Today’s links Working class Dems who campaign on economics beat Trumpists in elections: But they rarely beat the Dem establishment in primaries. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Podcasts, events and more. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Colophon: All the rest. Working class Dems who campaign on economics beat Trumpists in elections (permalink) The Democratic Party Pizzaburger Theory of Electioneering is: half the electorate wants a pizza, the other half wants a burger, so we’ll give them all a pizzaburger and make them all equally dissatisfied, thus winning the election: https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/16/that-boy-aint-right/#dinos-rinos-and-dunnos But no one wants a pizzaburger. The Biden administration’s approach of letting the Warren/Sanders wing pick the antitrust enforcers while keeping judicial appointments in the Manchin-Synematic universe is a catastrophe in which progressive Dem regulators (who serve one term) are thwarted by corporatist Dem judges (who serve for life): https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion The Democrats – like all parties in two-party systems – are a coalition; in this case, a “progressive” liberal-left coalition with liberals serving as senior partners, steering the party and setting its policies. These corporate dems like to color themselves as “neutral” technocrats with “realistic, apolitical” policies that represent what’s best for the country: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/05/not-that-naomi/#if-the-naomi-be-klein-youre-doing-just-fine This sets up the left wing of the party as the starry-eyed, unrealistic radicals whose policies are unpopular and will lose elections. But…Pluralistic: Working class Dems who campaign on economics beat Trumpists in elections (20 Mar 2024)