Politics ‘What Are You Doing?!’ CNN’s Enten Warns Democrats Are In Trouble Ahead of the Midterms

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    CNN’s data guru Harry Enten warned Democrats on Monday that they’re in definite trouble with American voters ahead of the 2026 midterms.

    Anchor Kate Bolduan asked Enten about a new poll showing “that most Americans still trust Republicans over Democrats on some major issues.”

    “You know, Donald Trump being underwater, Democrats and, ‘Oh, this guarantees us we’re going to fly high in the midterms!'” Enten said in a mocking voice. “Let me tell you, this guarantees you nothing! Nothing! Because at this particular point, the Democrats are the New Orleans Saints of political parties.”

    Enten continued with his magic wall of statistics:

    Who leads on the economy? Republicans by seven. Immigration? Republicans by 13. How about crime? A big issue for Donald Trump and the Republicans. Look at that, lead by 22 points! So the bottom line is, at this particular point, the ball may be on the ground, but the Democrats have not picked up the ball and running with it. If anything, at this particular point, it’s the Republicans who are running with the ball on the top issues, the economy, immigration and crime.
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    Let’s compare it back to 2022. I think this kind of gives away the game right here, okay? The GOP is more trusted than the Dems on the economy. It was 12 points in 2022. Slight, slight decline in that lead, but still seven points. How about immigration? It was Republicans by three back in 2022. Look at this! The Republican lead has actually gone up by 10 points. What are you doing Democrats?! My goodness gracious.

    And on crime the Republicans were up by 13 and now they’re up by 22. The lead again expanding by nearly double digits. So whatever Democrats are doing it ain’t working.
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    Enten said that even if voters don’t particularly like what Donald Trump is doing, “they ain’t necessarily liking what Democrats are doing, and it ain’t just a referendum on one party.”

    Enten concluded that Democrats just aren’t able to beat Republicans at this point in time.

    https://www.mediaite.com/politics/w...mocrats-are-in-trouble-ahead-of-the-midterms/
     
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    Dems either have to move more to the right, like Bill Clinton did when he was President, or move more to the left towards Bernie. However, where they are now, and their biggest point is that Trump is bad, is not going to work.
     
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    Hmm... I guess same ol' Corporate Dem BS doesn't work anymore. It really never did. They shot themselves in the foot.

    Idiots gave up blue collar workers and unions with their anti-man, anti-gun culture war bullshit.

    If they had simply kept focusing on what Bernie told them to they would be so much better off (and it would have naturally addressed the macho, gun, and culture concerns).

    But there are no large dollar donations for supporting the American people over lobbyists...

    Obama won on the idea of change. He didn't deliver, though natural momentum carried some policy through (Obamacare, gay marriage) despite lack of consistent support from Obama and Dems (Obama was originally not for gay marriage, and he gave up the public option without really fighting). But he didn't miss the mark by enough to cost himself a second term.

    Hillary tried to double down on the misses by getting closer to big dollar lobbies and ignoring pretty much everything people care about ... Genius.

    Kamala, Mayor Pete, and Elizabeth Warren all rode Bernie's coattails to big support by supporting actual progressive policies only to sell out to corporate lobbies in the end and stabbed Bernie and the people in the back by gifting Biden their support and the nomination.

    Well, it worked out well financially and politicaly for them in the short term at least... But obvious underhanded bullshit doesn't gain you the support of the people. You just become a part of the problem to be pointed at by the even more under handed guy funded by the same large dollar lobbyists you supported over Bernie.

    Fucking imbeciles.
     
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    Assembling a winning coalition is so incredibly simple. You just have to do exactly what each voter thinks is the right and obvious thing to do.

    Luckily it is a small country and everyone agrees on most everything.

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    But Republicans will be running on Trump and the big ugly bill.
     
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