CENTRIST DEMOCRATS MET IN DENVER, 30
CENTRIST CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS
MET TO PLOT THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY.
HE PUT
TOGETHER THIS THREE-DAY SUMMIT WITH PRESENTATIONS, US SENATORS,
MAYORS, CABINET OFFICIALS FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND
WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
HE SAID YOU CAN'T GET THE MAJORITIES BACK
WITHOUT INDEPENDENT AND CENTRIST
DEMOCRATS.
THE GOAL WAS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO
TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE SO THEY CAN ENGAGE
WITH OTHER GROUPS.
I THINK MARK WHO IS TIED TO CORPORATE
INTERESTS IS TRYING TO PROTECT
THOSE INTERESTS.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE DNC AND THE DNC
VOTE, IT WAS SPLIT.
YOU HAD HALF MEMBERS, A LOT OF THEM CAME FROM
THE UNION MOVEMENT.
UNIONS RIGHT
NOW ARE FIGHTING UP AGAINST THESE PROFESSIONAL DEMOCRATS.
SOME OF THE STUFF THAT CAME OUT
YOU WILL BE SHOCKED BY.
HE HAD RESEARCH SUGGESTING THAT
LIBERAL PRIORITIES LIKE STUDENT
LOAN DEBT ARE NOT A BIG DEAL.
WHAT MILLENNIAL'S ARE
EXPERIENCING IN THE ECONOMY.
IT'S CENTERED AROUND WHAT MANY
CALL IDENTITY POLITICS.
NO ONE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS TO
TALK ABOUT THESE ECONOMIC ISSUES WHICH IS HOW YOU BRING
REPUBLICANS, CONSERVATIVES, AND MODERATES, AND PEOPLE WHO STAY
HOME TO THE POLLS.
WHY DON'T THEY GET IT?
>> YES, THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE TO THE DEMOCRATS ADVANTAGE BUT THEY
STILL SOMEHOW LOST TO AN ORANGE BUFFOON THIS YEAR.
EVEN WITH ALL
THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGES.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD
RUN YOUR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS WITH I AM WITH BLACK PEOPLE.
I
DON'T HATE LATINOS- THAT IS NOT A CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.
THAT IS NOT A
REAL CAMPAIGN, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, THE REASON THEY DO
IT IS IT IS SAFE.
YOU DON'T LOSE ANY MONEY BY SAYING THAT.
BUT IF
YOU RUN ON ECONOMIC ISSUES YOUR
DONORS GET PISSED.
IF YOU SAY
BANKERS ARE RIPPING US OFF AND
THEY ARE TAKING MORE RISK WITH DEPOSITOR MONEY, A LOT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY GETS MONEY FROM BANKS, YOUR DONORS WILL GET MAD.
THAT IS WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO TOUCH ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH A 10
FOOT POLE BECAUSE THEY ARE CORRUPT.
>> BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE WHITE WORKING CLASS, THERE ARE A LOT
OF BLACK PEOPLE WHEN THEY HEARD ñ NOT A LOT, BUT THERE ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS
TRUMP DID BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
I THINK HE WAS PREDICTED TO GET
IN THE LOW 20S, I THINK HE GOT
29%.
>> HE GOT ALMOST A THIRD OF LATINO VOTERS.
DOES THAT MEAN WE
SHOULDN'T BE FOR BLACKS AND LATINOS?
ARE YOU NUTS, OF
COURSE.
IT IS SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING TO SAY WE
SHOULD ALSO APPEAL TO THE DISGRUNTLED WHITE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LOST JOBS OR HAVE LOW
WAGES.
NO, YOU SHOULD BE FOR DISGRUNTLED AMERICANS, THAT IS
WHITE, BLACK, AND LATINO.
YES, YOU HAVE THE RACIAL ADVANTAGE
BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE IS
MONSTROUS.
