The Democratic Party has learned nothing from three consecutive losses (presumably 2016, 2020 contested outcome, and 2024) and needs a figure like Bill Clinton or a centrist Southern governor like Andy Beshear to restore electoral viability, as the party did in the 1980s-1990s with the Democratic Leadership Council.
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Brett StevensEvidence Quote
“Democratic Leadership Council... Bill Clinton and it took three uh stinging stinging Landslide defeats... salvation for the Democratic party... someone like Andy Basher some Centrist Southern governor who talks the language of normal Americans”
Source
The Comeback: The NYT’s Bret Stephens and the GoodFellows Recap the ’24 Election— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:46:20 AM
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