Former Obama Campaign Manager: Democrats 'Deserve To Lose' And 'Should Be Punished'

[proud2BlibKansan]

Here's an interesting interview with Steve Hildebrand, the Democratic strategist who was a national Obama campaign manager:

JONATHAN KARL: So, Steve, how bad is it going to be for the Democrats in these mid-terms?

STEVE HILDEBRAND: I don’t think it has to be bad. I think if our Democratic candidates would actually be proud of to stand for their votes that they’ve taken, not all of them, but some. People who have supported health care shouldn’t run from it. They should be as proud of that vote as any vote they’ve taken in their lives. This is actually going to help people in a pretty serious way. It’s not going to hurt people.

JONATHAN KARL: And is that what you see people doing though because they’re afraid this vote is going to be used against them. In fact it’s already being used against them by Republicans they’re running away from it, running away from the President.

STEVE HILDEBRAND: Yeah, and the fact that they’re cowards in such a serious way. I mean, is this about their reelection or is this about helping people? What are they in politics for? What are they in government for, if they’re not in government to help people? They should simply get out. They shouldn’t run for reelection. And we should put people in there who are strong leaders, who want to do something to help people. That health care bill is going to help young people, old people, poor people, middle-income people. It’s vitally important to this country and any one of them that walks away from it, isn’t proud of that vote, is a coward.

JONATHAN KARL: If the current trajectory remains the way it is for the next two months, and the kind of Democratic strategy remains the way it is, do the democrats lose the House?

STEVE HILDEBRAND: The Democratic strategy right now is to run from the president, run from important proposals that help this country. If we’re not going to do something about health care, if we’re not going to do something about climate change, if we’re not going to do something about the economy, about the deficit, about the war, Washington is going to get punished. The Democrats might get punished more because they’re in power, but Washington in general is going to get punished. And you’ve seen it in Republican primaries across the country. You’ve seen it in Democratic primaries across the country. And you’re going to see it with a lot of just pure incumbents from both parties in November. They’re getting punished because they’re not dealing with the issues. They’re not dealing with the real problems that we face as a country. And they should be punished. Stand up and lead or get out of the way. And you might be replaced with someone worse, but you know, those are the options that are sometimes given to people.

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[sandnsea]

1. I agree with Hildebrand 150%

Blue Dog Democrats are running against the President which makes it harder to get anything done then the left attacks the President instead of working in those Blue Dog states to move support towards these programs. And don't think if there were a public option that these Blue Dogs would jump up and down for it, the situation would be worse.

[sandnsea]

2. Hildebrand "wants to punish" Blue Dogs by the way

The same people the left wants to punish. Although I didn't see where Hildebrand used those words, but maybe I just missed them.

[Enrique]

3. he's talking specifically about a certain group of democrats

he's not criticizing the party as a whole, or saying the party as a whole deserve to lose, he's pointing his finger at conservadems who are running away from the health care legislation.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I see that.

I thought he had some good points but the title of the article is a turn off.

[obxhead]

6. Agreed

[obxhead]

5. They are in politics to help people.

It's just a very small class and group of people.

[pleah]

7. K&R