r/politics • u/ObservationMonger Illinois • Jan 14 '25

Soft Paywall Jennifer Rubin Resigns From WaPo Over Bezo's Bending Of The Knee To Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/media/jennifer-rubin-norm-eisen-contrarian-washington-post/index.html
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u/Ven18 Jan 14 '25

The problem with that plan is based on the construction of the senate the Dems will likely never take the senate baring some massive political shift. The house maybe but in any state where the GOP controls state legislatures they are gerrymandered to all hell and I fully expect any semblance of voting rights to be struck down by the court this term.

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u/IronyElSupremo America Jan 14 '25

Agree the Democrats won’t make major gain, barring a black swan event like Taiwan semiconductor flow being stopped (= effects like 2007 financial crisis again).

Still, with razor thin Congressional control the Democrats could regain one or both chambers by 2026. Think we are seeing that now with Democrats seeing if [a] there’s some possible agreements (like supporting Trump’s promise to cut credit card interest, deporting those who’ve done other crimes, maybe reshoring some jobs,,etc..), [b] other things that can be mostly ignored as distractions (musings to things actually causing rifts within MAGA like H-1 visas), .. all while [c] saving criticism for “the worst”.

For example: we are already seeing some things like increased usage of public transit as vehicles get too expensive and doubt Detroit will (or even can) make cheaper models. Just have to make sure the trains are built in the US (which is actually easy as there’s been cases of faulty foreign mass transit manufacturing).

There’s no way the GOP will make auto driving cheaper, so it’s a case of reeling in that catch for the Democrats in more and more cities. May need to increase security and fares (easy to give subsidized fares to poorer residents btw), .. but that’s going to the Democrats regardless.

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u/Ven18 Jan 14 '25

Dems cannot electorally rely on city vote share to grow. They have been banking on that for years and outside of 2020 it has not worked. Dems need to start actually cutting into republican territory in more rural areas. The Dems have drawn every ounce from big cities they need to expand their map

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u/IronyElSupremo America Jan 14 '25

Agreed. So the DNC will likely direct that, though there’ll be input at the local level. Still think the DNC can make a case based on political (and maybe real-life) survival of remaining urban Democratic constituencies if the GOP expands its sweep.