Inside the Democratic Party there are two wolves — one desperate to beat Trump because Trump is awful, and the other eager to use how awful Trump is to push the envelope further on policy than you’d normally be able to.
First wolf needs to fight back.
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The first wolf is making the hard money contributions, working the phone banks, and voting in primaries.
The second wolf has its grants, a little network of friendly media outlets, and a ferocious appetite for shrinking the tent.
Wrong. Need to move on from Trump altogether. Stop the focus. The singular attention has only helped him every step of the way
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The second wolf was a large reason for the loss (and it wasn't just for policy).
And the first wolf will now fight back so hard, that it will totally forget it was a one-trick canine pony that is now forever obsolete.
In four years you and every other liberal shill will say that Vance is way worse than Trump. Same ideas but he's smarter and has learned the inside baseball of politics.
We are told there are alternate universes where DeSantis or Haley is winning a landslide but also some other alternate universe where an informed public is rewarding the Dem ticket for macroeconomic indicators.
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This was reflected in J6 as an issue. Many Dems were happier to talk about it than do something. Led a lot of voters to conclude it was all political noise - how bad could it be if it took so long to prosecute so underwhelmingly. Ditto second impeachment. Gotta act, not talk.
*bingo*
and they will use this loss to argue that the party needs to go even further Left.
I've had these kind of thoughts floating around. Nice to see them articulated so well.
They're out to get Trump
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So you just like missed the entire 2020 primary then? Because the first wolf won
First wolf should definitely win this fight, the second is proven losing bet.
It doesn’t matter who those two wolves fight, because neither of them has any power
Yep. Glaring example of this mentality today. Kamala called the man she and her corporate media cronies told us was a fascist who would end democracy and congratulated him on winning the election.
Well like trump said in 4 years you won't even have to vote anymore. Think about exactly what that means? Let's hope it's not what we think it is but.... 
The first wolf is condescending and looks down on the rest of society
That smugness will never win elections
Tim Walz down to earth vibe and economic populism is the way forward
If you can't see that you deserve to lose
I think this is endemic to Trump.
The worm eats itself in both wins and losses.
Parties underestimate the power of longevity (in power), and always push the excesses
//First wolf needs to fight back.//
This, 100 times!
The party has been hijacked by the woke folks, whose behaviors are exactly like Trump’s!
Yes, shoot the moon but not taking the threat seriously. A massive failure of imagination.
there's now a third wolf claiming trump stole the election because some ballots in a county kamala won were set on fire
When Trump is gone, the Republicans will go back to having the same kind of “wolves” problem, instead of having the advantage of forced unity via mindless devotion and obedience to a cult leader.
First wolf does need to fight back. But don't you think that Democrats have lost the ability to present a grander vision of ourselves as Americans, rather than rail travel, infrastructure improvements, and obscure personal identity?
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In 2016 a lot of Sanders supporters thought a Trump victory, and the ensuing disaster, would usher in their socialist utopia... and many still believe he'd have beat Trump in 2016.
They don't get just how unpopular their ideas are with most people.
Wrong!
The Dem party has many wolf packs that often come together to form a mega wolf pack that pushes out GOP. At other times they compete with each other and lose to GOP.
If you are smart you want to enable quick mobilization of the mega wolf pack.
"Trump is awful"
Trump represents the majority of the country.
Amazing, incredible, almost inconceivable comeback.
Trump isn't awful. He's a phenom.
Can we purge all the former obama ivy league staffers and the pod save america guys?
Which wolf keeps nominating establishment candidates that nobody likes?
There are no wolves in the democratic party.
Bunch of limp wristed bishes
How about Ds just calling balls and strikes on Trump’s initiatives?
They need a third wolf who actually cares and hear people’s grievances about governing and making life meaningfully better for all involved.
Certainly suspect that Kamala was being painted as a moderate to get her elected, and then the extremism would come out once she took office.
Happened with Biden, probably because he couldn't reel in his woke staff.
This is my great frustration with the democrats. They talk about fascism but aren't willing to make policy concessions to appeal to more people which makes the talk seem insincere.
Trump is bad! Make the damn policy concessions!
This piece is just the opposite of your own take. "One weird trick where Dems can win if they just marginalize the lefties." Just give everyone a chance to breath and process before starting the recriminations.
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Don’t have the energy to rebut bad takes one by one, but if you look at the breadth of the loss across the map and come up with “one weird trick for how Democrats could have won by being more left-wing” then you’re just not engaging with reality — which I guess is your business.
Been tweeting unhinged takes lately because of the election?
Clean up your feed with Redact before those wild tweets get you ‘impeached’!
you are wrong about everything. How did you ever get a platform?
You've never been right.
Your policies are in place in SF. The place is turning into a disaster.
when were you ever correct?
If I were to give you the insurrection exaggeration, what would you say were trumps actions in his first term you disagree with most. Bonus pts for anything fascist, hitler, satan, etc whatever scare tactic term ya’ll are into now.
Where’s the wolf that listens to the citizens who can’t afford to live, don’t want money going to foreign wars or wants to feel safe?
When Trump and Kamala face off, but it's in the *kitchen*! 
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