How bad are the November elections looking for Democrats? Really, really bad. We’ve all seen the articles and videos of leftwing pundits weighing in on the situation. Moderate Democrats preach that the party needs to move more to the center, while the leftists plead for a shift even further to the left.
Throughout the wasteland that is the Democratic Party right now, opinions abound on which remedy is appropriate in trying to avoid what appears to be an imminent avalanche preparing to drop right on top of DNC headquarters this fall. But virtually none of them are doing what truly needs to be done: Taking a long look in the mirror and understanding why they’re in this predicament.
An article in the New York Times published on Friday is just the latest example. With almost 1,500 words dedicated to reporting on the phenomenon of the deep blue state of Nevada being on the verge of turning red, the Times’ piece examines a multitude of ‘causes.’
The authors, Jennifer Medina and Reid J. Epstein, offer an intense focus on the impact of the COVID pandemic on the political landscape, particularly its effect on the economy. They lament the December death of former Democratic Senator Harry Reid and the vacuum of leadership that followed. They discuss the transient nature and diverse population of Nevada. And they even find a way of working former president Donald Trump into the mix, pointing to a decline in the interest of politics since he left office.
But, like so many others on the left, they fail to examine or even consider the real problem with the Democratic Party… Its agenda. (continued)
This post originally appeared on The Blue State Conservative.