes. AOC is an example and so is not backing Bernie. At least give him a chance and evaluate the level of support he had in 2015. Bernie is as close to Jimmy Carter as we can get today.
It’s been true for decades. Dems need to be less reactive. Instead, we need to start controlling the talking points - something Repubs have done well for a long time, even prior to the X takeover. Now, where will the conversation coalesce?
Many Democrats tried hard to control the talking points durring Obama's secund term as well as earlier in Biden's term but failed miserably do to partisan segregated media and widespread lack of trust in "non partisan" but Democratic (party) leaning institutions.
Many Democrats tried hard to control the talking point durring Obama's secund term but didn't do well for a couple of reasons. This was parrly because of increasingly partisan segregated media and partly do to increasing lack of trust in establishment institutions by a growing swath of the American public. There might be other reasons but those are the two big ones I can think of.
I think that kamala was perfectly clear as was the Democratic message. I’m tired of blaming ourselves because we are up against so many lies and propaganda and so many morons in our country who don’t vote in their best interest because they don’t understand what the hell is going on. So I don’t think we have to address that by siding with them. We have to address that through media and education.
It’s evangelical mega churches! Not facing tax penalties for endorsing political candidates. The leaders of these churches are straight up con artists. Very good con artists but non the less con artists that don’t pay taxes.
Totally agree you guys need to reach out to the poor Whites that elected Donald Trump period ....all this other stuff your talking about is moot ... White Americans voted to keep the present systemic white power structure in place .... Until you deal with that America will keep voting for the likes of Donald Trump... #idiocracy #dontlookup #magaworld Desires to take America back before the Civil Rights movement started to level the playing field....
They don't know who is for what policy, and they don't care to know! All they know is how impossible it is to carry on the way things are, they cannot imagine that things could get worse. Unfortunately we will all find out how bad it really can get!
"She shouldn't have said it" what a ridiculous response...a random answer about a policy under trunp from years ago killed her campaign... yet trump can say anything and it doesn't matter... it's because of propaganda...
It’s because they went for popularity, instead of really learning about what his policies(🙄) were all about. Education is limited in these certain geographical areas in the states!!!
Wait. Everyone TOLD Kamala - no one knows what your policies are - go on podcasts, talk about your policies! But, also, add a little about yourself, too. SHE DID WHAT YOU TOLD HER TO DO. Jeezus. She didn’t have TIME to do what Trump was doing and she was dependent on the podcasters to ask the questions. Talk about a catch-22. C’mon guys. Yes, we need get into the “podsphere” but stop trashing Kamala for shit she couldn’t control. It’s not helpful.
Biden and the Dems should cut the useless demonstrative crap that goes away on Jan. 20 and DO THEIR JOB!!!! We must demand that the DEMS, Biden and Harris FINALLY MAN UP and ENFORCE the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment barring insurrectionist Trump from office! Biden can use his expanded powers given to him by SCOTUS who intended them for Trump, to DETAIN, HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND REPLACE the rogue justices who are insurrectionists, receipients of bribery, sex offenders and perjurers!!!! Then there is the matter of the MINIMUM DUE DILLIGENCE of the DEMS to do a recount and start an investigation into the stolen election, or goes anyone here ACTUALLY believe that the MAGA wet dream of Trump winning ALL swing states, the popular vote and the trifecta is legit???? What happened to „When we fight - we win?????“
So true. If only Biden had kept his word about being a one term president and the party had fully committed years earlier to her as the successor candidate, I think things would have turned out differently.
@@melanies.6030 That is quite likely -- Biden's dismal approval rating definitely contributed to the prevailing opinion of Kamala that lead to many voters simply sitting out the election, which is what lead to her losing.
She could control it. She could have told Biden not to run. She could have told Democrats to run a real primary. She could have told people the truth about Biden. If an 80 year old man has time to go on these podcasts, I think she could have found the time, too. I will absolutely blame Biden, Kamala and Democrat party leaders for their abject failures in this election cycle. The Democrat party is wholly incompetent. I started working with my county Democrats a few years ago, and it is _shocking_ how incompetent, tone-deaf and directionless they are. If you listed 5 things you think a political party would be doing at the county level, they probably aren't doing at least 4 of them. And at my state level, the party actively undermines candidates by telling donors _not_ to donate to candidates in red rural districts they haven't won recently, but only need to pick up 5-8% to be competitive. Instead, they pour money into urban districts Democrats have held for 20+ years with 80% of the vote. Unfortunately, I don't have an alternative choice to this incompetent party who loves to lose.
WE HAVE AMAZING and brilliant people in the dem party. Let them shine! The dem party needs to shed the limits that hobble them. Good discussion. And create/take back a prominant presence on the media domain.
Honestly I feel like the democratic party needs to have FDR style politics and be unappologetic about it. Its not a problem to show up on new media, you just cant be afraid to push back on them where you disagree. Its only platforming if you show up and are complicitly agreeing to their points because youre afraid of not being invited back. Not to mention, where are the voices of real people in this conversation? I think a podcast style sit down talk with real Americans talking about their issues would be great for this, like a fireside chat but where they mostly listen to people instead of running their mouths. Nobody wants to see party elites sitting around a room talking to CEOs about jobs numbers. Sit down with a McDonald's employee in rural Alabama and talk to them about their problems and LISTEN TO THEM. Stop telling voters what they should want and acting like Hillary Clinton (like you AUTOMATICALLY DESERVE THEIR VOTES). And dear lord yes bring back class politics. Its not left vs right, its UP vs DOWN. And that argument is a lot more convincing when there are regular people that are a part of the conversation.
I can't disagree more with the entire thrust of this strategist. First she begins with her linkedin resume, which sounds very much like someone interviewing for a job and that's the energy she brings to this interview as a whole; she's invested in getting hired for the next campaign cycle, not with actually resolving the Democrat's problem. And what is the sage of advice of this 'longtime Democratic strategist' - that we should do even MORE of the strategy that has failed to deliver time after time. As you rightly pointed out Brian, many democratic candidates across the country adopted this 'look Republicans, we're just the same as you' and were utterly destroyed for their trouble. Picking on trans people is not a vote winner; the people who are concerned about that were going to vote red no matter what. A potato with eyes can look at metrics from the election and see that Trump LOST votes over 2020. Less people came out to vote for him, his message wasn't compelling. But even fewer Democrats came out; the only point on which I agree with Ms. Smith is that running against Donald Trump was a mistake. The American people (hell, the world at this point) is well aware of his flaws and an obssession with 'swing voters' and 'top-down solutions' is the very thing that turned the electorate off. Even the language being used in this interview, on both sides, highlights the problem: The Democrat 'Brand'. Politics has become a product sold to a consumer, not a process of which people are a part. The institutions of the past that involved average people in political decision making; unions, working class clubs, interest groups have been replaced with companies peddling a product. Kamala raised more money that any candidate in history and it bought squat. The argument that money = speech is as assinine from the Supreme Court as it is from political strategists who think they can alienate voters from the process and replace that engagement with never-ending texts asking for another cheque. Instead of continuing to peddle a failed strategy of appealing to Republican voters and then acting shocked as for the umpteenth time Republican voters...vote Republican, in pursuit of another job from candidates who're uncomfortable with changing what hasn't worked, perhaps Democrats like Lis Smith should take a hard look at why their voters are not showing up for either candidate. The left needs to get off defense. Playing the Republicans at their own game and losing every time is not a strategy.
Completely agree. 💯💯💯💯 Treating voters like consumers who are buying “products” and “brands” instead of participants, and then we wonder why Americans have no clue how the government works and what Democracy even IS, much less REQUIRES. I grew up in an ACTIVE New Mexico Democratic family. I stayed that way and passed it on. My dad WAS and my daughter and son-in-law ARE now federal employees - doing work they love FOR THE PEOPLE. My mom was an abortion-rights activist and League of Women Voters organizer. Being a Democrat isn’t a BRAND, it’s a participatory way of life. From Albuquerque 🌶🐈🌶
I completely agree with you. I might also add that the idea of Republicans accusing Democrats for being too radical for going through with their progressive agenda is already happening. And by throwing human rights under the bus and compromising with Republicans is arguably what got us here in the first place.
I love your comment. I do think the discussion (led by Bryan) about how the Democratic establishment engages with the media was somewhat insightful, but the stuff about branding and messaging is the same critique we've heard for forty years. It is missing so many important problems (the Democrats huge structural disadvantage, both self-inflicted and inherent to the system; the Democrats (except for Bernie and AOC) failing to frankly acknowledge vociferously that the social contract, flawed and incomplete as it was, is now totally broken (but use more accessible words) for at least two generations of Americans (and never allowed many groups as much successful participation in it when it was working better). The extreme concentration of wealth and institutions that defend that state of affairs, including corporate Dems, is completely in conflict with a robust, functioning democracy.
More young voters are voting for conservatives now than they have usually done in the past. Because they're fed up with "the system" that has been screwing them over, and conservatives are promising (falsely) to bring it down.
I believe the reason why there weren't more of a turn out because the younger voters think their views and votes DON'T matter due to the college electoral votes and popular votes. They don't see why they should even try. 😢😢
@@tiredlocke That's the thing, at least the conservatives are promising to do something... The dems are soooooo hyper focused on the middle class... It's such a stupid strategy. Think about this: Let's say you're parents are working class, you go to public school, it's a decent neighborhood so some of the middle class kids also go to that school. If you're a poor kid, the people who picked on you were middle class kids. Your dad, probably working for a very low wage for a middle class guy's business. You grow up and you get a job, middle class bosses ruin your workday with their bad decisions and clueless takes... You think working class people want to be middle class? Heeeeeeeeeeeeell no. That's just speedrunning your way to a douchebag as far as the poor and working class see it. They don't want to be middle class, they want to be rich, just like the middle class does. Rich enough to get away from it all. So when Kamala was out there talking EXCLUSIVELY about the middle class and that America is built from the middle class and out, working class people essentially just saw a presidential candidate simping for the bullies and exploiters of the working class and poor people..... That drove a LOT of working class people to the republicans, cause the dems didn't even have enough respect for the lower classes to lie to them.. At least the GOP knew the working class existed. We're seeing the same thing happen in Norway right now, where the labor party has been hyper focused on the middle class rather than the working class, so our far right anti-immigration party is _enormous_ now, the labor party literally lost about 10% to the far right.... 10 years of hardcore centrism and catering to the middle class has created a larger class divide... Centrists don't seem to understand that the economy is ACTUALLY built from the GROUND UP.. Not top down. Not the center-out... Labor parties and the US Democrats and pretty much every center-focused party has lost the working class because the working class isn't stupid. They know that fertilizing the flower or the stem does nothing.. Throwing money at the top and middle is not how to stimulate growth.. And the AMOUNT of money you have to throw at rich and middle class people to make much of a difference is ENORMOUS compared to what it takes to stimulate/fertilize the actual roots. The working class and folks in crippling poverty. This insane center-right middle-class ideology needs to be wiped out completely. It's a political philosophy born by white middle class people FOR white middle class people. It totally disregards the bottom and it favors the "job creators" AKA middle class and up. Why not turn working class people into job creators? NOPE! Can't have that! That would be uuuuuhm..... Communism, that would be communism... I swears it, it's communism so we can't stimulate the lower classes...... Burn it all down. The middle class ruined the planet with its fecklessness and exploitative nature.
