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Democrats biggest problem: all the disadvantages of being Socialists, none of the advantages
How we can regain some of the Obama-Trump voting white working class
The circular firing squad, the recriminations and the finger pointing have all started. Democrats, frustrated that they again underperformed the polls and face the prospect of another two years of Republican control of the Senate, are looking for scapegoats to blame.
Never mind that Biden won an impressive victory, winning an absolute majority of the vote and defeating an incumbent. Democrats also held onto the House and defeated two Republican incumbent Senators. As a result, there are those arguing that the Democrats should be pleased with the results.
Most Democrats are not, however. We may be happy about seeing Trump defeated, but our expectations were certainly not met. While the pipedream of a blue wave may have been unreasonable, poll aggregation sites were predicting that the Democrats would win control of the Senate. As of now, that has not happened.
While it is true that the Democrats may still win the Senate if we win the two runoffs in Georgia, a not completely unrealistic hope given that Biden won the state, we lost at least two races where we felt we had it in the bag. In both Maine and…
