At a time when the Republican Party is unbreakably linked with Trump, whose approval rating keeps plummeting, the Democrats and their National Committee seem inept and incapable of intensifying this advantage.
In fact, if you assess the current disputes in the party from Maine to California, they are as splintered and divided as their adversaries.
When a comedian like Jon Stewart charges that the DNC and party leaders were “lost” in his comment about the Maine senate campaign, you know there is turmoil in the ranks. This situation is further troubled by the denunciations from Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman and his lament that the party is turning into “an orgy of socialism.”
If the fissures in the party are a concern for Ken Martin, chair of the DNC, he’s probably too busy pulling things together for the upcoming convention, with a meeting with other leaders in Philadelphia, a possible site, and host of the event. Martin has been under fire from his members for several months. They have launched sustained criticism of his failure to fulfill the promises he made on assuming leadership, as well as for only recently moving to release the autopsy of the 2024 race.
According to one report, some members have privately begun discussions on removing Martin from office. One of the problems they face with such a tactic, however, is that there appears to be no serious candidate to replace him.
As we approach the midterm elections, both parties are in a quandary, and the outcome may depend on which of them has the fewest shortcomings. That is not a good sign for rescuing our democracy from a tyrant, especially as the fragile ceasefire with Iran is about to receive another tumultuous moment at the Strait of Hormuz.