Steve Bullock: Democrats on their way to losing the Election

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[NYMinute]

1. If we don't abandon the ultra left dreams

and don't move to center-left, I am afraid he is right.

[crazytown]

5. Nothing like feeding a GOP narrative

to improve your standing with Democratic voters. Gov. Bullock is showing the same lack of judgment that is the hallmark of his campaign -leaving his entry too late to qualify for the first debate, then whining about the DNC rules.

[brooklynite]

9. A reminder that they let other people vote in the General Election

[empedocles]

11. ' . . . they let other people vote in the General Election' . Salient point.

This thread, so far, underscores Bullock's point!

[GemDigger]

37. Steve Bullock was signing bills and vetoing bills just days before he entered the race.

He was doing his job as governor which was his first priority at the moment.

[Celerity]

39. +10000

[elocs]

6. If Trump is not defeated there will be no ultra left dreams

and it would take a generation to just get back to where we are now, if ever.

[crazytown]

8. And some persist with hope over fear

There is a lot at stake, and people are scared. But we can’t choose a candidate we don’t believe in just because we’re too scared to do anything else. And we can’t ask other people to vote for a candidate we don’t believe in. Democrats win when we figure out what is right and we get out there and fight for it. I am not afraid, and for Democrats to win, you can’t be afraid either.

Elizabeth Warren

[NYMinute]

18. That is self-serving IMHO

It is like a short candidate would say "we tried with tall candidates before out of fear -- but this time, vote for a short one to fulfill what you believe in."

[crazytown]

19. Almost everything politicians say is self serving,

even if, as this, from the heart.

[rainy]

33. I'm with you!

[elocs]

38. Yet if Trump wins we won't be hearing anything from the "I am not afraid" crowd.

I am afraid that Democrats will manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
I will vote for whichever candidate wins the Democratic nomination even if I don't believe in them because beating Trump is more important than differences within the Democratic Party.

[empedocles]

21. Important point. 51 years later, and we Dems are no where near where the level

LBJ the pragmatist who won for us [Medicare, Medicare, voting rights, etc., etc.,].

Yet some on the left keep up with their alienating aspirations - and accomplish very little.

[Fiendish Thingy]

35. LBJ a pragmatist? That's laughable

LBJ knew democrats would lose the south if the civil rights and voting rights acts were passed, and he pushed it through anyway, because he knew it was the right thing to do.

[empedocles]

36. You're right LBJ did say he would lose the South for a generation. However, LBJ got the legislation

passed as a pragmatist - moving powerful, Neanderthal Southern Chairmen.

The left of that day had all sorts of 'aspirations' and were very angry they didn't get more - and almost killed chances for what they got.

[R B Garr]

22. True, and Trump is angling for the "but what about the stock market"

people, and there are plenty of those along with the racists.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Well at least Bullock is making one of his numbers go up

His negatives with Democrats. Working the MSM with Republican talking points when you’re polling at 1% really isn’t a good look, Steve.

[BlueMTexpat]

14. I believe that his polling

numbers "soared" to 2% in one poll!

I like Steve as a person. One DIL went to high school with him and also thinks he's a good guy. He has also won his MT Governor races. But there was NO way that he is going to register nationally as a Presidential candidate among other stellar and better-known candidates that we have.

Brian Schweitzer was better-known nationally and even he wouldn't stand a chance in 2020, IMO.

What most pissed me off about Schweitzer ... and also about Bullock ... is that we NEED to replace Steve Daines as one of MT's Senators. Had Schweitzer run for the seat vacated by Max Baucus, we never would have had Daines in the first place. And if Bullock follows Schweitzer's precedent, we may once again have Daines in the Senate.

See, e.g., https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bullock-presidential-bid-came-among-pleas-to-run-for-senate/article_29582c34-46ea-5aaa-b59d-276470ebe779.html

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Btw: I seem to remember seeing a recent OP that listed Senate seats for 2020 with Schweitzer as a candidate for the MT Senate seat. I can find NO confirmation of that anywhere.

[BeyondGeography]

16. I doubt Bullock ever blew the roof off like this

[BlueMTexpat]

17. Exactly my point!

[pnwpolicy]

3. The MT Senate election?

He should really jump in then!

