The best defense is a good offense. That phrase, in various forms, has been used with reference to military operations and more recently in business (which often takes the form of warfare).
The Progressive movement has an offense being used as a defense, The Anti-Trump movement. There are marches. There are protests. There are calls for filibuster. There are meetings and phone calls. All of this to at least delay what is very close to inevitable.
However, that an offense, but not a good offense. (Many sources, but this Thom Hartmann clip explains well in 11 minutes)
The country is on the verge of a right wing takeover. The Republican Party is just short two states of a sufficient majority of states as well as Congress to amend the Constitution with impunity.
The good offense includes a strategy to immediately begin taking control from the Republican majority in all branches and localities of government instead of merely obstructing them. The 2018 election is what may be the last opportunity if we don’t make a radical change from the status quo.
The turning point for the Democratic Party is coming in the form of the election of the Democratic National Committee Chair February 24-26.
The Democratic Party has shown clearly that their current policies and position do not meet the approval of the people, the working class, the middle class, the disabled, the young, and the elderly. For the Democratic Party to enable a good offense, it must make fundamental changes, beginning with the election of the Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
With a progressive Democratic Party, the effective strategies of
- Justice Democrats,
- Brand New Congress,
- Our Revolution, and others
Can be consolidated into a powerful offense.
Should the Democratic Party choose to continue the status quo, it will have no effective offense, and therefore no effective defense. Should that be the case, the only path to an effective offense would be the creation of a new party that has policy and practices consistent with the values of the many voters that the current Democratic Party has disenfranchised.
Is that realistic? It can be and if the Democratic Party does not change radically and immediately.
This four part interview (listed in the fourth item on the page, bold italic heading: Four Part interview with Nick Brana) explores the details and possibility of success.
The election of the Chair of the DNC will be an important turning point. Everyone will be best served by paying attention and expressing opinion to the Party with the same vehemence that is applied to opposing Trump.
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