Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Will RFK Jr. Shake Up the 2024 Presidential Election? || Peter Zeihan" video.

@devalapar7878 Both the Democratic Party and the GOP are coalition parties. The trick has always been to hold the coalitions together long enough to get something accomplished. Pelosi and McConnell were each masters of party discipline within their respective caucus/conference. That was the basis of their power and why each was so hated by the other side. (Both Pelosi and McConnell were masters of the legislative process as well, making them effective and reviled by their respective opponents.) Hakim Jeffries seems to have the same level skills as Pelosi. Speaker otH Johnson not so much. McConnell has been kneecapped by Trump, but was on his way out anyway. Schumer isn’t bad at his job but he could never hold a candle to Mitch. What does all this mean? It means that if Trump is elected, the democrats better make damn sure that they control at least one chamber of congress. Similarly, if Biden wins, the GOP really needs to control one or both chambers. Also, the GOP conference in the House of Representatives needs to change its rules to limit the outsized power of MTG and her ilk or they’ll suffer down the line. Biden isn’t a progressive, he’s a traditional liberal. But he can be dragged to tilt toward the progressives if the progressives show up to vote. Last thing I’ll say: both the student protestors and the MAGA right are children when it comes to National Security and Geopolitics. Biden is not a child. Nikki Haley is not a child. I’m voting for Biden, but I’d definitely vote for Haley in 2028.
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RFKJr spells big trouble for Jill Stein and Coronel West.
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@reddixiecrat The people you describe vote for candidates like Jill Stein and Coronel West. The last time they had a non-obscure Democrat contender was Jessie Jackson. If you really think that the socialist far left has any significant influence in the Dem party, you’ve been drinking the MAGA koolaid for too long. The overwhelming numbers on the Dem side are Center Left. If the GOP doesn’t move back to Center Right, both the GOP and the country are in trouble.
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@123sheag That’s what they said.
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It remains to be seen if the far left, the actual Marxists and anti-capitalist socialists, have made any real inroads into the Democratic Party. These are the people who voted for Jill Stein and the like. The only time they ever MAYBE moved the needle was in Florida in 2000 when they voted for Nader. Even that is debatable.
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@markhill553 Was she in the Olympics?
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@robertgehrig1631 Lincoln’s Republican Party was a reformation of the Whigs. The non-Republican former Whigs were still Unionists and many probably ended up voting for Lincoln. The other parties were regional parties and never amounted to much. At the end of the day they were about as effective as our Green and Libertarian parties.
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