@@JimmyNuisanceSo you're saying that working class people ran from theoretical bullies to an actual bully? That doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense.
@@JimmyNuisance I am not understanding your argument either. Kamala & Biden both talked about building the working class from the bottom up so they will benefit from their policies. The Felon favors only the rich and wants to smash freedoms/rights of the majority of US citizens. I think the non voters did a lot of damage and ruined it for Democrats plus young men who want to identify with the most successful and think they will become rich if they support the felon.
Nope. Democratic achievements aren't felt by people. They look great on a spreadsheet and graph, but no one feels them. There needs to be a vision of big changes and a path to a better future. People follow movements, not isolated achievements.
Democratic and for that matter, all politicians on both sides achievements, is spending more money on self interest serving issues .... lets be honest .... I would love to see a politician who makes the neccessary cuts we need and stay in power .... that would be a true politician - The most horrifying words I hear is "we are from the government and we are here to help you"
Brian, I really appreciate your UA-cam channel and your thoughts for independent media and the Democrat party. Lis Smith was an excellent guest. All of her ideas and thoughts about moving forward in the coming years made sense. Hope we see more of her in the political arena. 🙂
Lis is an opportunistic insider. We need to distance ourselves from her like. I personally don’t want ti support s party that sacrifices undocumented immigrants and the trans community in an effort to “meet the voters where they are at”. Why would we trust these establishment Dem strategists in their assessment of “where the people are at”? They have failed us, and strategists like Lis need to move on to a new career. If they like Republican talking points, they should just join the republicans. I’m not the only one on the left who is not willing to compromise in the ways Lis is suggesting.
Absolutely agree to this point wholeheartedly. As a trans person myself I am finding myself starved of a lick of trust from establishment Democrats. They've proven they're willing to toss immigrants and transgender Americans (I was literally born here and yes I'm trans,) on the alter of capitulation to slake the Right's bloodlust for the 1% that's different from them this election cycle at the first drop of conflict they encounter The most recent National Defense Authorization Act stripped the rights of military service members as parents to work with their doctors and clinicians to provide the best care for their transgender children. Every Republican was for it. 37 Democratic Party Senators voted for it and only 10 voted against it. These are parents making the choices for their children with their doctors. This is wholesale discrimination based upon an immutable part of self unless they've blocked this treatment for cisgender children as well, which I highly doubt they have done so as precocious puberty is treated with hormone blockers and Gynocomastia can be treated with surgery for boys who happen to grow feminine looking breasts due to hormone issues. If the politicians think that the community doesn't see what they're doing, how willing they are at the drop of first conflict to throw us in front of a speeding train because intolerance is the word of the lifetime for Republicans - then they are sorely mistaken. We see it. According to GLAAD 71% of Americans say they've never met a transgender person - let alone sat down and had a cup of coffee with them. We're not that different - we are not the caricature that right-wing mainstream media paints of us. We have jobs, families, elderly parents to care for, siblings that we argue with, nieces and nephews that we spoil during the holidays, we have friends that we cheer on and support through good and bad. Some are religious, others are not for various reasons. The impact of economy, the pinch and price of high inflation, the jab and cut of exorbitant medical costs and prescriptions especially, the rising costs of living, of home ownership, these are all things that all voters worry about and our community is not excluded. We worry about these things, as if the incoming administration has its way, we will be even more vulnerable because we won't have federal protection against being fired for who we are. Maybe if the right-wing politicians were less concentrated on dehumanizing the Trans community to kill us slowly and trying to legislate their religion into law, we could have a much more civil conversation about how to address issues that actually affect the country rather than screaming about our rights because we desperately don't want to die - especially when so many of us have only just started finding our joy in living for once.
With DEI and Woke you are creating more !! Wake Up ! Identity politics creates division ! DEI is Racism ! You are against some group to give others priviledge !! Wake the Fuck UP
Democrats need a unified message. If candidates are running around saying different things, contradicting other democrats, the people will just be confused about what democrats stand for.
A reltively unified party messages is Okey but they need to be more flexible and less reactive then they largely have been in recent years to actually win.
No clear leader. If they can't figure out that AOC is a better option than Connelly for running a basic committee... doesn't surprise me they can't coalesce around one leader with one main set of arguments. Every old guy for himself.
A unified message is less important than being genuine IMO. There are certain things to agree on, but it's just as important for respectful disagreement on certain topics. Your party has failed on the "respectful" aspect of disagreements, and it has pushed a lot of people away. Trying to force everyone to agree on something like trans athletes in sports or really anything related to trans and minors is not going to happen.... same with immigration, DEI, feminism, critical race stuff etc... you need to allow people their opinions without alienating them from the party.
That’s where your wrong the whole DEI, and CRT are only a thing because republicans made it a thing. They just fanned the racism that’s always been here in America since its inception. People like you are seriously demented gaslighting people saying things like racism, systemic racism and the oppression of minorities groups don’t happen in this country. You people always want to talking about freedoms or the constitution until it disagrees with what you want then you all just disregard the things you love to preach about it’s honestly sick.
@@SomeGuyFromUtah You just mentioned ALL Republican talking points. Democrats didn't bring that up. Regardless, Republicans knew they could saddle Dems w those topics and proceeded to talk about them ad naseaum. I NEVER heard any Dem candidate talk about trans athletes. Nor should they because there are hardly ANY in the country so that's NOT a REAL ISSUE. It's made up, it's Republican PROPAGANDA, a FAKE ISSUE and YOU bought it hook, line and sinker. THAT is the REAL problem. How so many affect LIES as fact. And how do we reason w unreasonable people who have stopped accepting facts as real?
When is congress going to DO THEIR DUTY AND BRING A VOTE TO THE FLOOR TO ADDRESS TRUMPS DISQUALIFICATION That is my mantra to all of them from here on out DO YOUR JOBS iWE WINT MAKE IT TO 2026 IF THEY DONT
As mentioned with BTC's interview with Glenn, it seems they can't do it until they can raise the objection on January 6 when the house moves to certify the votes. In case you missed it: ua-cam.com/video/XI5-s6NIcys/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Brian if you see this you are one of several UA-camrs I’m apologizing to for my previous attitude towards you. Like your friend Marc, I did misjudge you. You have been a be-can of light for me as well. Keep the light shining. Once again I am sorry for my previous posts.
Get younger people from all walks of life. They can relate and converse with today's population. The OLD GUARD must go either resign or be voted out to make way for more moderates and progressive people. Make policies for the people not just bandages. Listen to people like Katie Porter, AOC, Jasmine Crockett. Make sure that educated people are in the running for seats.
The old guard hate the progressives. It is the voters who like them who are the main problem. They're Blue Dog Dems - not progressive or liberal. Prefer Liz Cheney to Tim Walz or AOC. Even this speaker is disparaging.
Someday, you will laugh at your opening statement. Youth is in the mind , not the body alone. How we react to the world around us and use its resources, educating ourselves, accepting others and their ideas...the eternal student is what I mean. Believe me, we will never be "old". However, having the wisdom to acknowledge that the Majority of people believe only what they see, we agree that younger bodies are necessary. Thank goodness, our Democratic Party has been blessed with many older minds in younger bodies. Buttigieg, Porter, AOC, Jeffries,and the others will be the antidote to the present Republican Party sickness. 💙
@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 I am 66 yrs young and recently retired. Having Senate people in their late 70's to early 90's making decisions for the population isn't working they are out of touch and stuck in their ways and opinions. Not to say that they are not valuable but they are not making room for younger minds to have a chance to learn and grow their knowledge.
Everything I’ve read about this tells us that universal healthcare will be much less expensive. So much of the cost of our healthcare goes to support the structure of insurance companies. The CEO is making huge amounts of money. The whole structure is really there just to perpetuate itself. We don’t need most of it. Universal healthcare would pare down the excesses not by reducing services, but by reducing who’s going to be getting rich off of other people‘s health concerns.
I'll tell the dem politicians something they may not want to hear. You lose the Hispanic vote because most of them are Catholic and they're going to be against abortion. Period. It's against their religious doctrine. I felt that VP Harris campaigned on abortion far too much.
@@katec7862 I hope you’re not implying to get rid of insurance companies. I live in Australia where we have universal healthcare but have at least 6-7 health insurance companies that are very profitable but run alongside the universal healthcare to give consumers more options.
Honestly, I disagree with what she’s saying because I think she’s trying to say people who are more left. Leaning need to turn more right leaning in order to win. I don’t want to turn into the opposition in order to win. Why should I change my stance on, for example, immigration when their stance is not correct and it never has been? Just my two bits.
Because your stance doesn’t matter, the stance of the majority of voters do. Trying to move people to your side instead of changing your views to what the people want is exactly what doesn’t work
@diamondkonk1196 WE are the people, too, so yes indeed, we should influence others to the progressive side. This potential theological-authoritarian leadership is a threat the American people have yet to fully understand .
@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 you a part of the people, and if the majority of the people agree with whatchu say then good. And you can definitely attempt to get people to see your side but as a politician you must fulfil the will of the people, not your party
I disagree with this lady. I think she is completely wrong. She is telling democrats to move to the right instead of telling democrats to give the people. What they actually want, which is advocates for them and not for the systems.
That is true; their obsession with the right is always their undoing -- and the nation's now --- yet they refuse to learn. The right is a minority, they should be seeking to deliver for the 75% instead of sacrificing that 75% of the population to appease the 25% who are part of the cult of idiots.
She is right about one thing. Leftist messaging pure garbage. It's not the voters responsibility to parse your words and do deep research to understand you. Speak clearly and stop using stupid slogans that can't stand on their own.
I live in a red district where many republicans are more to the center and have similar ideals as democrats. We need to sway these folks if we ever want to be successful in winning elections. It can be done. I know because I was a Republican for many years until I realized the democrats weren’t the enemy as far right republicans convinced us they were.
@@CatCaretakerID Moving to right is the exact opposite of doing what their voters want; moving to the right is betraying the voters. Yet the idiots always make that same idiotic mistake over and over again: choosing the right over their voters, because the bribes are more lucrative.
@@Sem5626 Nah, people actually *want* what Democrats offer. If we voted based on *issues*, then most people would vote blue, it's just that the Republicans have spent serious time and money insisting that Democrats are the enemy, so that as soon as they see that 'D' by the person's name, they ignore everything that goes after, even if it's something that would help them.
