they don't even care about control all that much, in terms of winning races and seats. they care about absolute control within their own party, but don't really mind if they're in the wilderness fund raising for years

[–] JohnBrownsBawdy@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Control of what? The party? The ability to keep the donations flowing?

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The one thing the Democratic party has going for it is absolute whip control over membership and reps.

You rarely see Democratic reps stepping out of line. With some exceptions from independents running as Dems.

The Republican party is a disorganized mess by comparison.

(This is by no means an endorsement of the Democratic party, and more just an observation of how they all fall in line immediately when given orders)

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Manchins, Sinemas, Fettermans and Liebermans of congress might seem like they are acting out of pocket, but they all take orderly turns as the rotating villain to block anything that capital doesn’t like. They are still obeying the Democrat leadership

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

It's all a play. The Democrats are terrifyingly good at operating as a hivemind. The Republican party is trying to achieve the same thing by closing ranks within their party and following godking Trump. When he dies in the next 2-4 years, they won't have anything or anyone that can hold them together.

Meanwhile the Dems can operate on autopilot and just do exactly what the donor class wants with basically no input because they're led like dogs from the media and donor events.