{"id":506455,"date":"2022-11-04T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/its-too-late-for-old-guard-democrats-to-stop-the-red-wave\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T05:39:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T02:39:00","slug":"its-too-late-for-old-guard-democrats-to-stop-the-red-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/its-too-late-for-old-guard-democrats-to-stop-the-red-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"#It&#8217;s too late for old guard Democrats to stop the red wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2555c4331a2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2555c4331a2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/its-too-late-for-old-guard-democrats-to-stop-the-red-wave\/#%E2%80%9CIts_too_late_for_old_guard_Democrats_to_stop_the_red_wave%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;It&#8217;s too late for old guard Democrats to stop the red wave&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/its-too-late-for-old-guard-democrats-to-stop-the-red-wave\/#Retirement_bench\" >Retirement bench\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/its-too-late-for-old-guard-democrats-to-stop-the-red-wave\/#The_party_of_fear\" >The party of fear\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIts_too_late_for_old_guard_Democrats_to_stop_the_red_wave%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;It&#8217;s too late for old guard Democrats to stop the red wave&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>What are Democrats doing to avoid getting drowned by a \u201cred wave\u201d next Tuesday?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re rolling out the oldies. Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama are back on the campaign trail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the nostalgia tour is only serving to remind voters how far the Democratic Party has fallen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton didn\u2019t even try to disguise the ugly truth at a stop in Hurleyville, NY, for congressional hopeful Josh Riley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the truth. We do have too much inflation, and we do have too much crime,\u201d the ex-president conceded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut all this tough talk doesn\u2019t amount to a hill of beans, that the Republicans are making,\u201d he continued in a syntactical tangle perhaps born of embarrassment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The trouble for Democrats is voters aren\u2019t thinking about beans, they\u2019re thinking about the Democratic Party\u2019s record in office as crime soars and prices at the supermarket shoot to the ceiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Voters have little hope and want change. So what is ex-President Obama, the man whose brand was hope and change, up to now?\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Obama, person under desk\" class=\"wp-image-24524714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/tiktok.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Former President Barack Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on a TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> account in an attempt to appeal to young voters. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s courting TikTok influencers. Earlier this week he sat cross-legged on a beige-carpeted floor for an interview with a young man hiding under a desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Nuclear fallout had not arrived in Mr. Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood \u2014 this weird scene was \u201cUnder the Desk News,\u201d and the fellow doing the duck-and-cover routine was its host, Vitus Spehar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Obama took to the show to urge its Gen Z audience to vote. But do the teens and twenty-somethings hooked on this Chinese-controlled short-form video app even remember the Obama years?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TikTok is not exactly known for lengthening attention spans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Retirement_bench\"><\/span>Retirement bench\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Hochul, fearful of the strides Republican Lee Zeldin has made in recent polls, has also turned to the Democrats\u2019 retirement bench for help.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton warmed up the crowd for Hochul at a Manhattan rally on Thursday. But the biggest draw of the night was neither the ex-senator nor the sitting governor, but a woman who took the stage to the easy-listening vibe of Bill Withers\u2019 \u201cLovely Day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That laid-back standard was the intro music for Vice President Kamala Harris, who proceeded to show just how limited the Democrats\u2019 message is today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harris, like Hochul, placed great emphasis on the Dobbs decision that returned abortion law to the states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/harris.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris\" class=\"wp-image-24524710\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/harris.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Harris was another big name in attendance at the women\u2019s \u201cGet Out the Vote\u201d rally as she looked to boost Hochul\u2019s flailing campaign.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hochul had claimed that abortion only remained legal in New York because she remained governor \u2014 a message that Harris actually undercut by reminding the crowd that law is actually made in state houses, not by governors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though she outshines Hochul, the vice president has none of the star power of the ex-presidents who are out on the stump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her office rather than her charisma is the draw. Her remarks, delivered in familiar nasal register, mostly touted the national achievements of the Biden administration, with a few mentions of New York issues such as \u201c$100 million for electric MTA buses.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hochul joined hands with Harris and ex-Sen. Clinton at the end of the rally, an image evidently meant to inspire the women in attendance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_party_of_fear\"><\/span>The party of fear\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/clinton.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a New York Women \u201cGet Out The Vote\u201d rally.\" class=\"wp-image-24524787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/clinton.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/clinton.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/clinton.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/clinton.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a New York Women \u201cGet Out The Vote\u201d rally.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Clinton was the woman who cost the Democrats the White House in 2016, and Harris is part of the administration that will soon cost Democrats control of Congress \u2014 ominous company for an unelected governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hochul hopes she\u2019ll keep her head above the wave next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But her party is already sunk, thanks to its retreat from the relatively tough-on-crime policies of the Clinton days and the hopeful message of Obama.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats today are a party of fear, even though what voters fear most is not Dobbs or Donald Trump, but more of the crime and misery that Democrats have been giving them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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