As important as "education" (college or other) is, in terms of scope, I'd go for *intelligent* any day of the week. Not because one has a degree or otherwise makes one "intelligent".
Im going to wait to finish this video before a full verdict. But at 6:40 ish she goes from talking about how democrats need to be able to step away from the national brand, to talking about how they need to stand against the "far left". That right there is the reddest of red flags to me that these consultants are completely full of it. She went from talking about how the party is currently seen as not wanting to buck the status quo to basically implying that the party needs to move to the right on issues like the border and police reform. Look, like I said I will finish the video before giving a full verdict, but for real who would vote for republican-light when they could vote for the real thing?? Democrats shouldnt focus on being the anti-Trump party, I agree on that, but just agreeing with them more isnt going to win over voters. Not to mention you then lose the left wing members of the party. That just sounds to me like a recipe for losing over and over again. No, the REAL way to show that the party is ready for change is to go fully ANTI-CORPORATE. The republicans could never win on that front and its fucking obvious. Now I'm gonna finish the video, but if she doesnt make that point then I really feel like this is not the person we need to be listening to for advice.
Hey man, If you were to check history you'd find out that its the 1960s and 70s all over again today. Same problems that we protested against. We had a term that we used all the time "THE ESTABLISHMENT". Big money defeated us too, so please carry on with our fight for us, make it end. We are old, but we are wise. Yes, I agree that this generation has to boldly step up to meet the moment. We are in crutches and wheelchairs. All we have is our voices. Wisdom is knowing that you shouldn't elect Yuppies to government. ua-cam.com/video/I8HL97DtQQY/v-deo.html BTW "coffin ready" shows zero respect IMO.
Got news for you Buckeroo. AOC and the rest of that crowd you're so sure should be in leadership roles have to wait their turn. A twenty-something with a few years experience isn't going to be voted in over people that have waited their turns, done the work, and worked their way up over 10, 15, 25 years. That ain't the way it works anywhere.
Speaking of Democrats lack of a voice 24/7 365 days a year is our biggest problem. I am pro choice and I'm signed up with one new letter that gets me updated about the many women suffering and needlessly dying being denied healthcare, I believe it's the only news letter out there keeping track of this critical information. When something pops up on a UA-cam about this crisis the comment section is full of uninformed people saying women are not dying, that if that many women were dying it would be all over the news!! Legacy media is not reporting on the crisis women are facing during miscarriages or life threatening health issues that require the abortion procedure. So people aren't believing women are dying. This needs to be out there everyday, we need to alert the public of what these anti-abortions laws are doing. 98% of people do not understand the medical terms of the word abortion, they hear abortion they Automatically think baby's being sucked out of a woman's body, when a abortion procedure cleans out a womb after a miscarriage or cleans out infection in the womb. We need radio in every red state talking about how the republicans are literally killing Americans with their insane policies 24/7. We need more left leaning information gateways!! A lot more!
Love this conversation. I have no idea who this lady was but the conversation and strategy you both talked about was absolutely inspiring. Please have her on again.
I listen to a lot. It was pretty clear. They had no idea what Sherrod was doing. It’s a damn shame because he was trying to do the right thing for them.
Sherrod Brown brought back so much money and so many jobs to Ohio. I don’t understand why people didn’t know this. But I think you’re right, we need to do a much better job bragging about our victories and successes. Sherrod Brown did so much for unions and the regular folks inthis state. It’s sickening that we have JD Vance and Bernie Moreno as our senators. Election deniers and Trump ass-kissers. I don’t have much hope that our governor will replace JD Vance with someone of integrity.
So the strategy is to forget ethics and just pander to what people will vote for (and then do whatever benefits you personally once you get elected). How about run on ethics and what the common people need and then work toward delivering for common folks once you get elected? Maybe that would work.
So, blaming Hillary because she didn't go to WI and blaming Kamala because she did 🙄 is anybody good enough for these sideline quarterbacks? anybody anywhere ever?
Totally agree. This blaming of democrats for losing makes me angry. There are several reasons Republicans won, corruption is chief among them. There's lying, voter suppression, and probably voting interference. Brian is so much smarter than this woman.
You make a VERY good point.. seems they couldn’t do anything right. I’m tired of blaming the democrats, I want to know why the other side voted for an adjudicated rapist with 34 felonies.
I agree. No reason to pander to stupidity. Didn't matter what was offered, they still voted the way they did. Not apologizing either for being Right about how corrupt they are.
You’re starving for news that may not come. Please try to focus on what you can do to improve the next four years.: I suggest focusing on the midterms, getting as many Democrats as possible, elected. Notify your representatives when there is pending legislation and whether you want to pass or fail.
@ Maybe a got a little spoiled from UA-cam’s more active covering of things after the election, bringing up clips from new medias with headlines in the titles. They eased up recently. If so, the feeling will likely pass, but I’d appreciate knowing things over being in the dark. But I agree with you. I hope you’re doing the same thing. There’s more we can do, too. We can also call up politicians have have them act to block Trump under the 14th amendment. We need to push. There are some things we have that can never be taken away.
Define "far left". A lot of people would say Bernie is far left, but he did pretty much all right. What we have to do is stick to our principles and get our message out, and unless those principles are anything other than progressive, well we might as well just be Republican-light. And when activists come up with a disastrous slogan like "defund the police", get in there right away and correct the message so that it doesn't land with a thud. A better message would be "restructure policing" or "update policing". And I see the consultants in the Democratic party as being a huge part of the problem. Hillary Clinton had the likes of Marc Penn as a consultant. And I heard that Kamla had Consultants talk her into changing her message midway through the campaign, which was a disaster. Red states suffer from Republican policies such as the way Republican Governors play keep-away with the ACA Medicaid expansion. Tell the red States how much they have suffered from this--how many people have died because they don't have health care. People in red states are poorer than people in the blue states. Drill down on this and let red States know how their government is hurting them. These aren't hard ones.
So, the "Democratic Brand" speaks to educated people. Instead of fixing the Democratic Brand, how about we up the education level of our populace? And tout the merits of being educated instead of letting the other party diss education?
Can't do that when there is no department of education. They want to dumb you down so you will keep voting for all these WWE candidates. Absolute Morons.
Pete B. has the chops to think on his feet and is wicked smart so he could handle the propaganda and lies with facts, which somehow was entertaining to the masses. Almost like gamesmanship. I agree with some of Liz’s points. She’s being honest. I get it. My concern is not considering a candidate who may not be entertaining but who is right for the job and therefore isn’t even considered viable. Are we now that type of society? It has a Hunger’s Game vibe. It is what it is, but damn…
While Kamala Harris maybe had a message problem at the outset, that was relatively quickly rectified, and she ran on very clear policies that focused on the middle class. It was starting to build momentum, but the MSM continued to perpetuate the notion that she and Walz didn't have a plan, and it had to compete against all the disinformation in the Right-Wing media system. The message was starting to penetrate in some circles and a momentum of hope and enthusiasm was building. Unfortunately, there wasn't sufficient time for it to counter all the misinformation and disinformation in the ecosystem.
This means all democrats politicians need to get on at least 1 podcast weekly (and not the same one) for the next 2 years so we can all see these up and comers!
Maybe take some of that money and donate to food banks. And be there helping out. There's so many places that money can help Americans! ❤ people will have more trust.😊
AM Talk radio leans heavily to the right, both political and non-political talk shows. Sinclair and Clear Channel media are all across America with a constant barrage of negativity towards Democrats.
My rep was Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, I moved to Portland Oregon…Marie is incredible and works so hard fighting for her constituents! We need more of her!!! She listens to people in a very red area!
You are right, I have formed my world view by listening to you, Beasley, Mockler, Medias Touch, Legal AF and several others online as well as MSNBC Rachel & Hayes plus reading articles from numerous publications across the gamut. I prefer to stay informed and know what are the fights we need to fight instead of showing up to the race in the last two laps.
Those cardboard flyers that were mailed are a waste of money sending to anyone except maybe the elderly. No one who is middle-aged and younger is anything but annoyed by that. Most of us tend to get art information online. I have just a little PO Box in my small little town and you have to go to the post office to empty it yourself. Mail isn't delivered. One day I was so pissed off when I went to my little PO box and it was completely stuffed with those cardboard Flyers. Out of 17 of them, 14 of them were for Harris. I was so mad because I need that box for other mail and it was completely stuffed with those flyers to the point that my one postal worker that works in my little town, said I need to empty my box more often during election season because she couldn't get all my mail in it. I don't get much mail and I had just emptied the box like 4 days beforehand and I still got all those dumb flyers. Same thing with email. I was getting email from Democratic candidates all over the freaking country. It was freaking annoying open up my email and have no exaggeration, 30 messages every day from democratic candidates. Yes I donated to Harris's campaign but that wasn't a free pass to give out my email to every fucking candidate out there
6:54 okay, normally I am not this harsh, but she just contradicted herself. She started off effectively saying "listen to your local constituents" which is good (if boiler plate) advice. Now she's saying local issues don't matter that the media environment is nationalized. Well which is it? Because those two things are mutually exclusive. Then there's the thinly veiled message of "don't be too liberal" which also makes so sense. I'll listen a bit more but this is not proving to be a good idea of my time.
WHat?! Biden may not have been a "defund the police" but he certainly opened up the borders. No wonder we lost the election, most of you guys are ignorant.
Potential candidates must go on these other show/podcasts BEFORE they run for office. People hate politicians and will ignore them unless they know them from elsewhere first.
No, they have too many leftist ideas... People that voted for Trump aren't millionaires. I get it. When Trump flipped 10 blue counties in Cali, that tears everything else down.
You are so right. Here in Hawaii, a blue state, you turn on the radio and all talk shows are conservatives. Republicans were so smart to buy radio and tv stations. Every day I turn on talk radio I can rarely hear liberal commentators.
Yes there is a "one size fits all" issue. The economy is going to take a major hit if volunteer emergency responders are not reckoned with. In two decades we have lost one-third of the force while 911 calls have more than doubled! The current "crew" is aging out just like the national force of flight controllers ! But nobody is talking about it because, - - migration, abortion, inflation, migration, abortion, inflation, migration, abortion, inflation, migration, abortion, inflation, - - as if this is all that matters?
