Re:Andrew Yang Founds the Forward Party
by Igelau on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @10:04AM
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The sample size of successfully established political parties in the US is small enough that the rhetorical question went over my head :)
I'm not sure we actually know what works and what doesn't.
> retired senators, serious media people & such. Multiple people who could credibly run for office.
That sounds like a recipe for more of the same. Though so does "I'm making a PAC about it!"
Though this "soft-launch" seems like more vapor than ware. I'd like to see more credibility, I'm just not sure how/when someone is supposed to bootstrap that.
My point was to criticise the "launch" for two things: (A) Launching as a single person. (B) focusing on the "if I were king" manifesto paradigm, over an actual political roadmap or theory of what the party is.
Ideally, he should be sitting alongside retired senators, serious media people & such. Multiple people who could credibly run for office. Then, what are you planning to do. A theory of the party and its politics, not just a theory of policy. Otherwise what's the difference between this and "The Office of Andrew Yang?"