BY THE WAY IF YOU KEEP GOING THIS DIRECTION,
IRONICALLY THEY WILL LOSE EVEN MORE LATINO AND BLACK VOTERS
BECAUSE THEY WILL TURN AROUND AND SAY YOU ARE NOT DOING
ANYTHING TO HELP US.
>> AND THEY STAYED AT HOME.
WE HAD LOW TURNOUT FOR ALL
WORKING-CLASS VOTERS.
THE PEOPLE THAT GET AFFECTED WHO ARE
AFFECTED BY SLASHES TO UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE OR RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE ñ IT IS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AFFECTED ARE
PEOPLE OF COLOR, ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR.
YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IDENTITY POLITICS AND LEAVE OUT ECONOMICS, YOU ARE
DIRECTLY HURTING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO RECRUIT.
I DON'T
KNOW WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
IS GOING TO WAKE UP TO THIS.
>>THEY ARE NOT.
I HAD A BRIEF MOMENT OF HOPE ñ I THOUGHT THE
LOSS WAS SO DEVASTATING.
I WOULD ARGUE I WAS RIGHT ON IT IN EVERY
FACET.
I WAS RIGHT IN THE PRIMARIES WHEN I SAID BERNIE
WOULD DO BETTER, NOW BERNIE IS PULLING BETTER.
WE WERE RIGHT,
YOU ARE WRONG.
IN THE GENERAL
ELECTION I SAID AS MUCH AS I WANT BERNIE TO WHEN HE DIDN'T
WIN, VOTE AGAINST TRUMPET.
I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT, LOOK AT WHAT A
MONSTER TRUMP IS.
HAVING SAID THAT, I WAS LIKE OKAY MAYBE THE
SILVER LINING IS THEY DID NOT REALIZE HOW WRONG THEY WERE.
NOW
THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN THE COUNTRY BY FAR IS BERNIE
SANDERS.
HOPE REQUIRES THEM TO BE RATIONAL ACTORS, BUT THEY ARE
NOT, THEY ARE CORRUPT ACTORS.
IT IS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE BAD
PEOPLE.
YOU BELIEVE IN THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM THAT SAYS IF YOU
GET MONEY FROM MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT IS NOT A
CENTRIST POSITION.
IT IS A
CORPORATIST POSITION.
>> HERE IS MY QUESTION, EXACTLY WHAT BRAND OF IDENTITY POLITICS
DOES MARK THINK IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE IN ALASKA?
>> LET'S GET TO THAT.
>>BY THE WAY HE IS A FORMER SENATOR IN ALASKA.
HE WAS WIPED
OUT LIKE MANY OTHER DEMOCRATS.
WHY IS IT THAT DEMOCRATS KEEP
RELYING ON PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSERS, THE PEOPLE THEY KEEP
LOSING ELECTIONS TO PROVIDE THEM
WITH ADVICE AS TO HOW TO BEST WIN ELECTIONS.
THAT IS WHAT I DON'T GET.
>> THERE IS A NEW TRANSITION TEAM THAT THEY HAVE PUT FORWARD.
IS A LIST OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
THERE IS A LOT OF DIVERSITY.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE MARK AT THE TOP
OF THE LIST.
BEFORE I GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE LIST ñ NOT ONE PERSON
ON THIS LIST VOTED FOR KEITH ELLISON.
AND MARK, ONE THING TO
NOTE, MARK IS SOMEONE WHO IS AGAINST STUDENT LOANS BRINGING
THAT UP AS AN ISSUE.
MAYBE
BECAUSE HE IS INVESTED IN APOLLO EDUCATION GROUP.
HE DEALT WITH A
$1.1 BILLION TRANSACTION.
HE IS FOR THINGS LIKE SCHOOL CHOICE,
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
LOOK AT A LIST LIKE THIS WHERE ALL
THE PEOPLE
OF THE LIST DON'T TALK ABOUT ECONOMICS.
>> BUT THAT IS HOW THEY VIEW IT.
WE GAVE THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AT THIS POINT ONE VOTE.
