“To sort of sit back and say “Well, the Republicans are gonna burn it all down. So we’ll count on, two years from now, getting the House back and picking up seats, and maybe then we can put forward an alternative plan.” We don’t have two years. You won’t be able to pick up the pieces. And if your message is, “We’ll pick up the pieces and…
“To sort of sit back and say “Well, the Republicans are gonna burn it all down. So we’ll count on, two years from now, getting the House back and picking up seats, and maybe then we can put forward an alternative plan.” We don’t have two years. You won’t be able to pick up the pieces. And if your message is, “We’ll pick up the pieces and assemble them the way before”—people didn’t like the way the system was structured before. That’s why, in part, Donald Trump won in the first place. You have to offer people a different vision if you want to actually win. If your message is, “Put us back in charge, and we’ll give you back the economy we had before they destroyed it,” I don’t think that’s where Democrats should be right now“
This is the *best* analysis I have seen about the dramatic mistakes dems are making in both messaging and in policy.
“To sort of sit back and say “Well, the Republicans are gonna burn it all down. So we’ll count on, two years from now, getting the House back and picking up seats, and maybe then we can put forward an alternative plan.” We don’t have two years. You won’t be able to pick up the pieces. And if your message is, “We’ll pick up the pieces and assemble them the way before”—people didn’t like the way the system was structured before. That’s why, in part, Donald Trump won in the first place. You have to offer people a different vision if you want to actually win. If your message is, “Put us back in charge, and we’ll give you back the economy we had before they destroyed it,” I don’t think that’s where Democrats should be right now“
This is the *best* analysis I have seen about the dramatic mistakes dems are making in both messaging and in policy.