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'Free Joe Biden': Sean Maloney on How Democrats Can Get Back on Track
New York TimesIn the days since Democrats were battered in elections across the country last week, criticism of the party’s policies and electoral strategies has rained down, alongside dire forecasts of its prospects in the 2022 midterms. The flagellation has come not just from gleeful Republicans, but from many in the Democratic ranks.
Reasons put forward for the party’s losses included President Biden’s slipping approval in polls, impressions of a party that is incompetent at governing after months of infighting in Congress, rising inflation and crime in big cities, and tin-eared Democratic campaigns.
One of the least envied jobs in politics at the moment belongs to Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, who as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee must steer his caucus through the extremely choppy midterm waters. Mr. Biden’s approval numbers are lower than President Barack Obama’s were at the same point in his first term, ahead of the 2010 midterms when Democrats lost more than 60 House seats.
In an interview with The New York Times on Monday, Mr. Maloney acknowledged the party’s challenges, but he rejected the idea that any major stocktaking was needed in terms of the Democratic agenda or the party’s focus on running against former President Donald J. Trump even without him on the ballot in 2022.
Reasons put forward for the party’s losses included President Biden’s slipping approval in polls, impressions of a party that is incompetent at governing after months of infighting in Congress, rising inflation and crime in big cities, and tin-eared Democratic campaigns.
One of the least envied jobs in politics at the moment belongs to Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, who as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee must steer his caucus through the extremely choppy midterm waters. Mr. Biden’s approval numbers are lower than President Barack Obama’s were at the same point in his first term, ahead of the 2010 midterms when Democrats lost more than 60 House seats.
In an interview with The New York Times on Monday, Mr. Maloney acknowledged the party’s challenges, but he rejected the idea that any major stocktaking was needed in terms of the Democratic agenda or the party’s focus on running against former President Donald J. Trump even without him on the ballot in 2022.
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The nation. I’ve grown to hate the NYT!
We elected progressive mayors in several big cities, OH 11..yes it’s a safe dem seat, the N.J. gov re-elected which hasn’t happened in 40 yrs, won county board seats across the nation..41 seats in GA alone. Bannon put up several candidates for school boards and they resoundingly lost!
That paper takes every chance it can to bash President Biden instead of reporting his accomplishments despite being left the biggest federal government mess in the history of the country
Gawd I hate that f..king paper!!