Okay. I agree with very little of this. I'm one of those infamous Boomers that are supposed to be more conservative. Au contraire! I'm an old (74) hippie who has marched in more protests... Starting with Vietnam, than I can remember. I've been an activist for Civil and Women's rights, Climate, Housing... And going more right? Oh, please! Get out there and convince your own party members! 1. Harris had, what, 2 months to "let people get to know her." While the Ogre has been campaigning and getting mainstream media coverage 6 or more times a day for 4 years. I worked hard on this election and talked to Dems who were NOT happy that Harris was suddenly foisted upon them. And just as lots of and especially Progressive Dems (including myself) were really pissed when Bernie was shoved aside for Establishment Hillary. Once again we had to hold our nose and vote for the lesser evil. And lots sat out, just like this year. I held my nose and voted for her. Next, let's get real. If you want to lure center/right voters 🙄 in this mynoginistic country they are NOT going elect a woman. As much as it pains me, that is reality. A reality I hear from lots of other women. So get over it. And please, run a younger candidate! Joe is a good guy, he did a good job getting some good stuff done... But, there are some wonderful younger Reps in the House that are articulate and have the ability to get messages across, Raskin and Swalwell for example. There's the not so young but honest, hard-working Sen. Whitehouse who explains things so clearly. I'm sick of establishment Dems and so are a lot if people. And yes, use podcast venues to get the messages out, town halls in Purple districts and on mainstream, too. I hope at least fhe DNC will get some better leaders like the guy from Wisconsin and David Hogg so more Progressive candidates will actually get the support they need. As a senior citizen, I can only do so much, but this year I actually did a voting party at my complex and talked to people about issues and helped them understand the deceptive language of all the Props and Measures on the ballot. People, bombarded by confusing info really appreciate talking about it with someone who makes themselves available to have a darned conversation and will really listen. I know Harris did the big, expensive rallies because she had little time, but it made for too much Rah Rah, and too little time for down to earth conversations. I do hope that trump and Elon will alienate more voters, but we can't count on that, obviously. 💙 I love you, Brian, but the angst ridden and constant analysis of what the hell went wrong lately is becoming more fruitless every day. Just breath and do the news for a while as we all try to recover from the shock and horror. The analysis is forced and flailing. Reporting the safe guards Biden had been putting in place and good things Dems are doing is more helpful, I think. Be the message. You are lost in the "reactive" Dems are being accused of. 💙
Great interview! Lis Smith & BTC are spot on! Thank you for all you are doing to educate the potential candidates about meeting the people where they are!
Ohio Democrat here. Tim Ryan and unfortunately Sherrod Brown in this last election didn't run good campaigns. Both were focused on gaining the votes of more rural white voters. Which, ok I guess. But there were people, like women, black people and other people of color who were largely left out of their campigns. Especially with Tim Ryan. Of course grow your base, but don't neglect or take for granted those already in your camp. That led to low voter turnout of the very people both Brown and Ryan needed. I can't tell you how many people were shocked that Tim Ryan was a democrat - because of his commercials. Bottom line, until we truly speak on people refusing a woman and especially a woman being president loomed large. Some of the GOP aren't yet over a black man running the country. And to say did we know what VP Harris's message was? Seriously?! This is why we don't win. We don't address the elephant in the room. Racism and misogyny. Yeah it's brought up in passing, but we are not addressing it as an overwhelming theme of this election. Particularly when you look at the decline in voter turnout. That goes into why I feel Ryan and Brown lost. Dance with the ones who brought you and sadly democrat leaders, like Sherrod Brown (who I supported) forgot their base of voters trying to recruit voters who do not vote democrat. They were so focused on "trying to make fetch happen" that they didn't motivate who they had in their corner.
I’m still feeling like the loss was at least partially due to sexism- to say that Kamala lost because she wasn’t dumb enough doesn’t really hold - Obama didn’t need to dumb himself down. Familiarity IMO also played a part.
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The Democrat message should be we are not transactional.
❤sending love to your team and you Brian ✌🏽👍🏽
America: the nation that approves of CEOs profiting off of the most vulnerable among us, the sick and the dying, but has a big problem with justice being carried out on those CEOs.
America: the greatest nation on earth? Nope! It’s America: the most evil nation on earth (but the greatest at concealing its evil).
“The love of money is the root of all evil.”
Nothing but corporatist propaganda. Democrats LOST BECAUSE they tried to be the big tent party. She's literally advocating for the same thing. Purity tests are PRECISELY what we need. STOP BENDING OVER FOR REPUBLICANS. THEY WILL NEVER EVER EVER VOTE FOR YOU.
And neither will I. After this disgraceful display, my policy is "No progressive? No vote. No exceptions." Corpo democrats destroyed this party the same as the tea party did to the republican party.
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Democrats need to not let Republicans tell voters what Democrats stand for.
Democrats need to stop pretending to be the party of the people, drop corporate America and actually become the party of the people.
I mean - I think we all know that the only people who believe Republicans have any credibility, insight, dignity or common sense are Republicans - they're the only people who believe they're worth listening to
Bingo! There was a meme years ago showing the cast of Star Trek as “this is the future liberals want” For some reason liberals are associated with trannies, pronouns, communism, and pride parades.
The messaging should be about affordable housing, free healthcare, fixing corporate greed among so many other things.
Biden and the Dems should cut the useless demonstrative crap that goes away on Jan. 20 and DO THEIR JOB!!!! We must demand that the DEMS, Biden and Harris FINALLY MAN UP and ENFORCE the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment barring insurrectionist Trump from office! Biden can use his expanded powers given to him by SCOTUS who intended them for Trump, to DETAIN, HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND REPLACE the rogue justices who are insurrectionists, receipients of bribery, sex offenders and perjurers!!!! Then there is the matter of the MINIMUM DUE DILLIGENCE of the DEMS to do a recount and start an investigation into the stolen election, or goes anyone here ACTUALLY believe that the MAGA wet dream of Trump winning ALL swing states, the popular vote and the trifecta is legit???? What happened to „When we fight - we win?????“
Democrats are incompetent and always let Republicans frame every conversation and policy issue.
One thing that neither of you are saying is that legacy media only bashed Harris and Biden and FAVORED Trump. That was a huge problem through out America.
HIS FLAVOR IS PUMPKIN, BTW
@@sarahkragness7138 I fixed it. Thank you. But pumpkin he is.. 🤣
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Well said!! And the Democrats did not JUST bash Trump and MAGA (though that is exactly what Trump did vis a vis Kamala and the Democratic Party), they came forward with policies and ideas and an action plan. So Brian and Lis what you are suggesting really is that next time Democrats should just use slogans and hate speech against Republicans and Trump. And keep bashing the thickest of us (MAGA) over the head with it until they capitulate as they did to Trump.
I gave up on CNN .It seemed to me that Scott Jennings was given far too much time to do his trump & pony show.Trump could do no wrong in his eyes.He alone drove me away from CNN.At MSNBC , after 4pm , the coverage was rather anti trump , and they pointed out the stupid things trump and his circus side show did on a nightly basis.Lawrence ODonnell referred to trump as the dumbest & laziest presidential candidate in history,and that's about the nicest thing he ever said about him.Joy Reid,Rachel Maddow,,Ari Melber , /.Nichol Wallace, all of them,between 4 & midnight,none of these folks have caved to trump1,,and I don't expect them to. / /Not all mainstream media is bad,just like not all youtube progressive media is good.
There are many that actually agree with DEMs but don't realise it.
Right?
My boxer rocks just called you dumb yo-yo
Universal healthcare is a great example of this. Each piece is popular, but call or universal healthcare and people suddenly can't stand it.
There's probably even more dems that agree with MAGA but just hate Trump.
@roguedogx democrats arent pro universal healthcare, they claim to be and dont implement it when in power.
The Supreme Court Justices (some) are responsible for this mess, sex offender, 34 felonies, insurrectionist, was given a pass.
@galvestonwitherspoon3176 Supreme Court Justices Alito, Thomas, Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett are responsible for this mess. Let's call them out by name.
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I love Brian! We also have others in addition to Brian.
@@willardlockejr2965 They're CORRUPT. Every one of them lied on video during their confirmation hearing! They should be OMPEACHED and removed for perjury. SCOTUS has no authority to create laws, much less a law that contradicts our Constitution. We're in this situation because our democracy was based on integeity and honor. Those are two qualities these CRIMINALS do not possess nor care about.
The mannequin parading as A.G.
Bill Barr 100% more EFFECTIVE..😢..
Democrats don't need to pander to the right or the centrist. They need better messaging. Full stop.
True. The message was we'll give you a $25.00 check to buy a house. That turned everyone who saved to buy a house off. What wasn't explained ws it ws a tax cut. That we're giving you a tax cut...not the billionaires..like Trump. There was no message about how miserable it actually was under Trump. It was a "concert" of top musicians. She blew a billion dollars. Wrong, wrong message. They need to learn how to fight as the republicans do. With sincerity.
The Democratic party has to show strength through volume. What do you notice about every dictator? They are loud and angry. I would be dropping f words all over the place... as an adjective to describe my level of seriousness. Not to call someone a fucking asshole, but to call out the billionaires for taking over the fucking country. That's how you get people's attention. It's not the policies as much as it needs to become a class war presentation.
The Democratic Party are terrible at touting their accomplishments. It should be loud and so often on every media platform that exists until it’s boring. Period.
I can tell you anything but it's up to you to believe me. So, it really doesn't matter. VP Harris told them everything, and trump did nothing but insult, name call, and tell his supporters he didn't care about them, and he only wanted their vote, now look at them they are all in the FAFO stage of their votes. 💙
Definitely 💯
The Democratic Party needs to stop creating laundry lists of logical policies and positions. They need to START focusing on simple, clear, EMOTIONAL positions that naturally support the logical positions.
One example: Tim Walz brilliantly said his position on abortion, LGBTQ issues, etc. was, “Mind your own damn business.” Talk up PERSONAL freedom, and getting government OUT of personal choices using this. We end up standing for the same details but the MESSAGE hits differently.
He had an excellent message that got lost in the airwaves because of the fact that the media was intentionally deceiving the public about who he really is.
Actually just getting the policies and positions out to the public would make a difference. Finding more and better ways to get it out there is becoming dire. Making the lists is great but if people don't know about them (which many people apparently didn't), having them really doesn't make much of a difference.
We need to win everywhere
Lol. Not at this rate. 😂😂😂😂
Wishful thinking 😂
It's likely y'all won't be winning anything for a very long time.
You bootlickers will win nowhere, the democrat party is trash
@@listenup7284Dems will win in 2 years once Trumps policies start hurting people. See he’s not for you or me only for rich it’s just unfortunate a lot of people don’t see it until it way to late😶
While I don’t agree entirely that Dems need to fix their message, I do agree that we need new communication methods and new leaders. AOC being cast aside as a leader was a mistake on the dem party. She was on social media the day after the election asking voters directly on both sides why they voted the way they did. That feedback is important to next steps. We need the joy of the Harris/Walz ticket, but definitely the new outlets.
Dems keep making serious mistakes. AOC is an example and so is not backing Bernie. At least give him a chance and evaluate the level of support he had in 2015. Bernie is as close to Jimmy Carter as we can get today.
The old people just need to step aside and let a new generation take over. Their old ways aren't working anymore
Lol. Aoc would be the worst debater ever. 😂😂
That wasn't a mistake -- it was Pelosi showing who she really is... a tool of the oligarchy.
