Seth Moulton--The young Democrat that old guard Democrats hate.

[residinghere2007]

Originally Posted by PCALMike

Its how corporate media likes it. Dont focus on the issues. Dont focus on who their big donors are. Focus on personality, life stories, anything other than what matters.

Personality in politics is actually a huge factor in their electibility.



One of the reasons why Trump supporters love him is because of his a$$hole-ish sort of attitude and personality of "saying what he means."


The article was pretty clear on the fact that Moulton has a different perspective of where the Democratic Party should be going in the future. He is not supportive of the older generation - something has has been an issue for the Democrats for a while now. The reason why Obama was successful in his run was because of his supposed "new energy" and him taking the party in a "new direction" that was partly related to his blackness and the other part being related to him being a newbie and not someone who was knee deep into DNC politics and positions.



Many liberals (and I know a lot of them) were disappointed in Obama in regards to him softening his more liberal stances once he was in office - especially the fact that he didn't go after Wall Street executives who caused our Recession and so many people to lose jobs and homes in 2007-2009.



Moulton in this article, like other younger Democrats wants a fresh party and wants the older Dems to start stepping down. He and others in the party - like the new young lady in NY who recently beat a Dem in a primary in the city - they don't like Nancy Pelosi, they don't like Hillary Clinton and many others.



This guy speaks to the younger wing of the Dems. They are trying to take over. If he runs, he'll get a lot of support and the fact that Trump had absolutely 0 experience in government prior to his run means that the GOP cannot use that as a factor against Moulton. Moulton also has military experience and so understand more about foreign allies/relations and the consequences of failed diplomacy than Trump can or does.



He's also a white man - so the conservatives can't play on the "identity" politics factor for him like they did for Hillary in regards to her blaming things on her being a woman. Moulton would actually be a great, energizing sort of candidate for the left. He is basically a likeable Trump (who's not an a$$hole!) lol.

[wutitiz]

Originally Posted by residinghere2007

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He's also a white man - so the conservatives can't play on the "identity" politics factor for him like they did for Hillary in regards to her blaming things on her being a woman. Moulton would actually be a great, energizing sort of candidate for the left. He is basically a likeable Trump (who's not an a$$hole!) lol.

Hillary tried to play identity politics to the hilt. Do you remember her roll-out video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uY7gLZDmn4


She just was not nearly as good at it as President Obama, which was a big reason that she lost.


I will say that a guy like this is good news for the Democratic party. They have had a dearth of younger candidates in recent times. Much of the leadership has been 80-yrs-old and more--Feinstein, Pelosi, Hoyer, Durbin, etc. Chuck Schumer has been the young pup among Dem leadership and is now 67.

[residinghere2007]

Originally Posted by wutitiz

Hillary tried to play identity politics to the hilt. Do you remember her roll-out video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uY7gLZDmn4


She just was not nearly as good at it as President Obama, which was a big reason that she lost.


I will say that a guy like this is good news for the Democratic party. They have had a dearth of younger candidates in recent times. Much of the leadership has been 80-yrs-old and more--Feinstein, Pelosi, Hoyer, Durbin, etc. Chuck Schumer has been the young pup among Dem leadership and is now 67.

I agree with the bold. I think the other posters on the thread don't have an idea of how someone like Moulton can be similar to Obama's rise. Don't know if he'll run, but it doesn't matter today that he is a Massachuesetts Democrat to liberals like it does to hardcore conservatives. Liberals today would absolutely love him and support him if he ran. Even the older Dems I know in their 50s and 60s are sick of the 70-80 year olds and their "played out" messages and positions as they call it.

I honestly don't think any of the candidates that people are speaking about on this forum (Biden, Hillary again, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie, etc.) will have a shot in 2020 because the party is looking at this younger crop of veteran Democrats. Even the old-heads of the party are trying to be more like them - the younger wing in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. A good friend of mine is heavily involved in Democratic politics down south (in a PAC and volunteers regularly with the party) and she is in her 60s and she wants a young person to run in 2020 and not anyone over 65!