Anybody could tell you what you should’ve done after it’s all over. It’s not like we will have similar circumstances in the future. there were endless postmortems about Hillary‘s loss. Did that help? I think it just demoralizes the whole party. And I’m sure it’s done in the best of intentions

Which is one of the lessons here, IMHO.

That said, I do understand where you're coming from, ...it has been grueling for many of us.

I just wish everybody would lay off Joe Biden. He’s done, we need to move on. Joe Biden is a good man. He did his best. He gave his whole life to this country. And he’s being treated shabbily in the press and by some in our party.

Every president has their dark sides, FDR had encampments....and it is not what people primarily think of when they speak of his legacy. Similar will be for Biden, I think.

It is so easy to laugh at backward inbreed crackerheads

between elections. At some point this really needs to be addressed.

And now MAGAs are on the verge of disenfranchised multiple millions of women voters with the Orwellian named "SAVE" act.
Call your senators and tell them to say NO!

as she crawled into a tunnel under the wall to capture an immigrant, she could have won. In my area, I thought one of her best moments is when she said, "If someone breaks into my house, they are going to get shot."

I'm as guilty as anyone for supporting open borders for decades and citizenship for people missing a few papers who are contributing to our society.

But that was clearly not the mood of the country and Biden should have done something -- if only for show -- much earlier than just before the election. I believe by impeding entry, we could have prevented the backlash we are seeing now against good people who have been here for years.

In my rube red area, a swing state for Dems in 2020, other things that cost VP Harris were relentless trump ads showing her saying she can't think of anything she'd change about Biden's policies and a likely altered video showing her in support of surgery for trans prison inmates. Red meat for rubes.

The Putin/RW strategy of placing a million yard signs here in Western Pennsylvania in November 2024 helped create the 125,000 vote victory margin for Trump in this state. Those forces are still at work in disseminating yard signs. The newest signs contain statements such as "Trump Was Right" plus other verbage which twists recent history. The strategy for the Putin/RW propagandists is to never stop campaigning.

at least we have the toxic mess in the WH in living color, we get to see his toxic, bigoted, selfish, and narcissist personality on a daily basis, and believe me, after so much negative exposure of his true personality, he is going to be more repulsive to ALL American voters.

Of course, there will be some reptiles that will still vote for this creep no matter what, but they'll few and far between vs. the majority of us.

A positive future is coming...slowly but surely.

It's ok to examine as long as necessary... it's not even a year since the loss. It is painful, I don't think any of us enjoys it.

He his best to in trench social Darwinizm

Until one of these disastrous policies of Trump affects their own life, these voters will keep on believing the shit Trump shovels at them. Then, and only then, will they start to see the error of their ways. Tragic errors that will impact their lives forever. and for many of them, they will be irreversible. It is sad that this has to happen to people who cling to their fallacies but it was ever thus.

Please don't take this in the wrong way but how she became the nominee wasn't the best. Biden clearly felt betrayed as evidenced by his subsequent behavior. I don't blame him for his feelings and yet I can also understand the reason the party felt the need to change horses 🐎 🐴 midstream. However, what exacerbated the issue with Kamala is that she was untested in the Primaries. She dropped out beforehand. Not a sign of confidence unfortunately. And those who voted for Biden because they wanted him above all others likely felt as if their votes were cancelled. Fixating on the past isn't helpful. After all, this forum is about going forward.

...we lost with Hillary...

...2020 we kneecapped Bernie for Biden but won...

...2024 we nominate a 'minority' 'woman' and lost...

...for 60 years the root subliminal republican message has been, "...we're the Party of White (thinking) People, Dems is the Party of Minorities,,,"

...to me, gut tribalism trumps everything...we will ignore our own self-interest to defend our perceived tribe...

...address this, and we win...