Journalist and political analyst Mark Halperin had a really robust yr. He was one of many few liberals in media who appeared to see the writing on the wall, even acknowledging that Trump might sweep the swing states, which he did.
Now he’s speaking to Democrats in a brand new column, and he’s calling the scenario as he sees it.
Halperin means that the Democrats, as a celebration, have a protracted technique to go earlier than they’ll contemplate themselves viable once more. He means that there are nonetheless too many individuals within the occasion who’re in full denial about their new actuality.
He writes at FOX Information:
Politics ain’t beanbag, and elections have big penalties, personally for the losers, and nationally for the dropping occasion. A bit wound-licking and finger-pointing is to be anticipated.
However political comebacks for each events almost all have been marked by three distinctive components: an trustworthy appraisal of the occasion’s shortcomings, from the nominee on down; a respect for the victor, regardless of how rancorous the competition; and a stable plan to generate recent concepts, interact new voters, regain the arrogance of the bottom and the broader voters, and guarantee inside change.
For the Democratic Get together in 2024, this elemental means of restoration received’t be so easy.
First off, many Democrats stay within the grips of Trump Derangement Syndrome, which makes introspection and lodging unattainable. Per week after the election, President Joe Biden graciously hosted the incoming POTUS for a dialog and a photo-op, however for some within the occasion, budging an inch on deeply held resentment and recrimination is a nonstarter…
To make issues worse for the Democrats, disgruntled factions have fashioned and solidified, some blaming Biden (for operating once more, for operating in any respect, for dropping out, for not dropping out sooner), and just some privately blaming Harris (for disloyal machinations, for a poor work ethic, for hijacking the nomination, for letting down the occasion), making a bitter however quiet din that serves nobody.
Halperin concludes by saying that Democrats want to search out that ‘as soon as in a technology’ kind of candidate who can unite the assorted factions of their fractured occasion. That’s simpler mentioned than completed. There isn’t a dream candidate using over the hill to return to their rescue, and so long as their base retains pushing woke nonsense, most voters will proceed to reject what the occasion is providing to the nation.
