Gunny
11-03-2021, 04:16 PM
Excuses and finger-pointing. Speaking of Henry Cuellar, MY Rep in the House who doesn't represent a damned thing about me, can plan on me bad-mouthing him all over the place between now and next election. Won't do much good but make me feel better :)
After a crushing defeat for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor's race (https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/virginia-governor-race) and a New Jersey (https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-jersey) gubernatorial election that is far too close for comfort for Democrats (https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections/democrats), it took only hours for different factions of the party to start hurling blame at one another.
"Hopefully progressives will get the wake-up call," a moderate Democratic source told Fox News Wednesday morning. As it became clear the Virginia race was closer than anticipated, there was mumbling among moderate Democrats that the left wing of the party may be going too far on issues from massive government spending to wokeism in education and other institutions, driving away suburban voters.
The Virginia victory was so jarring for Democrats because it's a state that President Biden won by 10 percentage points in 2020 and that they believed shifted to become safely blue with the explosion of the northern Virginia suburbs.
The New Jersey gubernatorial race, where incumbent Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy was winning by under 2,000 votes Wednesday morning, also was a major regression for Democrats. Biden won there by 15 percentage points.
Colin Strother, a Democratic strategist who was a longtime aide for moderate Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, said both progressives and moderates deserve criticism – but it's the Biden administration that needs to get into gear for Democrats to hold onto their majorities in 2022.
"We need to end the circular firing squad and get to work. Our biggest obstacle to success is members of our own Democratic Party," Strother told Fox News. "We have one or two senators holding up big ticket items that we need to pass. We have a handful of the far left in the House who have never done anything acting like they dictate the agenda and the timeline for bills passing."
"Having said that, this all goes back to a lack of effective communication from the White House," Strother added. "We are not going to win this thing with the president in Delaware, the vice president missing in action, and our secretaries on personal leave… The Biden Administration and all those associated with it need to understand the election is going on right now. Everything they are doing or not doing is impacting our chances in 2022."
cont @ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-blame-mcauliffe-youngkin-governor
After a crushing defeat for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor's race (https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/virginia-governor-race) and a New Jersey (https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-jersey) gubernatorial election that is far too close for comfort for Democrats (https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections/democrats), it took only hours for different factions of the party to start hurling blame at one another.
"Hopefully progressives will get the wake-up call," a moderate Democratic source told Fox News Wednesday morning. As it became clear the Virginia race was closer than anticipated, there was mumbling among moderate Democrats that the left wing of the party may be going too far on issues from massive government spending to wokeism in education and other institutions, driving away suburban voters.
The Virginia victory was so jarring for Democrats because it's a state that President Biden won by 10 percentage points in 2020 and that they believed shifted to become safely blue with the explosion of the northern Virginia suburbs.
The New Jersey gubernatorial race, where incumbent Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy was winning by under 2,000 votes Wednesday morning, also was a major regression for Democrats. Biden won there by 15 percentage points.
Colin Strother, a Democratic strategist who was a longtime aide for moderate Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, said both progressives and moderates deserve criticism – but it's the Biden administration that needs to get into gear for Democrats to hold onto their majorities in 2022.
"We need to end the circular firing squad and get to work. Our biggest obstacle to success is members of our own Democratic Party," Strother told Fox News. "We have one or two senators holding up big ticket items that we need to pass. We have a handful of the far left in the House who have never done anything acting like they dictate the agenda and the timeline for bills passing."
"Having said that, this all goes back to a lack of effective communication from the White House," Strother added. "We are not going to win this thing with the president in Delaware, the vice president missing in action, and our secretaries on personal leave… The Biden Administration and all those associated with it need to understand the election is going on right now. Everything they are doing or not doing is impacting our chances in 2022."
cont @ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-blame-mcauliffe-youngkin-governor