@@GaryStahlet Why is that?
It is worth noting that Brian has twice as many subscribers as CNN has nightly audience.
It’s been true for decades. Dems need to be less reactive. Instead, we need to start controlling the talking points - something Repubs have done well for a long time, even prior to the X takeover.
Now, where will the conversation coalesce?
This
Many Democrats tried hard to control the talking points durring Obama's secund term as well as earlier in Biden's term but failed miserably do to partisan segregated media and widespread lack of trust in "non partisan" but Democratic (party) leaning institutions.
Many Democrats tried hard to control the talking point durring Obama's secund term but didn't do well for a couple of reasons. This was parrly because of increasingly partisan segregated media and partly do to increasing lack of trust in establishment institutions by a growing swath of the American public. There might be other reasons but those are the two big ones I can think of.
They need to get louder and start over talking like the repubs do every single time
If their policies were adequate for everyday people, they would have zero problems with messaging.
I think that kamala was perfectly clear as was the Democratic message. I’m tired of blaming ourselves because we are up against so many lies and propaganda and so many morons in our country who don’t vote in their best interest because they don’t understand what the hell is going on. So I don’t think we have to address that by siding with them. We have to address that through media and education.
It’s evangelical mega churches! Not facing tax penalties for endorsing political candidates. The leaders of these churches are straight up con artists. Very good con artists but non the less con artists that don’t pay taxes.
Absolutely agree!
Totally agree you guys need to reach out to the poor Whites that elected Donald Trump period ....all this other stuff your talking about is moot ... White Americans voted to keep the present systemic white power structure in place .... Until you deal with that America will keep voting for the likes of Donald Trump... #idiocracy #dontlookup #magaworld Desires to take America back before the Civil Rights movement started to level the playing field....
They don't know who is for what policy, and they don't care to know! All they know is how impossible it is to carry on the way things are, they cannot imagine that things could get worse. Unfortunately we will all find out how bad it really can get!
"She shouldn't have said it" what a ridiculous response...a random answer about a policy under trunp from years ago killed her campaign... yet trump can say anything and it doesn't matter... it's because of propaganda...
I will never understand why people voted for a dictator & to give up their rights & freedoms.
Me neither
It’s because they went for popularity, instead of really learning about what his policies(🙄) were all about. Education is limited in these certain geographical areas in the states!!!
Its not over.
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And what 'rights and freedoms' did 'the people' give up? A'zackly? I'll wait.
Wait. Everyone TOLD Kamala - no one knows what your policies are - go on podcasts, talk about your policies! But, also, add a little about yourself, too. SHE DID WHAT YOU TOLD HER TO DO. Jeezus. She didn’t have TIME to do what Trump was doing and she was dependent on the podcasters to ask the questions.
Talk about a catch-22.
C’mon guys. Yes, we need get into the “podsphere” but stop trashing Kamala for shit she couldn’t control. It’s not helpful.
@annealba445 absolutely 💯! Love ❤️ this! I am sick of blaming the lover!
Biden and the Dems should cut the useless demonstrative crap that goes away on Jan. 20 and DO THEIR JOB!!!! We must demand that the DEMS, Biden and Harris FINALLY MAN UP and ENFORCE the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment barring insurrectionist Trump from office! Biden can use his expanded powers given to him by SCOTUS who intended them for Trump, to DETAIN, HOLD ACCOUNTABLE AND REPLACE the rogue justices who are insurrectionists, receipients of bribery, sex offenders and perjurers!!!! Then there is the matter of the MINIMUM DUE DILLIGENCE of the DEMS to do a recount and start an investigation into the stolen election, or goes anyone here ACTUALLY believe that the MAGA wet dream of Trump winning ALL swing states, the popular vote and the trifecta is legit???? What happened to „When we fight - we win?????“
So true. If only Biden had kept his word about being a one term president and the party had fully committed years earlier to her as the successor candidate, I think things would have turned out differently.
@@melanies.6030 That is quite likely -- Biden's dismal approval rating definitely contributed to the prevailing opinion of Kamala that lead to many voters simply sitting out the election, which is what lead to her losing.
She could control it. She could have told Biden not to run. She could have told Democrats to run a real primary. She could have told people the truth about Biden. If an 80 year old man has time to go on these podcasts, I think she could have found the time, too.
I will absolutely blame Biden, Kamala and Democrat party leaders for their abject failures in this election cycle.
The Democrat party is wholly incompetent. I started working with my county Democrats a few years ago, and it is _shocking_ how incompetent, tone-deaf and directionless they are. If you listed 5 things you think a political party would be doing at the county level, they probably aren't doing at least 4 of them.
And at my state level, the party actively undermines candidates by telling donors _not_ to donate to candidates in red rural districts they haven't won recently, but only need to pick up 5-8% to be competitive. Instead, they pour money into urban districts Democrats have held for 20+ years with 80% of the vote.
Unfortunately, I don't have an alternative choice to this incompetent party who loves to lose.
WE HAVE AMAZING and brilliant people in the dem party. Let them shine! The dem party needs to shed the limits that hobble them. Good discussion. And create/take back a prominant presence on the media domain.
Honestly I feel like the democratic party needs to have FDR style politics and be unappologetic about it. Its not a problem to show up on new media, you just cant be afraid to push back on them where you disagree. Its only platforming if you show up and are complicitly agreeing to their points because youre afraid of not being invited back. Not to mention, where are the voices of real people in this conversation? I think a podcast style sit down talk with real Americans talking about their issues would be great for this, like a fireside chat but where they mostly listen to people instead of running their mouths. Nobody wants to see party elites sitting around a room talking to CEOs about jobs numbers. Sit down with a McDonald's employee in rural Alabama and talk to them about their problems and LISTEN TO THEM. Stop telling voters what they should want and acting like Hillary Clinton (like you AUTOMATICALLY DESERVE THEIR VOTES). And dear lord yes bring back class politics. Its not left vs right, its UP vs DOWN. And that argument is a lot more convincing when there are regular people that are a part of the conversation.
This!
Agree
Very well put. One of the problems is they feel they aren't heard or seen or represented.
Give the Red States a new coat of Blue paint!!
remember when dems thought they could steal a few swing states?
Good statement!
Lol we just painted the entire blue wall red...😂 you idiots are done
The Blue states fund the red states Crazy!!
Lol. Red states are getting more red and more population than blue states. 😂😂😂😂
I can't disagree more with the entire thrust of this strategist. First she begins with her linkedin resume, which sounds very much like someone interviewing for a job and that's the energy she brings to this interview as a whole; she's invested in getting hired for the next campaign cycle, not with actually resolving the Democrat's problem.
And what is the sage of advice of this 'longtime Democratic strategist' - that we should do even MORE of the strategy that has failed to deliver time after time. As you rightly pointed out Brian, many democratic candidates across the country adopted this 'look Republicans, we're just the same as you' and were utterly destroyed for their trouble. Picking on trans people is not a vote winner; the people who are concerned about that were going to vote red no matter what.
A potato with eyes can look at metrics from the election and see that Trump LOST votes over 2020. Less people came out to vote for him, his message wasn't compelling. But even fewer Democrats came out; the only point on which I agree with Ms. Smith is that running against Donald Trump was a mistake. The American people (hell, the world at this point) is well aware of his flaws and an obssession with 'swing voters' and 'top-down solutions' is the very thing that turned the electorate off.
Even the language being used in this interview, on both sides, highlights the problem: The Democrat 'Brand'. Politics has become a product sold to a consumer, not a process of which people are a part. The institutions of the past that involved average people in political decision making; unions, working class clubs, interest groups have been replaced with companies peddling a product. Kamala raised more money that any candidate in history and it bought squat. The argument that money = speech is as assinine from the Supreme Court as it is from political strategists who think they can alienate voters from the process and replace that engagement with never-ending texts asking for another cheque.
Instead of continuing to peddle a failed strategy of appealing to Republican voters and then acting shocked as for the umpteenth time Republican voters...vote Republican, in pursuit of another job from candidates who're uncomfortable with changing what hasn't worked, perhaps Democrats like Lis Smith should take a hard look at why their voters are not showing up for either candidate.
The left needs to get off defense. Playing the Republicans at their own game and losing every time is not a strategy.
Completely agree.
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Treating voters like consumers who are buying “products” and “brands” instead of participants, and then we wonder why Americans have no clue how the government works and what Democracy even IS, much less REQUIRES. I grew up in an ACTIVE New Mexico Democratic family. I stayed that way and passed it on. My dad WAS and my daughter and son-in-law ARE now federal employees - doing work they love FOR THE PEOPLE. My mom was an abortion-rights activist and League of Women Voters organizer. Being a Democrat isn’t a BRAND, it’s a participatory way of life.
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I love your comment! THANK YOU. I think Smith is drawing Brian into ideas that aren't aligned with who he truly is.
I completely agree with you. I might also add that the idea of Republicans accusing Democrats for being too radical for going through with their progressive agenda is already happening. And by throwing human rights under the bus and compromising with Republicans is arguably what got us here in the first place.
I love your comment. I do think the discussion (led by Bryan) about how the Democratic establishment engages with the media was somewhat insightful, but the stuff about branding and messaging is the same critique we've heard for forty years. It is missing so many important problems (the Democrats huge structural disadvantage, both self-inflicted and inherent to the system; the Democrats (except for Bernie and AOC) failing to frankly acknowledge vociferously that the social contract, flawed and incomplete as it was, is now totally broken (but use more accessible words) for at least two generations of Americans (and never allowed many groups as much successful participation in it when it was working better). The extreme concentration of wealth and institutions that defend that state of affairs, including corporate Dems, is completely in conflict with a robust, functioning democracy.
You hit the nail on the head
88 million voters did not turn out. We have an issue with engagement especially in the youth vote
More young voters are voting for conservatives now than they have usually done in the past. Because they're fed up with "the system" that has been screwing them over, and conservatives are promising (falsely) to bring it down.
I believe the reason why there weren't more of a turn out because the younger voters think their views and votes DON'T matter due to the college electoral votes and popular votes. They don't see why they should even try. 😢😢
@@tiredlocke That's the thing, at least the conservatives are promising to do something... The dems are soooooo hyper focused on the middle class... It's such a stupid strategy.
Think about this: Let's say you're parents are working class, you go to public school, it's a decent neighborhood so some of the middle class kids also go to that school. If you're a poor kid, the people who picked on you were middle class kids. Your dad, probably working for a very low wage for a middle class guy's business. You grow up and you get a job, middle class bosses ruin your workday with their bad decisions and clueless takes...
You think working class people want to be middle class? Heeeeeeeeeeeeell no. That's just speedrunning your way to a douchebag as far as the poor and working class see it. They don't want to be middle class, they want to be rich, just like the middle class does. Rich enough to get away from it all.
