Nobody has a crystal ball but the idea that Platner would be a uniquely appealing figure to working class voters was always a revealingly condescending attitude.
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I don't think the approach was wrong. I think the calibration was. I don't think there's any doubt the party apparatus cannot relate to regular people. Some of them have chopped wood for the first time today.
Yes these things are hard to judge and no ones instincts are prefect. The truth is not always in one direction. But I think Morris Katz got us DAC (he was the one who introduced Zohran to the “rockstar” candidate in upper Manhattan & Bronx) and he is the one who got us Platner,
It’s almost like going after candidates with zero previous experience and thus zero vetting is a bad bet
It's not even about appealing to WC voters, but to Real Men. Rugged, tough, Real America, blue collar, steak eating, scotch drinking, soldiers, the kind Democrats have been shamed forever for not being.
Yea but Matt these are the geniuses who came up with that hot take
Fetterman on the other hand actually seems to have some traction with the working class now, but got it from taking a swerve to the right
Sure, it is condescending, but also maybe not wrong? It's possible people do in fact suck.
You told us a month ago that you didn't understand why nazi tattoos were relevant, given his political stances. Updating your priors on what personal behaviors might be correlated?
The appeal was that PEOPLE WANT CHANGE and Platner represented change. They wanted it when they voted for Obama but didn't get it so then they tried Trump and got...Trump. People are furious with do-nothing Centrists.
Unique? Nah. Absurd. Try some
of that Maine Beer that Dan Kleban is serving up
So what are the Dems doing to appeal to working class people who want to work?
if i were a white working class guy i would be completely pissed off and be like “what do you take me for???”
The argument was basically, "this guy is a piece of shit, the working class will love him!" So gross...
ikr Matt it’s not like there was a giant totenkopf on his chest from jump
Who could’ve predicted?
