Will complacency be the death of the Democratic party?

Hardly. I do however believe that the current action of the Republican party are creating so much turmoil that it is going to “implode upon itself”.

Do you see any hint or reason for implosion? In fact, despite increasing criticism of their methods, these practices only intensify and accelerate to dominate party strategy.

The problem is that too many of the Democrats are so strongly owned by their party and its richest and most powerful donors. And so they skirt the line, so the elections are always in question, and they can seem to be incapable of getting real progressive change done, without it being too obvious that they’re tools of the status quo. Just, the slightly left-of-center tools, rather than the alt-wacko GOP tools.

The Democratic party is too fragmented to concentrate on only the issues that most Americans care about. Poor messaging too. Republicans are on-message (alt-wacko) all the time.

But can’t your objections result from the appearance that the Democratic party has traded its traditional role of defender of the working and middle classes. Hasn’t the party shifted to defender of the educated elites? That’s the class with a future regarding the Democrats—my class. Thinking it over, Trump won by espousing the exact rhetoric formerly reserved to leftist depession era activists. With the exception of Bernie or Elizabeth Warren, what upper echelon Democrat will publicly espouse the doctrine (which Trump stole) and everybody knows: “the game is fixed”?

The Repubs are struggling against the tides of history but are too stupid to realize it. Every move they make to cater to the “alt-whacko” faction puts a tighter seal on their fate. I see it happening in Texas right now. Counties in my own region that were once almost solid Repub are turning bluer each election cycle. Watch and wait.

Yes traditional Texas is in trouble as educated elites move in and displace the good ol boys. And trust me, it’s going to be a fascinating place to watch regarding the evolution of Republican defenses.

And not a moment too soon says I!

@HP “It’s going to be a fascinating place to watch regarding the evolution of Republican defenses”. Agreed, but I suspect the defenses will grow progressively more insane and outrageous by the moment. Which will only serve to increase public anger in the sane sector. People with something between their ears other than a box of rocks are already appalled by the hypocrisy of these Cretins. Make abortion illegal and threaten medical professionals with arrest if the offer the services, offer a reward to people who turn them in, but let some morons give a kid or felonious psycho access to guns, and ,“Gee we are so sorry about the 30 children mowed down at school but you know the Constitution gives us the right to pack heat, it’s not like some woman who thinks she should have a say in what goes on inside her own body!” Thoughts and prayers though!

No. The Democratic party is here to stay.
It’s the Republicans who have bought the farm, in having the American Conservative Party (Tea Baggers), and the regular Republican Party, and , of course, the Trumpers, as part of their ilk..

From all the fundraising emails I get, I don’t see complacency. I see panic at the likelihood that Republicans will take Congress next year.

More likely lack of unifying vision.

@janbb There’s no question the Democratic party is every bit as expert as its Republican counterpart at frightening us toward parting with our money in pusuit of its announced objectives. The fact that the former party of the working man is no longer perceived as such by those workers is attributable solely to the party itself in no longer fulfilling that traditional and indespensible role.