Democrats, struggling for oxygen, blame the media – is AOC the answer?

Jim Clyburn is ripping the media The Democratic congressman who essentially handed Joe Biden the nomination in says the party is having trouble getting its message out I think the message coming from the Democratic Party is a good message the South Carolina lawmaker stated MSNBC s Ali Velshi The matter we ve got I ll say is that we have to depend upon the media to deliver it Let me stop right there The party s approval ratings are in the toilet that s not the media s fault The party lost every swing state to Donald Trump in November that s not the media s fault And the Democrats have no clear leader at the moment again not the media s fault SCHUMER SINKS AOC SOARS IN NEW POLL AS LIBERAL VOTERS DEMAND HARDER LINE ON TRUMP If we have The Washington Post for instance caving to this wannabe dictator and we ve got other media entities that seem to rather push a narrative that will bring eyes to their newspapers or to their television sets and not really give a fair hearing or reporting to what we re doing stated Clyburn exempting Velshi I would hope that there are people outside of the audience taking in what we re saying because my message is gonna be very very coherent It s going to be very a little bit alarming But it s gonna be a message that I think everybody will understand if they were to hear it Sorry to break it to the esteemed congressman but it s not the media s job to carry water against the man he calls a wannabe dictator You and your colleagues can only do it by getting out there and making uh news At the same time everyone already hates us So it s hardly surprising that the left as well as the right is bashing our business I mean Joe Biden barely talked to journalists even for a Super Bowl interview and now we know why BILL MAHER SAYS AOC SHOULDN'T BE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN DESPITE CONTEMPORARY HYPEGavin Newsom is clearly running for president in and he makes news by appearing on Fox and right-wing podcasts This shows that he s willing to engage the other side I don t know what the party is I m still struggling with that Newsom reported the Hill He also had California sue the White House over the tariffs The buzz right now is about AOC running for president This seems far-fetched on its face not because she was once a bartender which gives her street cred but because of her uber-liberal record Yet she and Bernie Sanders are drawing huge crowds around the country in what feels like a generational handoff an image captured on the front page of Sunday s Washington Post After making an initial splash as a rebel Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now works with the party s leadership POLLSTER NATE SILVER CALLS OCASIO-CORTEZ BULK LIKELY TO BE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEEA conservative columnist for the Hill listed her as No for the next electoral contest calling AOC exclusively the majority of exciting figure in Democratic politics Yes she has a legion of detractors But she also has charisma authenticity and the ability to draw huge crowds But even the columnist Niall Ferguson asks Would a left-wing Latina from New York City really be the best option for a party that demands to win states like Michigan and Pennsylvania to take back the White House Axios says Ocasio-Cortez has been cheered like a political rock star over the past two weeks and knows how to make the cash register ring In the first three months of she raised million more than double what she d ever raised in a quarter She would undoubtedly be opposed by center-left liberals like Josh Shapiro who would stress the importance of winning swing states like uh Pennsylvania Now it s a bit crazy to be talking about this just three months into Trump s second term Someone who s hot now could easily cool off by then Name recognition only takes you so far SUBSCRIBE TO HOWIE'S MEDIA BUZZMETER PODCAST A RIFF ON THE DAY'S HOTTEST STORIESIn a current Gallup poll just percent expressed confidence in Democratic congressional leadership an all-time low Republicans don t expect fair coverage from the media But a large number of Dems act personally offended when they draw critical coverage The takeaway Democrats have to make their own news not just bash the media But hey we re the easiest target out there