[BlueMTexpat]

15. Exactly! eom

[turbinetree]

4. I guess I better bite my tongue and still support my left leaning candidate, that

has a positive plan to solve the problems in this country instead of attacking the party....................

[Sherman A1]

7. He is entitled to his opinion

just like everyone else.

I completely disagree with him, but he is certainly entitled to believe what he wants.

[LonePirate]

10. If he believes this, why is he still running for President?

He either believes the party is going to lose because it won’t choose him as the nominee or he thinks the party will lose because he is the nominee. In either case, why is he still in the race?

[question everything]

13. Hoping to shift the debate to the center?

After Hickenlooper left, the balance is slightly shifted toward the ultra left.

As stated above, we need the votes of moderates and independents. They do not want to lose their private insurance, do not want tax payers to pay four year college tuition or to forgive college debt.

In contrast to what Warren said last debate, alerting of what we should be doing is a smart move.

[Turin_C3PO]

20. Who running is "ultra left"?

Sanders maybe. Ultra left means socialist or communist.

[thesquanderer]

23. arguably sanders, warren, gabbard, yang (nt)

[helpisontheway]

28. Right. I just wish they could have focused on the policies

that helped us win the House. I hope they ( Dem politicians) focus on what the people want and make reasonable proposals.

[empedocles]

30. The anti-trump vote won the House

Without those 20 trump red seats Dems would be up the proverbial creek

[Claritie Pixie]

12. His concern is noted, albeit misplaced. That concern is for himself.

[doc03]

34. I wish I had a dollar for every time that was said in the 2016 election!

[Garrett78]

24. On the basis that he isn't considered a contender. Run for Senate, Steve.

[mtnsnake]

25. Bullock's concerns are valid because

if anyone can pull defeat out of the jaws of victory, it would be us Democrats.

[Me.]

26. Says The Man Who Refers To The Democrat Party

[Celerity]

40. When did Bullock ever call it the Democrat Party?

[Me.]

44. INterview On MSNBC

[Celerity]

45. when and a link please, I cannot ever see him doing that unless it was a slip of the tongue

no link no proof no buy

[Me.]

46. Then Don't

[Celerity]

47. So all you have is a rando smear of a great Democrat with zero proof

You should delete that post.

You appear so far to have just made it up out of whole cloth, or at best, are disingenuously using a one-off slip of the tongue to try and trash Bullock as some sort of Rethug-lite. You know that 'Democrat Party' is a loaded term, yet you still try and associate it with Bullock, and when challenged provide nothing of evidence.

Bullock just completed a term as the chairman of the National Governors Association, is the only Democratic POTUS candidate running who has won state-wide in a Red state (and has done it multiple times.)

In all my listening to him and reading about him he has never used the term Democrat Party, and certianly has never remotely exhibited a demeanour wherein he would do so on purpose.

He worked extremely hard to get solid progressive and centre-left liberal proposals passed into law, and succeeded with many, depite having a Republican dominated legislature to contend with.

He is NOT some Republican in sheep's clothing, which is what your smear hints at, or at least attempts to raise doubts about, which is insidious in and of itself as a form of attack.

[Me.]

48. If You Don't Like What I Heard That's On You

and chiding me isn't going to change that. So I suggest you walk on by unless you have nothing else to do.

[helpisontheway]

27. Unfortunately I'm afraid he might be right. 😕nt

[Garrett78]

29. Even if one thinks he's right, pushing that narrative is incredibly stupid.

Republicans try very hard to drill into the public consciousness the notion that the Democratic Party has moved far to the left, while the Republican Party has remained steady/static. That's absurd, of course, but an oft-repeated lie is believed by many.

The last thing we need is for Democrats to contribute to that same narrative.

[empedocles]

31. 'cons have Dem help in pushing the narrative of the 'far to the left' Dem Party

[Funtatlaguy]

32. Ok, he needs to go away now.

[Celerity]

42. Why? I think he is right. nt

[onetexan]

41. my guess is Bullock is trying to revive his presidential campaign by making such a ridiculous

statement. He doesn't speak for us.

[John Fante]

43. Dems pushing a GOP talking point. What horseshit.

This is why we're the laughingstock of the western world.