2016 Postmortem

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24. We have two templates for winning candidates in the South

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 03:52 AM

Aug 2015

One is an African American candidate in a majority-black district. The other is a centrist white woman.

For the first group, think Teri Sewell of AL-7 or Bennie Thompson of MS-2.

For the second group, think Gwen Graham of FL-2 or (until recently) Mary Landrieu from Louisiana. Graham was one of only two Democrats to beat a Republican incumbent last cycle, and she did so by running against Obama and Pelosi (as did the other pick-up we got, Ashford of NE-2).

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The DLC's Failed Southern Strategy and Understanding Southern Society [View all] JDPriestly Aug 2015 OP

Their strategy on who to back is awful. mmonk Aug 2015 #1

From a Texas Democrat, your post is sad and wrong Gothmog Aug 2015 #2

Yes. I think I pointed out that I do not know anything about Texas or the Western Southern JDPriestly Aug 2015 #4

The California change is very very recent and I applaud it Gothmog Aug 2015 #9

Thanks for the great post. It really broadened my understanding. I hope a lot of people read it. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #20

There is so much absurd about this brer cat Aug 2015 #3

From what I read on this board, most Black people do not understand the extent to which JDPriestly Aug 2015 #7

"it cannot possibly be related in fact to the simple color of a person's skin" For real? Metric System Aug 2015 #11

It's so hard for me to believe. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #23

Are you sure you understood the post? s/he is saying that it is a problem jwirr Aug 2015 #36

You are characterizing the OP as saying that brer cat Aug 2015 #37

Yes, I read that to mean that there is nothing wrong with the black jwirr Aug 2015 #38

Posted to for later. 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #5

I would love to read your response to this. Thanks. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #8

As would I Gothmog Aug 2015 #10

Whoa! The pressure is on ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #12

Remember. I base this on my subjective experience of many years ago. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #16

I'm still digesting it and probably won't get to writing until this weekend .. 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #25

I am hoping that you will add your experience and deep understanding to it. I was so young. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #26

Corporate Democrats + Republicans = Success for the 1% N/T Skwmom Aug 2015 #6

I'm a Tennessean and that debutante pyramid system was never whispered to me. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #13

Interesting. How do we change this? JDPriestly Aug 2015 #17

An OP titled 'understanding southern society' filled with this kind of generalizing, appalachiablue Aug 2015 #14

Are you from the South? JDPriestly Aug 2015 #18

Interesting, but too long RobertEarl Aug 2015 #15

Thanks. I know my post is too long. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #19

Bernie will take NC RobertEarl Aug 2015 #21

I'm very happy to see this: JDPriestly Aug 2015 #22

We have two templates for winning candidates in the South Recursion Aug 2015 #24

We run barely Democrats in the South, but because it is the South they are far more JDPriestly Aug 2015 #27

What do do with the South? Garrett78 Aug 2015 #28

I couldn't download the first link, but I especially liked this: JDPriestly Aug 2015 #30

Southerners view themselves as individualists. BKH70041 Aug 2015 #29

Do you think that they think of themselves as individualists because they don't want to think JDPriestly Aug 2015 #31

I've never noted what you describe at all. BKH70041 Aug 2015 #32

I think Democrats should fight hard for the South, if they want to be a national party. Period. NYCButterfinger Aug 2015 #33

Wow. Right or wrong this is one of the best thought out post I have ever jwirr Aug 2015 #34

This is so racist. moobu2 Aug 2015 #35