So when Kamala was out there talking EXCLUSIVELY about the middle class and that America is built from the middle class and out, working class people essentially just saw a presidential candidate simping for the bullies and exploiters of the working class and poor people..... That drove a LOT of working class people to the republicans, cause the dems didn't even have enough respect for the lower classes to lie to them.. At least the GOP knew the working class existed.
We're seeing the same thing happen in Norway right now, where the labor party has been hyper focused on the middle class rather than the working class, so our far right anti-immigration party is _enormous_ now, the labor party literally lost about 10% to the far right.... 10 years of hardcore centrism and catering to the middle class has created a larger class divide...
Centrists don't seem to understand that the economy is ACTUALLY built from the GROUND UP.. Not top down. Not the center-out... Labor parties and the US Democrats and pretty much every center-focused party has lost the working class because the working class isn't stupid. They know that fertilizing the flower or the stem does nothing.. Throwing money at the top and middle is not how to stimulate growth.. And the AMOUNT of money you have to throw at rich and middle class people to make much of a difference is ENORMOUS compared to what it takes to stimulate/fertilize the actual roots. The working class and folks in crippling poverty.
This insane center-right middle-class ideology needs to be wiped out completely. It's a political philosophy born by white middle class people FOR white middle class people. It totally disregards the bottom and it favors the "job creators" AKA middle class and up. Why not turn working class people into job creators? NOPE! Can't have that! That would be uuuuuhm..... Communism, that would be communism... I swears it, it's communism so we can't stimulate the lower classes......
Burn it all down. The middle class ruined the planet with its fecklessness and exploitative nature.
@@JimmyNuisanceSo you're saying that working class people ran from theoretical bullies to an actual bully? That doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense.
@@JimmyNuisance I am not understanding your argument either. Kamala & Biden both talked about building the working class from the bottom up so they will benefit from their policies. The Felon favors only the rich and wants to smash freedoms/rights of the majority of US citizens. I think the non voters did a lot of damage and ruined it for Democrats plus young men who want to identify with the most successful and think they will become rich if they support the felon.
Marketing Democratic achievements to all voters
Yes keep telling Trumpers what they are receiving because of President Bidens planning ahead.
Nope. Democratic achievements aren't felt by people. They look great on a spreadsheet and graph, but no one feels them.
There needs to be a vision of big changes and a path to a better future.
People follow movements, not isolated achievements.
Democratic and for that matter, all politicians on both sides achievements, is spending more money on self interest serving issues .... lets be honest .... I would love to see a politician who makes the neccessary cuts we need and stay in power .... that would be a true politician - The most horrifying words I hear is "we are from the government and we are here to help you"
Brian, I really appreciate your UA-cam channel and your thoughts for independent media and the Democrat party. Lis Smith was an excellent guest. All of her ideas and thoughts about moving forward in the coming years made sense. Hope we see more of her in the political arena. 🙂
True and well said.
True and well said.
Happy New Year Brian and all!🎉
Lis is an opportunistic insider. We need to distance ourselves from her like. I personally don’t want ti support s party that sacrifices undocumented immigrants and the trans community in an effort to “meet the voters where they are at”. Why would we trust these establishment Dem strategists in their assessment of “where the people are at”? They have failed us, and strategists like Lis need to move on to a new career. If they like Republican talking points, they should just join the republicans. I’m not the only one on the left who is not willing to compromise in the ways Lis is suggesting.
This right here! Absolutely agree!!
Thank you!!! I’m glad we all have a brain and no one agrees with this bullshit they way the people in the party would listen to their goddamn voters
Absolutely agree to this point wholeheartedly.
As a trans person myself I am finding myself starved of a lick of trust from establishment Democrats. They've proven they're willing to toss immigrants and transgender Americans (I was literally born here and yes I'm trans,) on the alter of capitulation to slake the Right's bloodlust for the 1% that's different from them this election cycle at the first drop of conflict they encounter
The most recent National Defense Authorization Act stripped the rights of military service members as parents to work with their doctors and clinicians to provide the best care for their transgender children. Every Republican was for it. 37 Democratic Party Senators voted for it and only 10 voted against it. These are parents making the choices for their children with their doctors.
This is wholesale discrimination based upon an immutable part of self unless they've blocked this treatment for cisgender children as well, which I highly doubt they have done so as precocious puberty is treated with hormone blockers and Gynocomastia can be treated with surgery for boys who happen to grow feminine looking breasts due to hormone issues.
If the politicians think that the community doesn't see what they're doing, how willing they are at the drop of first conflict to throw us in front of a speeding train because intolerance is the word of the lifetime for Republicans - then they are sorely mistaken. We see it.
According to GLAAD 71% of Americans say they've never met a transgender person - let alone sat down and had a cup of coffee with them.
We're not that different - we are not the caricature that right-wing mainstream media paints of us. We have jobs, families, elderly parents to care for, siblings that we argue with, nieces and nephews that we spoil during the holidays, we have friends that we cheer on and support through good and bad. Some are religious, others are not for various reasons.
The impact of economy, the pinch and price of high inflation, the jab and cut of exorbitant medical costs and prescriptions especially, the rising costs of living, of home ownership, these are all things that all voters worry about and our community is not excluded. We worry about these things, as if the incoming administration has its way, we will be even more vulnerable because we won't have federal protection against being fired for who we are.
Maybe if the right-wing politicians were less concentrated on dehumanizing the Trans community to kill us slowly and trying to legislate their religion into law, we could have a much more civil conversation about how to address issues that actually affect the country rather than screaming about our rights because we desperately don't want to die - especially when so many of us have only just started finding our joy in living for once.
Happy New Year to you and your family and friends have fun but stay safe
The Democrats need to make better use of Katie Porter. She’s a powerhouse.
Governors should market the president's achievements in local communities.
Why don’t you research for yourself, instead of waiting for someone to spoon feed you. Just damn LAZY.
I like this idea
@@ardentlions6636 Most voters are not very well educated and don't even really care about policies unless it affects them directly.
@ardentlions6636 evidently that's at least the 90 million Americans that didn't bother to vote and the 77 million that voted for traitorous trump.
No child left behind. Now they are adults.
If she doesn't think Kamala gave us a reason, multiple reasons, I don't event know. We need to fight racism and sexism!
With DEI and Woke you are creating more !! Wake Up ! Identity politics creates division ! DEI is Racism ! You are against some group to give others priviledge !! Wake the Fuck UP
Democrats need a unified message. If candidates are running around saying different things, contradicting other democrats, the people will just be confused about what democrats stand for.
A reltively unified party messages is Okey but they need to be more flexible and less reactive then they largely have been in recent years to actually win.
No clear leader. If they can't figure out that AOC is a better option than Connelly for running a basic committee... doesn't surprise me they can't coalesce around one leader with one main set of arguments. Every old guy for himself.
A unified message is less important than being genuine IMO. There are certain things to agree on, but it's just as important for respectful disagreement on certain topics. Your party has failed on the "respectful" aspect of disagreements, and it has pushed a lot of people away.
Trying to force everyone to agree on something like trans athletes in sports or really anything related to trans and minors is not going to happen.... same with immigration, DEI, feminism, critical race stuff etc... you need to allow people their opinions without alienating them from the party.
That’s where your wrong the whole DEI, and CRT are only a thing because republicans made it a thing. They just fanned the racism that’s always been here in America since its inception. People like you are seriously demented gaslighting people saying things like racism, systemic racism and the oppression of minorities groups don’t happen in this country. You people always want to talking about freedoms or the constitution until it disagrees with what you want then you all just disregard the things you love to preach about it’s honestly sick.
@@SomeGuyFromUtah You just mentioned ALL Republican talking points. Democrats didn't bring that up. Regardless, Republicans knew they could saddle Dems w those topics and proceeded to talk about them ad naseaum. I NEVER heard any Dem candidate talk about trans athletes. Nor should they because there are hardly ANY in the country so that's NOT a REAL ISSUE. It's made up, it's Republican PROPAGANDA, a FAKE ISSUE and YOU bought it hook, line and sinker. THAT is the REAL problem. How so many affect LIES as fact. And how do we reason w unreasonable people who have stopped accepting facts as real?
Fantastic conversation! Thank you Lis and Brian
When is congress going to DO THEIR DUTY AND BRING A VOTE TO THE FLOOR TO ADDRESS TRUMPS DISQUALIFICATION That is my mantra to all of them from here on out DO YOUR JOBS iWE WINT MAKE IT TO 2026 IF THEY DONT
YES! Find this vid:
LIVE: Trump Is DISQUALIFIED w/Glenn Kirschner │ Lights On with Jessica Denson
Won't they need Republicans to pass it? We know they are spineless cowards. I hope the new ones coming in are not MAGA.
As mentioned with BTC's interview with Glenn, it seems they can't do it until they can raise the objection on January 6 when the house moves to certify the votes. In case you missed it: ua-cam.com/video/XI5-s6NIcys/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
congress did not elect Donald Trump the American people did and very strongly. He is evidently qualified in the eyes of over half the country
There is not a single Republican Speaker that will put that vote to the floor. They are all suck ups to Trump and bought by the billionaires.
Great show, great guest. I learned a lot!
Brian if you see this you are one of several UA-camrs I’m apologizing to for my previous attitude towards you. Like your friend Marc, I did misjudge you. You have been a be-can of light for me as well. Keep the light shining. Once again I am sorry for my previous posts.
Harris campaign was flawless, the problem was the American people... Sad but true
Get younger people from all walks of life. They can relate and converse with today's population. The OLD GUARD must go either resign or be voted out to make way for more moderates and progressive people. Make policies for the people not just bandages. Listen to people like Katie Porter, AOC, Jasmine Crockett. Make sure that educated people are in the running for seats.
The old guard hate the progressives. It is the voters who like them who are the main problem. They're Blue Dog Dems - not progressive or liberal. Prefer Liz Cheney to Tim Walz or AOC. Even this speaker is disparaging.
*"INTELLIGENT"* , not merely educated!
Yes THANK you
Someday, you will laugh at your opening statement. Youth is in the mind , not the body alone. How we react to the world around us and use its resources, educating ourselves, accepting others and their ideas...the eternal student is what I mean. Believe me, we will never be "old". However, having the wisdom to acknowledge that the Majority of people believe only what they see, we agree that younger bodies are necessary. Thank goodness, our Democratic Party has been blessed with many older minds in younger bodies. Buttigieg, Porter, AOC, Jeffries,and the others will be the antidote to the present Republican Party sickness. 💙
@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 I am 66 yrs young and recently retired. Having Senate people in their late 70's to early 90's making decisions for the population isn't working they are out of touch and stuck in their ways and opinions. Not to say that they are not valuable but they are not making room for younger minds to have a chance to learn and grow their knowledge.
💙 she is awesome
All Democrats need to get solidly behind Medicare for all and call for paying for it by lifting the cap.
