That’s where you’re wrong. If you (continue to) give them credit, votes, and lots of money just for not being utterly heinous fascists, they have no incentive to ever become actually GOOD.
The lesser evil is still evil and lowering the bar every time the worst get worse is a recipe for stagnation at best.
Considering it was “a party-line decision,” I think Biden and the Democrats might deserve some credit just for not being Republicans.
That’s where you’re wrong. If you (continue to) give them credit, votes, and lots of money just for not being utterly heinous fascists, they have no incentive to ever become actually GOOD.
The lesser evil is still evil and lowering the bar every time the worst get worse is a recipe for stagnation at best.
And all of that will matter as soon as we have ranked choice voting. While we’re stuck with FPTP, the best we can do is slam the primaries.