jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoFormer Speaker Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress at year endwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down12
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkFormer Speaker Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress at year endwww.cnbc.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoMy hunch is that if the Republican Party implodes, anything but a symbolic leftward shift by the Democrat party will be halted by a flow of money from donors. Any real change won’t happen without overturning citizens united.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI’d be fine if the Democrats became the conservative party without changing a single policy goal. A new party can emerge to their left.
My hunch is that if the Republican Party implodes, anything but a symbolic leftward shift by the Democrat party will be halted by a flow of money from donors.
Any real change won’t happen without overturning citizens united.
I’d be fine if the Democrats became the conservative party without changing a single policy goal. A new party can emerge to their left.