When their entire platform is 'we are not trump' there's nothing else to run on.
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It is how Hillary lost.
What she said was "I think we can certainly do more to be advancing our vision, and I believe we have a strong vision that we can run on." She specifically calls out:
- Codifying abortion/reproductive rights [House and Senate races matter!]
- Lowering Medicare age
- Student loan forgiveness
Contrary to OP's title, she actually pushes back on the false narrative that Biden is running as "not Trump".
She does say that it will be important to demonstrate "what we are willing to do with" governing power between now and November.
Biden has to have more to offer than to be the alternative to Trump, and because even bringing up his age causes condemnation, I'm not sure there's actually much else being considered about Biden as a candidate.
I'm pretty excited for the Amtrak expansion myself. It paves the way for actual urban transit options.
Sure would be nice to know what the Republican platform is, besides being not Democrat.
At least the Dems have a platform, and they work towards it.
and they work towards it.
You mean where they're pro-union but they block strikes?
You mean where they're against genocide but support Israel?
You mean where they want to raise the minimum wage but set the Treasury and the Fed on a warpath against American workers?
You mean where they're pro-choice but refuse to codify it?
Establishment Democrats do not work towards their platform. They intentionally self sabotage.
EDIT: I forgot one: You mean where they claim to take climate change seriously but then force thousands of federal workers to return to offices?
We living in a democracy in name only. Without a free press and independent media and without better rules to allow the people to make better choices, it's always going to go the way of some weird self reinforcing and randomly mutating ideology.
Dems help Republicans work towards their platform
good job
An alternative to Trump is good enough for me. Then again I’ve lost all hope in our system of government so that helps.
Then you guarantee the candidate who wins the 2028 DNC primaries will be no better.
Every 4 years Republicans move 6 steps towards fascism, while dems only move 4 steps towards fascism and tell us they're our only hope to avoid fascism.
Biden would rather lose to fascists than compromise with leftists and progressives.
advance Democrats' vision
What vision? What do dems actually offer beyond "trump bad"? Don't get me wrong, Trump definitely Bad, but how many times do they expect this sort of brinkmanship to work? Even if we beat this Trump there will be another one along, and the people who openly tell us that they want to end democracy in America only have to win once.
On the other hand does it really matter? Like Obama had a plan to "fix" healthcare and in the end he couldn't really do anything about it. The entire system you have sucks.
What vision? What do dems actually offer beyond “trump bad”?
Thank you, the Republican platform from the last 8 years? Non -existent.
And the one that they put out for if they win later this year is a horror novel. "Project 2025" or whatever it's called.
And if you notice Democrats have said nothing to counteract it. Their history shows they let Republicans offer up far right wing legislation, Democrats hate it. Then a Democrat takes up the reigns of that same policy and gets it passed with liberal approval.