How about paying for it by taxing the rich at JFK levels, instead?
Everything I’ve read about this tells us that universal healthcare will be much less expensive. So much of the cost of our healthcare goes to support the structure of insurance companies. The CEO is making huge amounts of money. The whole structure is really there just to perpetuate itself. We don’t need most of it. Universal healthcare would pare down the excesses not by reducing services, but by reducing who’s going to be getting rich off of other people‘s health concerns.
I'll tell the dem politicians something they may not want to hear. You lose the Hispanic vote because most of them are Catholic and they're going to be against abortion. Period. It's against their religious doctrine.
I felt that VP Harris campaigned on abortion far too much.
Small businesses suddenly have a lot more options if they don't have to offer subsidized health plans for their employees
@@katec7862 I hope you’re not implying to get rid of insurance companies. I live in Australia where we have universal healthcare but have at least 6-7 health insurance companies that are very profitable but run alongside the universal healthcare to give consumers more options.
Very interesting information, thank you for keeping us updated
Honestly, I disagree with what she’s saying because I think she’s trying to say people who are more left. Leaning need to turn more right leaning in order to win. I don’t want to turn into the opposition in order to win. Why should I change my stance on, for example, immigration when their stance is not correct and it never has been? Just my two bits.
Because your stance doesn’t matter, the stance of the majority of voters do. Trying to move people to your side instead of changing your views to what the people want is exactly what doesn’t work
@@diamondkonk1196So you're completely empty of concrete values?
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WE are the people, too, so yes indeed, we should influence others to the progressive side. This potential theological-authoritarian leadership is a threat the American people have yet to fully understand .
@@diamondkonk1196stupid is as stupid does right?
@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 you a part of the people, and if the majority of the people agree with whatchu say then good. And you can definitely attempt to get people to see your side but as a politician you must fulfil the will of the people, not your party
I disagree with this lady. I think she is completely wrong. She is telling democrats to move to the right instead of telling democrats to give the people. What they actually want, which is advocates for them and not for the systems.
That is true; their obsession with the right is always their undoing -- and the nation's now --- yet they refuse to learn.
The right is a minority, they should be seeking to deliver for the 75% instead of sacrificing that 75% of the population to appease the 25% who are part of the cult of idiots.
She is right about one thing. Leftist messaging pure garbage. It's not the voters responsibility to parse your words and do deep research to understand you.
Speak clearly and stop using stupid slogans that can't stand on their own.
I live in a red district where many republicans are more to the center and have similar ideals as democrats. We need to sway these folks if we ever want to be successful in winning elections. It can be done. I know because I was a Republican for many years until I realized the democrats weren’t the enemy as far right republicans convinced us they were.
I think she is saying that candidates need to know and respond to the voters in their district and not just follow the democratic party line.
@@CatCaretakerID Moving to right is the exact opposite of doing what their voters want; moving to the right is betraying the voters.
Yet the idiots always make that same idiotic mistake over and over again: choosing the right over their voters, because the bribes are more lucrative.
There is nothing to fix. We want the right things. The problem is to educate the voter.
cute. so close, yet so far
Yes!
Yup!
@@Sem5626 Nah, people actually *want* what Democrats offer. If we voted based on *issues*, then most people would vote blue, it's just that the Republicans have spent serious time and money insisting that Democrats are the enemy, so that as soon as they see that 'D' by the person's name, they ignore everything that goes after, even if it's something that would help them.
Like the old "they vote against their own self-interests" thing. Like that you mean? LOLOLOL.
Kamala and Tim were incredible candidates, we just can’t seem to break through to the Fox/Newsmax …Elon propaganda machine
Start by saying educated voters...not college educated.
As important as "education" (college or other) is, in terms of scope, I'd go for *intelligent* any day of the week. Not because one has a degree or otherwise makes one "intelligent".
@belladonnatook8851 I like your point. Agree
Im going to wait to finish this video before a full verdict. But at 6:40 ish she goes from talking about how democrats need to be able to step away from the national brand, to talking about how they need to stand against the "far left". That right there is the reddest of red flags to me that these consultants are completely full of it. She went from talking about how the party is currently seen as not wanting to buck the status quo to basically implying that the party needs to move to the right on issues like the border and police reform. Look, like I said I will finish the video before giving a full verdict, but for real who would vote for republican-light when they could vote for the real thing?? Democrats shouldnt focus on being the anti-Trump party, I agree on that, but just agreeing with them more isnt going to win over voters. Not to mention you then lose the left wing members of the party. That just sounds to me like a recipe for losing over and over again. No, the REAL way to show that the party is ready for change is to go fully ANTI-CORPORATE. The republicans could never win on that front and its fucking obvious. Now I'm gonna finish the video, but if she doesnt make that point then I really feel like this is not the person we need to be listening to for advice.
yup, but the democrats aren't going to go left. They're going to go full Cheney
I’d like to see these coffin ready democrats get out of the party and let the younger generation take their place in the now, not the 1960’s and 70’s.
Hey man, If you were to check history you'd find out that its the 1960s and 70s all over again today. Same problems that we protested against. We had a term that we used all the time "THE ESTABLISHMENT". Big money defeated us too, so please carry on with our fight for us, make it end. We are old, but we are wise. Yes, I agree that this generation has to boldly step up to meet the moment. We are in crutches and wheelchairs. All we have is our voices. Wisdom is knowing that you shouldn't elect Yuppies to government. ua-cam.com/video/I8HL97DtQQY/v-deo.html
BTW "coffin ready" shows zero respect IMO.
Yeah, and who’s running the Senate? Republican, 90-year-old, Senator Chuck Grassley, so the worm turns.
@@davidleaman6801 Amen, these folks need to bag their ageism.
Suzanne, I'd like to apologize if my comment was too harsh. You see, I'm a Canadian that just wants to help.
Got news for you Buckeroo. AOC and the rest of that crowd you're so sure should be in leadership roles have to wait their turn. A twenty-something with a few years experience isn't going to be voted in over people that have waited their turns, done the work, and worked their way up over 10, 15, 25 years. That ain't the way it works anywhere.
Keep it up Brian! Happy new year 🎉
We need an actual progressive party because the Democrats are too conservative now.
Great guest, great segment.
Happy New Year Brian!
But don't forget AOC, J Crockett and keep Pete B! Add to them but don't underestimate!
Speaking of Democrats lack of a voice 24/7 365 days a year is our biggest problem. I am pro choice and I'm signed up with one new letter that gets me updated about the many women suffering and needlessly dying being denied healthcare, I believe it's the only news letter out there keeping track of this critical information. When something pops up on a UA-cam about this crisis the comment section is full of uninformed people saying women are not dying, that if that many women were dying it would be all over the news!! Legacy media is not reporting on the crisis women are facing during miscarriages or life threatening health issues that require the abortion procedure. So people aren't believing women are dying. This needs to be out there everyday, we need to alert the public of what these anti-abortions laws are doing. 98% of people do not understand the medical terms of the word abortion, they hear abortion they Automatically think baby's being sucked out of a woman's body, when a abortion procedure cleans out a womb after a miscarriage or cleans out infection in the womb. We need radio in every red state talking about how the republicans are literally killing Americans with their insane policies 24/7. We need more left leaning information gateways!! A lot more!
Happy New Year Brian.
Love this conversation. I have no idea who this lady was but the conversation and strategy you both talked about was absolutely inspiring. Please have her on again.
I listen to a lot. It was pretty clear. They had no idea what Sherrod was doing. It’s a damn shame because he was trying to do the right thing for them.
Than they need to show up for their downfall's... Nobody voted for these people that were not on the BALLOT
Sherrod Brown brought back so much money and so many jobs to Ohio. I don’t understand why people didn’t know this. But I think you’re right, we need to do a much better job bragging about our victories and successes. Sherrod Brown did so much for unions and the regular folks inthis state. It’s sickening that we have JD Vance and Bernie Moreno as our senators. Election deniers and Trump ass-kissers. I don’t have much hope that our governor will replace JD Vance with someone of integrity.
@@TuesdayAfternoon-tm9vctoo many ads full of lies, with not enough push back-and aided by the local media
If you do good work, that is your brand. Messaging is talk. Walk the walk first.
So the strategy is to forget ethics and just pander to what people will vote for (and then do whatever benefits you personally once you get elected). How about run on ethics and what the common people need and then work toward delivering for common folks once you get elected? Maybe that would work.
she wants the Democrats to turn into Republicans in red states, this sounds terrible imo, she just wants to drive the whole overton window right
She’s talking in circles
So, blaming Hillary because she didn't go to WI and blaming Kamala because she did 🙄 is anybody good enough for these sideline quarterbacks? anybody anywhere ever?
Totally agree. This blaming of democrats for losing makes me angry. There are several reasons Republicans won, corruption is chief among them. There's lying, voter suppression, and probably voting interference.
Brian is so much smarter than this woman.
You make a VERY good point.. seems they couldn’t do anything right. I’m tired of blaming the democrats, I want to know why the other side voted for an adjudicated rapist with 34 felonies.
I agree. No reason to pander to stupidity. Didn't matter what was offered, they still voted the way they did. Not apologizing either for being
Right about how corrupt they are.
"How dare you be reasonable" 😆 Good stuff! Great interview Brian, lots of really good information. Hope this gets through to our people.
I’m just starving for news that will say Trump will possibly be blocked from office
You’re starving for news that may not come. Please try to focus on what you can do to improve the next four years.: I suggest focusing on the midterms, getting as many Democrats as possible, elected. Notify your representatives when there is pending legislation and whether you want to pass or fail.
@@gcro9206texanforeverThis is exactly the problem with Democrats: You *can* be/do both, you know. 😕
@ Maybe a got a little spoiled from UA-cam’s more active covering of things after the election, bringing up clips from new medias with headlines in the titles. They eased up recently. If so, the feeling will likely pass, but I’d appreciate knowing things over being in the dark.
But I agree with you. I hope you’re doing the same thing. There’s more we can do, too. We can also call up politicians have have them act to block Trump under the 14th amendment. We need to push. There are some things we have that can never be taken away.
I am too. Something isn't right.
@gcro9206texanforever why attack people on your side? Lateral violence isn't good.
Bernie Sanders. Genuine. Always for the people but the Dnc wouldn't allow him to run.
Thank you
Define "far left". A lot of people would say Bernie is far left, but he did pretty much all right.
What we have to do is stick to our principles and get our message out, and unless those principles are anything other than progressive, well we might as well just be Republican-light.
And when activists come up with a disastrous slogan like "defund the police", get in there right away and correct the message so that it doesn't land with a thud. A better message would be "restructure policing" or "update policing".
And I see the consultants in the Democratic party as being a huge part of the problem. Hillary Clinton had the likes of Marc Penn as a consultant. And I heard that Kamla had Consultants talk her into changing her message midway through the campaign, which was a disaster.
