The Insurgent Innovates.

The Democratic party should be happy. Even if they lose the presidency to the dreaded Donald Trump demographics favor the, young people and minorities overwhelmingly favor positions that the Democratic party is historically strong in, we are truly witnessing the twilight of the angry white voter.

Still there is, and has been for some time, a worrying trend among Democrats and their rival Republicans. One can see it in things such as how Democrats talk about the dangers of a conservative majority in the Supreme Court. The idea is that if conservatives could, through the Supreme Court, overturn Roe Vs. Wade or erode other progressive initiatives then long term damage could be done to the country. It is also see in warnings over what might happen to programs like Social Security if a Republican president were to be seated with a majority in the Senate and The House.

What we see here is the attempt to defend the status quo, it is seen as being in some way enshrined. The thing is that Republicans don’t see these things as being enshrined at all. Just because the Supreme Court said that a woman’s right to choose is the law of the land it hasn’t stopped conservatives were working every angle to limit or negate that law. They have been forced to be creative in how they pursue their agenda.

The Democratic strategy is simple, defend the status quo, and that has one major tool to achieve its end, maintain control of the veto power of the White House. When defending the status quo creative strategies aren’t required. The problem is that this leads to strategic stagnation. The Conservatives need to be creative is placing them in an excellent position to maintain and expand the power they hold onto in the face of unfavorable demographics moving forward.

In this the light the struggle of the far left, exemplified by the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, is doing the Democratic party a great favor. They are injecting the same sort of creativity the insurgent must use into the liberal causes which have traditionally been the basis of Democratic policy. The Democratic party will be well placed to use all means to pursue its agenda based on that creative base.

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