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE THE
ESTABLISHMENT IS ALWAYS RIGHT.
WE ARE JUST PHILISTINES,
BARBARIANS AT THE GATE AND WE ARE CHILDREN.
WE DO UNDERSTAND
THAT MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO
ROUND.
TO MICHAEL'S POINT, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU WON?
YOU
LOST TO AN ORANGE CLOWN AND LOST THE SUPREME COURT WHEN YOU HAD A
YEAR TO MAKE SURE YOUR GUY GOT
IN.
YOU LOST THE HOUSE, THE SENATE, YOU LOST 69 OUT OF 99
LEGISLATURES.
YOU ARE LOSERS, YOU HAVE NO CREDIBILITY AT ALL.
BUT YOUR ASSUMPTION IS YOU MUST GET BEHIND ME.
JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM OUR REAL PROGRESSIVES.
YOU ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO TAKE CORPORATE MONEY
OR BANK MONEY.
WHAT I WANT TO SHOW THEM IS ALL THESE GUYS, YOU
RUN YOUR CORPORATE SHILLS WE WILL RUN REAL CITIZENS THAT WE
ARE ASKING YOU TO NOMINATE, AND THEY WON'T TAKE ANY CORPORATE OR
BANK MONEY AND I BET WE WILL
KICK YOUR ASS.
WHEN I SAY THAT THEY LAUGH.
GOOD LUCK.
THERE ARE
ALREADY OVER 8000 NOMINATIONS AT
JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE PRIMARIES.
HEAR
ME NOW, QUOTE ME LATER.
THEY WILL CRY AT THE PRIMARY.
>> BERNIE SANDERS WAS QUOTED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.
>>THAT IS SUCH A GREAT QUOTE.
NAILED IT.
>>THE THING IS THEY DON'T MIND
IF THE TITANIC GOES DOWN, AS LONG
AS THEY HAVE LIFEBOATS AND ARE DRINKING WINE AND GETTING THEIR
PAYOUTS.
THEY ARE FLOODING THE MEDIA WITH THE SAME OLD SAME
OLD.
THIS IS THEIR LAST STAND.
>> THE COMPOSITION OF THAT LIST INDICATES TO ME THAT THEY ARE
CONTENT TO LET THE SHIP SINK.
IT IS ONE THING TO INCLUDE PEOPLE
WHO WERE CLINTON SUPPORTERS, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE ON THAT LIST SEEM
TO HAVE BEEN PURELY PROPAGANDISTS.
>> I AM BIASED IN THIS CASE.
SHE IS A LOVELY PERSON, BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN SHE IS GROUNDED IN
POLITICS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVEN LOSERS NEVER WIN THEIR SECOND
ELECTION.
ERIC CANTOR LOST A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BECAUSE HE
RAN AGAINST THE BANKS.
TO THE POINT ABOUT THE TITANIC, IF
DONALD TRUMP WINS THE DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANTS HAVE LOST A NO MONEY
AT ALL.
THEY TAKE 15% OF TV ADS ON AVERAGE.
THEY ARE GOING TO
GET PAID WHETHER THEY WIN OR
LOSE.
IF GUYS LIKE BERNIE SANDERS WINS AND THEY STOPPED
TAKING CORPORATE MONEY AND THEY STOP RUNNING INEFFICIENT TV ADS
THAN THOSE GUYS DON'T GET PAID.
IF YOU GUYS VOLUNTEER AND KNOCK
ON DOORS THEY DON'T GET PAID.
THAT IS WHY PROGRESSIVES AND
BERNIE ARE A BIGGER THREAT TO THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT
THAN ANY REPUBLICAN.
THAT IS WHY THEY SMEARED ELLISON IN A WAY I
HAVE NEVER SEEN.
THAT IS WHY
THEY WENT BALLISTIC AFTER BERNIE SANDERS IN THE PRIMARIES AND
NOW USE HIM AS A MASCOT.