A new abundance agenda for the Democratic Party

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

Election, Government, January 6, Politics, Merrick Garland, Law, Harry Litman, Trump, News, Legal

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🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Harry talks with Jake Auchincloss, a relatively young Demoratic member of the House who is drawing a lot of attention for his ideas about how the Party needs to proceed to win back a majority of the American people. They first discuss the issue of Generation-Z men, who are shaping up to be a conservative cohort of Republicans for the next 50 years. Auchincloss believes there are ways to provide them attractive alternatives without in any way mimicking or appropriating the MAGA rhetoric. Auchincloss follows up with his own defining themes, leading with housing, as well as corrections to democratic processes (such as the elimination of gerrymandering), that he believes could drive a shift back to Democrats. One concrete opportunity for multiple reforms could come from 2026-28, if the party establishes majorities in Congress and Trump is a lame duck. Auchincloss’s overall prescription for the party is it needs to focus on economic opportunities and an “abundance agenda” to contrast favorably to the overall scarcity ideology that has come to dominate the Republican Party.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Talking Fed's One-on-One,
0:09.0	deep-dive discussions with national figures
0:12.0	about the most fascinating and consequential issues
0:16.0	defining our culture and shaping our lives.
0:19.0	I'm your host, Harry Littman. Welcome to another talking
0:24.1	feds one-on-one. As you know, our focus here tends to be the threats to the rule of law and
0:29.7	democracy of the Trump presidency, but part and parcel of those problems is the fairly woeful
0:37.3	shape that the Democratic Party seems to be in with
0:40.4	not just low approval ratings, but what seems to be general malaise, uncertainty about how to go
0:48.8	forward, possibly generational divide, and all of that, obviously, Ogers is worrisome for the prospects
1:00.2	in 26 and 28. My guest today is one of the younger members of Congress that people are really
1:05.7	looking to as a solution to that issue. Congressman Jake Ockincloss is serving his third term,
1:12.6	representing the Massachusetts 4th District. In addition to his housework on the Committee on
1:19.1	Energy and Commerce, he focuses on health care, clean energy, gun violence, and building a strong
1:25.8	middle class. Prior to joining to entering Congress, he served as
1:31.2	a Marine Infantry Platoon Commander in Afghanistan. Thank you for your service. And then commanded a
1:38.2	joint training team in Panama. So he's been there. Last month, Ezra Klein, always a good thing when this happens,
1:47.2	profiled him in the New York Times as,
1:50.3	quote, someone wrestling with the questions I posed to other Democrats.
1:53.9	What's your alternative?
1:55.4	What did people need to hear from you over the last few years that they didn't?
2:00.7	And the like. And that's part of the people
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