Charlatan

Injured, exhausted, and having canned their GM and coach ( which I fully support), it's no surprise.

I hope they cut a bunch of dead weight / contracts and sort out a serviceable bench. I don't think Westbrook is worth the min contract.

Good luck Thunder.

Great response. We're not far apart on why we are where we are. I really hope Dem leadership is considering major changes to address the beat down they got in Nov.

My model is based on what won the last election.

• The border
• Prices at the grocery store. It's ridiculous but it is what it is.

You make a good point. There are many factors at play, but if Democrats think centrist is establishment then we need to change that because your right, that won't win anything

Your examples of caving... Attacking Trumps border policy - but... Biden was president?! And Democrats did nothing to fix the problem. Yes, border control is a problem. We needed a leader and got nothing.

LGBTQ rights. I'm sorry to have to say this, but that's not going to win you an election. Democrats (and me personally) can continue to support LGBTQ rights, but you can't make it one of your primary platform.

Look at it this way... You need a sales pitch for purple and red districts that speaks on their issues. And go there and sell it!

• Live and let live policies for the people
• Do a better job of advertising your successes fighting for workers rights and pay.

...and so on.

Hell, watch Fox news for a few hours a day, take a shower, then build your plan to beat the Republicans on their own turf.

Yeah. I know she's terrible. It's not the hand job that I'm against, she's terrible as a congress critter. My point is, his message did land in a solid red district. She moved to the eastern side of the state to keep her seat.

Sanders?... Maybe. AOC... No freaking way.

You want a centrist that Dems should listen to? See Adam Frisch in my state. Almost beat Boebert TWICE in her home county.

This is just wrong. Go look at what swayed voters. The fact is, she never broke from Biden.

• The border was a shit show.
• The stock market isn't the economy. Egg prices matter (it's ridiculous but true for voters, and yes, I know it was bird flu related)
• People trust R's more when it comes to the economy
• Many voters see Democrats as intolerable over educated snobs... That's how they address 'the deplorables'.
• She ran on a platform that speaks TO DEMOCRATS and not the greater population.

Centrist is not evil, it's necessary to win elections. How many maps do you need to see to figure out you need to win some red districts? Support the fringe but run on a platform that speaks to the middle. Or.. keep doing what your doing and never hold more than a minor majority again.

Then they will freaking lose and deserve it. They surveyed Democratic voters. You want reality? You lost to the worst candidate in the history of voting in this country. WAKE THE HELL UP!

Maybe take some police and the court order / decision to the event and force your way in. Then, hold the highest ranking host of the event who is NOT Trump, in contempt and throw them in a shitty jail for a week.

Herbstluftwm with dmenu. Just a windows manager. I've gotten used to using the command line for things I used to rely on a DE for.

Honestly, I'm not impressed. This is in DENVER. Take it to a blood red district and show me the numbers. This is not where Dems need to spend their time.

Thanks to all for the responses.. and thanks for this detailed response. I have a habit of making simple things complicated... Which it looks like I did in this case.

I also completely agree on Chimera. It's such a solid distro.