I have been following US politics since the Bush-Gore election, and I have consistently seen that Democrats cannot promote their ideas with any competence.
During the Bush years, Democrats sat in silence, and Nancy Pelosi kept her powder dry for what fights I don’t know. Certainly they offered no public pushback to all the propaganda from Cheney and Bush. Fortunately, Bush ended up self-destructing without help from the Democrats.
Obama seemed to be more concerned about his image as a Great Leader and Great Negotiator, so he was negotiating for both the Republican and Democratic sides when coming up Obamacare, instead of convincing the public of the need for universal healthcare, and let Rebulicans fight for their side. Democrats actually lost as a party after Obama.
Consistently, I have seen Democrats say that they are afraid to fight because the other side might fight back.
Overall, most House and Senate Democrats seem content to follow polls and donors. One would have thought that if they were leaders, they would go out and convince the public and big donors of their ideas, instead of calling on Biden to step down.
Biden, along with younger Democrats like AOC, are the only people who are willing to speak the truth loudly and consistently, and that seems to make Schumer, Schiff etc. squeamish. It seems they are busy listening to big-money donors, who think they know a lot becuase they have a lot of money.
I don’t know if Biden will win the election, but Democrats will definitely lose if Biden withdraws at this point, because the public will rightly see them as a bunch of clowns. Democrats are always eager to be seen as the nice guys, as the responsible grown-ups, in their thinking, but they just come across as ineffectual wimps.
I am just amazed and appalled that they are busy trying to shoot themselves in the foot, instead of going out and convincing the public to not vote for Trump. Seems like they want the presidential candidate to do all the work to get Democrats are elected, and are not willing to put in the work themselves.
What can we do about all this? For now, call Adam Schiff, call Nancy Pelosi, call your representative, call your senator, to tell them not to commit political suicide:
Adam Schiff: Burbank (818) 450-2900, (323) 315-5555, DC: (202) 225-4176
Nancy Pelosi: SF: (415) 556-4862, DC: (202) 225-4965