The Democratic Party, at least publicly, has not come to grips with the fact they lost so badly. The only thing they are sure of it they are not at fault.
“Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
As I sitting waiting for the mechanics to finish my motorcycle, I read two articles that gave me some hope for this nation. They are written as warning to the Democrats in this country, which is understandable, looking at the sources. Which means America could be safer.
The Democrats Are Committing Partycide
In the future, even winning the former “Blue Wall” states won’t be enough for the party’s presidential nominees.
By Jerusalem Demsas November 14, 2024
As California goes, so goes the nation, but what happens when a lot of Californians move to Texas? After the 2030 census, the home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley will likely be forced to reckon with its stagnating population and receding influence. When congressional seats are reallocated to adjust for population changes, California is almost certain to be the biggest loser—and to be seen as the embodiment of the Democratic Party’s failures in state and local governance.
The article is enlightening. Some people have been shocked and horrified that the progressive regions of the country are bleeding population. In the 2020 census, California lost a Congressional seat for the first time in history, while Texas (2) and Florida (1) have each gained population and seats. Not mentioned often, the GOP controlled house apportionment through the Republican controlled legislatures. Since 2020, California has lost no less than 500,000 people.
The nightmare for the left is continuing, as the declining population in blue regions of the nation continues. After the 2030 census, “The liberal Brennan Center is projecting a loss of four Electoral College seats for California, while the conservative American Redistricting Project, a loss of five…According to the American Redistricting Project, in the 2030 Census New York will lose three seats, and Illinois two, while Republican-dominated Texas and Florida will gain four additional representatives each. Other growing states that Trump carried in this month’s election could potentially receive an additional representative. By either projection, if the 2032 Democratic nominee carries the same states that Kamala Harris won this year, the party would receive 12 fewer electoral votes.” Ms. Demsas continues.
“After her loss to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton argued that she’d ‘won the places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward’—…But now Democrats’ self-conception as a party that represents the future is running headlong into the reality that the fastest-growing states are Republican-led.”
And you wonder why liberals hate the Electoral College? But the fact is people are running from liberal havens. High tech companies, once the boon of the West Coast, are fleeing these leftist hell holes with their sky high taxes, miserable schools, out of control crime and 3rd World infrastructure. More than that, the attitude of the political class is private enterprise and the population exist to only serve them, not the other way around.
A review of a recent election showed something. The Democrats poured a fortune into the Texas senate race pairing incumbent Ted Cruz to Democrat Colin Allred. Must say, I blew my projection to hell, I figured Cruz would win with a 3-4 point spread. It turned out to be over 9.5%. Trump carried Texas (no surprise) but took Starr County (borders with Mexico with population over 90% Hispanic), which has not voted for a Republican in 132 years. I forget who made the point, but Texas became redder, and New York became less blue.
Years ago I spoke with a close friend (who by the way lost a bottle bet with me on this past election, 18-year-old single malt Scotch is much better with a garnish of Schadenfreude), and she was sure Cruz would not last more than two terms (2018). “Mike, the demographics are changing. Texas is filling with more Hispanics, and that will turn it blue.” An assumption that liberals have made for ages, and I hope they keep doing. Texas and Florida are both becoming more Hispanic, and more red.
To add salt to their wounds, we have Slate. Looks like the Democrats are looking at the voter and not asking, “How did we do wrong?” but “How can we pull it over them again?”
Democrats, You Have to Do Better Than This
They lost the House, Senate, and presidency. And this is how Democratic leadership responds?
Alexander Sammon Nov 15, 2024
Based on the Democrats’ personnel decisions and public statements, you’d have no idea the party lost control of all three branches of government last week. Literal congratulations have been doled out for tough losses in a near-impossible electoral environment, for a spirited effort amid utter defeat. It’s almost as if Democratic leadership hadn’t spent the entire fall projecting publicly that the electoral environment was tight but winnable.
After a disastrous election, there has been basically zero accountability. No real reckoning from the Democratic National Committee on wasting $1 billion on the only presidential popular vote loss in 20 years….No introspective messaging about losing not just the presidency but the Senate and the House.
Apparently there is no discussion of a change in strategy. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other high-ranking members delivered “what attendees described as a celebratory message despite the odds,” according to Politico’s Nicholas Wu.
This largely reflects the same note as what Democratic leadership has said in public. Rep. Jim Clyburn said on CBS News, “We ought to just chill out for a while … don’t worry about blaming anybody.” Jeffries told MSNBC: “We can’t be hysterical in our assessment that this was some anti-incumbent wave.” And Nancy Pelosi, who clearly a shadow leader of the party, insisted to the New York Times that “House members did very well.” Refusing even a hint of introspection, she added: “We don’t agonize over what happened. We organize about what comes next.”
One of the great concepts the military put in after the disaster of Vietnam was the “After Action Review.” You bring in as many people as possible, review you’re recently completed exercise, etc., and go over the good, the bad, and the ugly. You encouraged input from everyone, especially the junior members. This helps you find out how to improve in future operations.
Looks like the Democrats are still suck in the “Zero Defects” mentality of the 1960 Army. Hopefully they keep that going, great way to jump off the cliff.
Democrats are at a similar point as they were in 1984/1988, having lost three straight presidential elections, and without something to build around other than “We hate Reagan/Bush” (or this year, Trump). And the intelligencia of the party is actually thinking (snicker) of digging deeper. A writer at Slate seriously suggested the Dems nominate AOC for president. Personally I’d chip in a few bucks to her campaign to get her the Democratic nomination in 2028. AOC against JD Vance to Ron DeSantis, pass the popcorn!
Well, give the devil her due, she is not less totally unqualified for high office than Ms. Harris. Will be an interesting four years.
Michael A. Thiac is a retired Army intelligence officer, with over 23 years experience, including serving in the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the Middle East. He is also a retired police patrol sergeant, with over 22 years’ service, and over ten year’s experience in field training of newly assigned officers. He has been published at The American Thinker, PoliceOne.com, and on his personal blog, A Cop’s Watch.
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Maybe the Democrats’ “March of Incrementalism through the institutions” will have been broken. And, maybe the mainstream media will be a dying leftist industry, by the results of this election. I hope so. Look at how the left doubled down on all the evil they started. Their campaign was a list of evil. They did it to themselves, and the rest of us said “Enough!” Clinton played a shell game, with all his so-called moving to the right. Obama set the stage for the destruction of our country, but put smiley faces on it, only so he could run the country through puppets. When they decided to replace Biden with Harris, and run that campaign like it was a pop concert, the country finally saw that all the left had to offer was that they were better than us. Yeh, right. I even got a kick out of Obama running scared. When he called black men “misogynists”, that just sealed the election.
The left still doesn’t understand what they did. Good for us. Did any of the left get the message? I don’t know, and I don’t care. I hope they all keep going crazy. They were already there. La La Land used to be mental institutions. That’s where they belong, but their leaders belong in another institution, called prisons.
The “March of Incrementalism” must be broken, no question. Now hopefully the GOP doesn’t blow it. Remember 1988, George HW Bush won saying “I’ll be the third term of Reagan.” Unfortunately he was the first full term of Gerald Ford.
Assuming Trump has a good second run, and we get another good Republican in (DeSantis, Vance, Cruz), we could possibly have 12 years in the presidency. Image what twelve years of a conservative in the White House could do.