The Pit of Misery: Politics and Religion


Outgoing Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee sat down for an interview with a local newspaper on Tuesday to give his thoughts on upcoming elections and the future of the Democratic Party in his state.
Cooper's predictions were far from optimistic, as he said that the party is "facing extinction" in Tennessee and claimed that Democrats have no strategy to appeal to rural voters.
"As usual, Democrats are not alert to future dangers," Cooper lamented to the Nashville Scene. "The biggest danger we face in an off-year election after we won the White House is the 100-year trend toward the other party. Redistricting is small potatoes compared to that historical trend."
Asked if he believed the Democrats would prove competitive in the long term, Cooper said that he hopes so, but "hope is not a strategy." Cooper criticized the management of the party in his state, and told the Scene that the Democrats in Tennessee needed a new direction.
 

Outgoing Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee sat down for an interview with a local newspaper on Tuesday to give his thoughts on upcoming elections and the future of the Democratic Party in his state.
Cooper's predictions were far from optimistic, as he said that the party is "facing extinction" in Tennessee and claimed that Democrats have no strategy to appeal to rural voters.
"As usual, Democrats are not alert to future dangers," Cooper lamented to the Nashville Scene. "The biggest danger we face in an off-year election after we won the White House is the 100-year trend toward the other party. Redistricting is small potatoes compared to that historical trend."
Asked if he believed the Democrats would prove competitive in the long term, Cooper said that he hopes so, but "hope is not a strategy." Cooper criticized the management of the party in his state, and told the Scene that the Democrats in Tennessee needed a new direction.
I read that interview a couple of days ago and Rep. Cooper is absolutely correct. The Democrats' congressional leadership is in no way reflective of values of Tennessee Democrats which are generally the old blue dogs. I know a few people that are lifelong Democrats and are astonished at the far left lurch of the party. The national and state Democrat parties are two entirely different animals as far as goals/policies and for a lot of lifelong Democrats around here and they understand that supporting the state Democrats in congressional races is in fact supporting the far left agenda. The Democrats are hemorrhaging voters in this state because of it.
 
I read that interview a couple of days ago and Rep. Cooper is absolutely correct. The Democrats' congressional leadership is in no way reflective of values of Tennessee Democrats which are generally the old blue dogs. I know a few people that are lifelong Democrats and are astonished at the far left lurch of the party. The national and state Democrat parties are two entirely different animals as far as goals/policies and for a lot of lifelong Democrats around here and they understand that supporting the state Democrats in congressional races is in fact supporting the far left agenda. The Democrats are hemorrhaging voters in this state because of it.
They are hemorrhaging voters nearly everywhere but the coastal-elites.
 
I read that interview a couple of days ago and Rep. Cooper is absolutely correct. The Democrats' congressional leadership is in no way reflective of values of Tennessee Democrats which are generally the old blue dogs. I know a few people that are lifelong Democrats and are astonished at the far left lurch of the party. The national and state Democrat parties are two entirely different animals as far as goals/policies and for a lot of lifelong Democrats around here and they understand that supporting the state Democrats in congressional races is in fact supporting the far left agenda. The Democrats are hemorrhaging voters in this state because of it.
//they understand that supporting the state Democrats in congressional races is in fact supporting the far left agenda.\\

Simply amazing. That is a prime example of people who get it.
 
//they understand that supporting the state Democrats in congressional races is in fact supporting the far left agenda.\\
Simply amazing. That is a prime example of people who get it.
Absolutely. A moderate or conservative Democrat voting for his/her party's nominee for the House is in fact enabling the Pelosi agenda. That fact is not lost around here.
 
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