Barack Obama might still be the Democrats’ golden boy, but his gilded touch appears to be tarnishing the party’s future. From identity politics to progressive overreach, the Obama legacy has become an anchor dragging Democrats into political quicksand.
And everyone is finally admitting it – including Democrats. As the Democrats do a post-mortem on the election, even Slate is throwing Obama and his buddies under the bus and calling for something different.
The Kamala campaign said over and over again – “We’re Not Going Back.” No, we won’t. Obama is the party of yesterday. Granted, him and his “people” have been running the Biden White House the last four years – but Americans don’t want what they’ve been selling anymore. It’s in the past – and that’s where Americans want it to stay.
Hope and change meets crash and burn.
The great Obama uncharacteristically made several faux pas in 2024 that led to his party’s BIGLY defeat in November: encouraging George Clooney to lead the charge against Biden; installing Kamala as the new unelected candidate – and telling Black men that they were sexist because they wouldn’t vote for Kamala.
Maybe the empty Obama candidacy of “hope and change” worked for him but he was somewhat likable and could speak in coherent sentences. The same could not be said about Kamala. She ran on nothing and didn’t do it well at all.
Elitism and “crazy” doesn’t win elections.
Obama policies, under the leadership of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, were loved by the elites and the anti-American leftists – but hated by swing voters. Whether it was domestic or foreign policy, Obama’s puppet Old Man Biden screwed everything up and made the Democrats look crazy and out of touch with normal people.
The November elections were a backlash to an Obama-era political playbook that continues to alienate middle class Americans. If Democrats want to win back blue-collar workers and suburban moderates, they need to stop waving the Obama-Biden-Kamala-DEI-trans flag and start addressing real concerns like immigration, crime and the economy.
The left’s coalition crumbles.
It’s not just about elections for the left; it’s about their survival. The Democrats are losing Latino voters, young voters, and even Black voters – their once-unshakable coalition. And they are being seen as the party of the elderly control freaks who just won’t give up power (Pelosi, Schumer, Sanders, Hoyer, Blumenthal, etc.)
If the Democrats don’t pivot soon, they’ll find themselves increasingly irrelevant, watching from the sidelines as Republicans redefine the political landscape for many presidents to come. And that’s just fine with me.
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