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<blockquote data-quote="Frankenstein Underworld" data-source="post: 445065" data-attributes="member: 35">Kamala Harris&#039;s VP pick Tim Walz mentioned the midterms in an interview.&nbsp; Not only does he believe that the Democrats will win the House and Senate, but he also predicts that they will win the presidency in 2028.&nbsp; However, he&#039;s saying the same thing as me, which is that winning is not enough.&nbsp; If voters put the Dems back in power, Walz warns that there&#039;s a &quot;real danger&quot; if the party is too slow to deliver on its promises.&nbsp; As Walz put it, &quot;If Democrats do all this, the public turns out, they vote for us, and kids still can&#039;t afford a college education, can&#039;t afford housing, that&#039;s gonna be a problem.&quot;Walz also discussed the Harris campaign&#039;s failed bid for the presidency.&nbsp; He said the party misinterpreted who the swing voters were, and said they should have courted disaffected, working-class voters instead of aligning with the Cheney family.&nbsp; Walz said that was a miscalculation because they thought the bulk of swing voters were disaffected neocon Republicans.&nbsp; He also acknowledged that they should have done more to address the fracture between Jewish-Americans and the Muslim community over the &quot;intolerable assault&quot; in Gaza.&nbsp; Lastly, Walz mentioned how the Dems have strayed over the years from their working-class roots.I agreed with Walz up to that point, but then he said he believes in &quot;moral capitalism.&quot;&nbsp; Walz added that it&#039;s possible to &quot;appease the business interests&quot; and ensure people have access to housing at the same time.&nbsp; The problem with that is the business interests only care about their profits.Still, I think Walz &quot;gets it&quot;(for the most part) when it comes to where the Dems went wrong.&nbsp; I think he would have been better to have had at the top of the ticket, as he doesn&#039;t seem as clueless, establishment-minded, and out of touch as Harris.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say he&#039;s perfect (I know he supported some of the controversial &quot;woke&quot; policies), but he&#039;s mostly spot on when it comes to working class issues.&nbsp; Would he have done the establishment&#039;s bidding if he were pressured to do so?&nbsp; Probably.&nbsp; But I predict that the left flank of the party would have got more concessions than we ever did under Biden.The fact that he&#039;s being this candid makes me wonder if he&#039;s considering running in 2028.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frankenstein Underworld, post: 445065, member: 35"] Kamala Harris's VP pick Tim Walz mentioned the midterms in an interview. Not only does he believe that the Democrats will win the House and Senate, but he also predicts that they will win the presidency in 2028. However, he's saying the same thing as me, which is that winning is not enough. If voters put the Dems back in power, Walz warns that there's a "real danger" if the party is too slow to deliver on its promises. As Walz put it, "If Democrats do all this, the public turns out, they vote for us, and kids still can't afford a college education, can't afford housing, that's gonna be a problem." Walz also discussed the Harris campaign's failed bid for the presidency. He said the party misinterpreted who the swing voters were, and said they should have courted disaffected, working-class voters instead of aligning with the Cheney family. Walz said that was a miscalculation because they thought the bulk of swing voters were disaffected neocon Republicans. He also acknowledged that they should have done more to address the fracture between Jewish-Americans and the Muslim community over the "intolerable assault" in Gaza. Lastly, Walz mentioned how the Dems have strayed over the years from their working-class roots. I agreed with Walz up to that point, but then he said he believes in "moral capitalism." Walz added that it's possible to "appease the business interests" and ensure people have access to housing at the same time. The problem with that is the business interests only care about their profits. Still, I think Walz "gets it"(for the most part) when it comes to where the Dems went wrong. I think he would have been better to have had at the top of the ticket, as he doesn't seem as clueless, establishment-minded, and out of touch as Harris. That's not to say he's perfect (I know he supported some of the controversial "woke" policies), but he's mostly spot on when it comes to working class issues. Would he have done the establishment's bidding if he were pressured to do so? Probably. But I predict that the left flank of the party would have got more concessions than we ever did under Biden. The fact that he's being this candid makes me wonder if he's considering running in 2028. [/QUOTE]

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