Well the name says a lot. I'm very familiar with the type of people who live in rural Nevada. I might not have always agreed with Harry Reid but I did always respect the man. I sure hope Adam and his org are doing an intensive search for a candidate or ten. A reformed D party would get my vote.
I met Reid when he was alive and agree with your assessment. Anyone familiar with his hardscrabble bio would have to acknowledge his accomplishments. The dude had grit. And I also disagree with many (actually most) of his policy positions, but he made small population Nevada a force to be reckoned with during his tenure. Being a swing state doesn’t hurt either.
Frankly I don’t understand the gripe of this article. The democrats are out of touch with working people, but there’s something wrong with a group trying to change that? The fact that some people in Searchlight are not working class themselves doesn’t seem relevant. It’s not exactly like Trump was a plumber before running for office. The republicans made a massive policy shift between the Bush and Trump administrations and if the democrats do the same thing more power to them.
It's hard to argue with criticisms of the feckless D party, I agree with most of them. Yet, D's remain largely irrelevant, mired in the minority with virtually no power. This is a status they earned. Meanwhile, MAGA and the "new" right remain the establishment, dominating public policy levers with their unified control of all three branches of the federal government. They own the economy in particular.
MAGA establishment elites, like D's, have a reckoning ahead, once Don's cult of personality is gone. Will they remain true to Don's catechism if it's wielded by a President Newsom? Imagine a Gavin stablecoin, with Chinese crypto criminals shoveling money directly into his pocket in search of a presidential pardon. Or, Gavin threatening Fox's broadcast license when they say something mean to him. Or Gavin getting to decide which of our neighbors get deported under the guise of ridding us of criminals. Or Gavin forcing through signature legislation that screws the workin stiffs for the benefit of his fellow plutocrats dining at the French Laundry...
The Democrats are burdened by many of their own powerful benefactors. Here's just two:
Building housing will require that the environmentalists like the Sierra Club be neutered, but that's not going to happen. Also, is the Trial Lawyers Association going to support revised environmental laws that reduce lawsuits? Not likely.
Harry Reid was born in Searchlight hence the name. I am betting that the Institute is somewhere in metro DC and that is the problem. Similar to traditional Republican media like National Review being in NYC. It will take someone like Trump to move the Democrats off the dime. It would actually make conservatives safer to have a same Democrat Party but I am not counting on that.
Well the name says a lot. I'm very familiar with the type of people who live in rural Nevada. I might not have always agreed with Harry Reid but I did always respect the man. I sure hope Adam and his org are doing an intensive search for a candidate or ten. A reformed D party would get my vote.
I met Reid when he was alive and agree with your assessment. Anyone familiar with his hardscrabble bio would have to acknowledge his accomplishments. The dude had grit. And I also disagree with many (actually most) of his policy positions, but he made small population Nevada a force to be reckoned with during his tenure. Being a swing state doesn’t hurt either.
Frankly I don’t understand the gripe of this article. The democrats are out of touch with working people, but there’s something wrong with a group trying to change that? The fact that some people in Searchlight are not working class themselves doesn’t seem relevant. It’s not exactly like Trump was a plumber before running for office. The republicans made a massive policy shift between the Bush and Trump administrations and if the democrats do the same thing more power to them.
It's hard to argue with criticisms of the feckless D party, I agree with most of them. Yet, D's remain largely irrelevant, mired in the minority with virtually no power. This is a status they earned. Meanwhile, MAGA and the "new" right remain the establishment, dominating public policy levers with their unified control of all three branches of the federal government. They own the economy in particular.
MAGA establishment elites, like D's, have a reckoning ahead, once Don's cult of personality is gone. Will they remain true to Don's catechism if it's wielded by a President Newsom? Imagine a Gavin stablecoin, with Chinese crypto criminals shoveling money directly into his pocket in search of a presidential pardon. Or, Gavin threatening Fox's broadcast license when they say something mean to him. Or Gavin getting to decide which of our neighbors get deported under the guise of ridding us of criminals. Or Gavin forcing through signature legislation that screws the workin stiffs for the benefit of his fellow plutocrats dining at the French Laundry...
I'm stockin up on popcorn. And pretzels...
The Democrats are burdened by many of their own powerful benefactors. Here's just two:
Building housing will require that the environmentalists like the Sierra Club be neutered, but that's not going to happen. Also, is the Trial Lawyers Association going to support revised environmental laws that reduce lawsuits? Not likely.
Suggest searching the name “Jerry Litton” and “Missouri” - and then imagine Democrat presidents in a row.
Harry Reid was born in Searchlight hence the name. I am betting that the Institute is somewhere in metro DC and that is the problem. Similar to traditional Republican media like National Review being in NYC. It will take someone like Trump to move the Democrats off the dime. It would actually make conservatives safer to have a same Democrat Party but I am not counting on that.