Red states suffer from Republican policies such as the way Republican Governors play keep-away with the ACA Medicaid expansion. Tell the red States how much they have suffered from this--how many people have died because they don't have health care. People in red states are poorer than people in the blue states. Drill down on this and let red States know how their government is hurting them. These aren't hard ones.
So when is the Democratic party going to start doing all this? It sounds so sensible. You and Lis Smith should be running our party so we can win.
So, the "Democratic Brand" speaks to educated people. Instead of fixing the Democratic Brand, how about we up the education level of our populace? And tout the merits of being educated instead of letting the other party diss education?
It was all about the price of eggs and gas.
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And totally ridiculous.
Can't do that when there is no department of education. They want to dumb you down so you will keep voting for all these WWE candidates. Absolute
Morons.
@@annelieskarolienwhen the crowd who voted for that sees the prices on both skyrocket, they may be a little more open to reason.
But will we actually have another election?
Good ideas, Brian, totally agree with building up the independent ecosystem. Edit: Love your interviews, interesting topics and people.
Great conversation! And I love Pete! I think he is a great leader.
Happy New Year 🥳🎉🎊
Pete B. has the chops to think on his feet and is wicked smart so he could handle the propaganda and lies with facts, which somehow was entertaining to the masses. Almost like gamesmanship.
I agree with some of Liz’s points. She’s being honest. I get it. My concern is not considering a candidate who may not be entertaining but who is right for the job and therefore isn’t even considered viable. Are we now that type of society? It has a Hunger’s Game vibe. It is what it is, but damn…
Respectfully disagree. She sounds like an appeaser. We do not move to the center because Rs move right.
Great interview BTC. I enjoyed listening to Lis Smith’s point of view.
So what she is saying is that the democratic party should go further right and ignore progressives. That is crap.
While Kamala Harris maybe had a message problem at the outset, that was relatively quickly rectified, and she ran on very clear policies that focused on the middle class. It was starting to build momentum, but the MSM continued to perpetuate the notion that she and Walz didn't have a plan, and it had to compete against all the disinformation in the Right-Wing media system. The message was starting to penetrate in some circles and a momentum of hope and enthusiasm was building. Unfortunately, there wasn't sufficient time for it to counter all the misinformation and disinformation in the ecosystem.
what election cycle did you watch? and what dream world are you living in?
This means all democrats politicians need to get on at least 1 podcast weekly (and not the same one) for the next 2 years so we can all see these up and comers!
Brian, your assessment on the Dems building their brand 365 days a year is on point. Get to work 💙💙💙💙💙
YOU get to work. Brian is doing his part.
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Maybe take some of that money and donate to food banks. And be there helping out. There's so many places that money can help Americans! ❤ people will have more trust.😊
Just excellent thank you both
Brian really is brilliant. I love watching his podcasts.
AM Talk radio leans heavily to the right, both political and non-political talk shows. Sinclair and Clear Channel media are all across America with a constant barrage of negativity towards Democrats.
I agree, and it was amplified by Rush Limbaugh in the 90s.
My rep was Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, I moved to Portland Oregon…Marie is incredible and works so hard fighting for her constituents! We need more of her!!! She listens to people in a very red area!
You are right, I have formed my world view by listening to you, Beasley, Mockler, Medias Touch, Legal AF and several others online as well as MSNBC Rachel & Hayes plus reading articles from numerous publications across the gamut.
I prefer to stay informed and know what are the fights we need to fight instead of showing up to the race in the last two laps.
Those cardboard flyers that were mailed are a waste of money sending to anyone except maybe the elderly. No one who is middle-aged and younger is anything but annoyed by that. Most of us tend to get art information online. I have just a little PO Box in my small little town and you have to go to the post office to empty it yourself. Mail isn't delivered. One day I was so pissed off when I went to my little PO box and it was completely stuffed with those cardboard Flyers. Out of 17 of them, 14 of them were for Harris. I was so mad because I need that box for other mail and it was completely stuffed with those flyers to the point that my one postal worker that works in my little town, said I need to empty my box more often during election season because she couldn't get all my mail in it. I don't get much mail and I had just emptied the box like 4 days beforehand and I still got all those dumb flyers. Same thing with email. I was getting email from Democratic candidates all over the freaking country. It was freaking annoying open up my email and have no exaggeration, 30 messages every day from democratic candidates. Yes I donated to Harris's campaign but that wasn't a free pass to give out my email to every fucking candidate out there
Please explain what you mean by “the far left saying something dumb”. I am so sick of this demonization of the progressives.
I can smell the contempt coming off of the woman in this video
There are about to see a lot of angry people and a lot less votes if they pull this conservative lite shit off
It's very clear she's coming into this with a centrist slant and it's the last thing the party needs right now.
That was a wonderful interview!
2:04 that is not how i would interprete that data at all.
Also, Biden wasn't exactly a "defund the police" or "open borders" advocate.
6:54 okay, normally I am not this harsh, but she just contradicted herself.
She started off effectively saying "listen to your local constituents" which is good (if boiler plate) advice. Now she's saying local issues don't matter that the media environment is nationalized.
Well which is it?
Because those two things are mutually exclusive.
Then there's the thinly veiled message of "don't be too liberal" which also makes so sense.
I'll listen a bit more but this is not proving to be a good idea of my time.
10:29 but everything she just said applies to Senator Brown, so that doesn't hold.
WHat?! Biden may not have been a "defund the police" but he certainly opened up the borders. No wonder we lost the election, most of you guys are ignorant.
Potential candidates must go on these other show/podcasts BEFORE they run for office. People hate politicians and will ignore them unless they know them from elsewhere first.
What a great interview. As someone that cut the cord in '11, I get the media consumption has changed.
Chicago saying Happy New Year, cheers.
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They're running against $$$
Yes, and corruption.
No, they have too many leftist ideas... People that voted for Trump aren't millionaires. I get it. When Trump flipped 10 blue counties in Cali, that tears everything else down.
You are so right. Here in Hawaii, a blue state, you turn on the radio and all talk shows are conservatives. Republicans were so smart to buy radio and tv stations. Every day I turn on talk radio I can rarely hear liberal commentators.
Also, dt ws FCCing fellating microphones. But her message "wasn't clear enough"? These discussions are perhaps useless.
Happy New Year Brian 🎆🥳❤️
Yes there is a "one size fits all" issue. The economy is going to take a major hit if volunteer emergency responders are not reckoned with. In two decades we have lost one-third of the force while 911 calls have more than doubled! The current "crew" is aging out just like the national force of flight controllers ! But nobody is talking about it because, - - migration, abortion, inflation, migration, abortion, inflation, migration, abortion, inflation, migration, abortion, inflation, - - as if this is all that matters?
Okay. I agree with very little of this. I'm one of those infamous Boomers that are supposed to be more conservative. Au contraire! I'm an old (74) hippie who has marched in more protests... Starting with Vietnam, than I can remember. I've been an activist for Civil and Women's rights, Climate, Housing...
And going more right? Oh, please! Get out there and convince your own party members!
1. Harris had, what, 2 months to "let people get to know her." While the Ogre has been campaigning and getting mainstream media coverage 6 or more times a day for 4 years.
I worked hard on this election and talked to Dems who were NOT happy that Harris was suddenly foisted upon them. And just as lots of and especially Progressive Dems (including myself) were really pissed when Bernie was shoved aside for Establishment Hillary. Once again we had to hold our nose and vote for the lesser evil. And lots sat out, just like this year. I held my nose and voted for her.
Next, let's get real. If you want to lure center/right voters 🙄 in this mynoginistic country they are NOT going elect a woman. As much as it pains me, that is reality. A reality I hear from lots of other women. So get over it.
And please, run a younger candidate! Joe is a good guy, he did a good job getting some good stuff done... But, there are some wonderful younger Reps in the House that are articulate and have the ability to get messages across, Raskin and Swalwell for example. There's the not so young but honest, hard-working Sen. Whitehouse who explains things so clearly.
I'm sick of establishment Dems and so are a lot if people. And yes, use podcast venues to get the messages out, town halls in Purple districts and on mainstream, too.
I hope at least fhe DNC will get some better leaders like the guy from Wisconsin and David Hogg so more Progressive candidates will actually get the support they need.
As a senior citizen, I can only do so much, but this year I actually did a voting party at my complex and talked to people about issues and helped them understand the deceptive language of all the Props and Measures on the ballot. People, bombarded by confusing info really appreciate talking about it with someone who makes themselves available to have a darned conversation and will really listen.
I know Harris did the big, expensive rallies because she had little time, but it made for too much Rah Rah, and too little time for down to earth conversations.
I do hope that trump and Elon will alienate more voters, but we can't count on that, obviously.
💙 I love you, Brian, but the angst ridden and constant analysis of what the hell went wrong lately is becoming more fruitless every day.
Just breath and do the news for a while as we all try to recover from the shock and horror.
The analysis is forced and flailing. Reporting the safe guards Biden had been putting in place and good things Dems are doing is more helpful, I think.
Be the message.
You are lost in the "reactive" Dems are being accused of. 💙
Obviously, the majority wanted a game show to watch...
Great interview! Lis Smith & BTC are spot on! Thank you for all you are doing to educate the potential candidates about meeting the people where they are!
I wished they did this before November 5th 2024 then at least you wouldn't have Donald Trump as president elect
There was nothing Democrats could do to win this cycle.
Ohio Democrat here. Tim Ryan and unfortunately Sherrod Brown in this last election didn't run good campaigns. Both were focused on gaining the votes of more rural white voters. Which, ok I guess. But there were people, like women, black people and other people of color who were largely left out of their campigns. Especially with Tim Ryan. Of course grow your base, but don't neglect or take for granted those already in your camp. That led to low voter turnout of the very people both Brown and Ryan needed. I can't tell you how many people were shocked that Tim Ryan was a democrat - because of his commercials. Bottom line, until we truly speak on people refusing a woman and especially a woman being president loomed large. Some of the GOP aren't yet over a black man running the country. And to say did we know what VP Harris's message was? Seriously?! This is why we don't win. We don't address the elephant in the room. Racism and misogyny. Yeah it's brought up in passing, but we are not addressing it as an overwhelming theme of this election. Particularly when you look at the decline in voter turnout. That goes into why I feel Ryan and Brown lost. Dance with the ones who brought you and sadly democrat leaders, like Sherrod Brown (who I supported) forgot their base of voters trying to recruit voters who do not vote democrat. They were so focused on "trying to make fetch happen" that they didn't motivate who they had in their corner.
I’m still feeling like the loss was at least partially due to sexism- to say that Kamala lost because she wasn’t dumb enough doesn’t really hold - Obama didn’t need to dumb himself down. Familiarity IMO also played a part.
Exactly. Many people just don't want to admit we still live in a country that is sexist.