Beyond opposing Trump, Democrats keep searching for a message

[james_1957]

The loss in last week’s special congressional election in Georgia produced predictable hand-wringing and finger-pointing inside the Democratic Party. It also raised anew a question that has troubled the party through a period in which they have lost ground political. Simply put: Do Democrats have a message?

Right now, the one discernible message is opposition to President Trump. That might be enough to get through next year’s midterm elections, though some savvy Democratic elected officials doubt it. What’s needed is a message that attracts voters beyond the blue-state base of the party.

History says a president with approval ratings as low as Trump’s usually sustain substantial midterm losses. That could be the case in 2018, particularly if the Republicans end up passing a health-care bill that, right now, is far more unpopular than Obamacare. But Trump has beaten the odds many times in his short political career. What beyond denunciations of the Republicans as heartless will the Democrats have to say to voters?

The absence of a convincing economic message did not start with Clinton. Former president Barack Obama struggled with the same during his 2012 reelection. He wanted to claim credit for a steady but slow recovery while acknowledging forthrightly that many Americans were not benefitting from the growth. It was a muddle at best, but he was saved by the fact that Mitt Romney couldn’t speak to those stressed voters either. In 2016, however, Trump did.

In this divided era, it’s easy for either party to look at the other and conclude the opposition is in worse shape. That’s the trap for Democrats right now as they watch Trump struggle in office. But Democrats are in the minority in the House, Senate, governorships and state legislatures. Clinton may have won the popular vote, but that proved about as satisfying as coming close while losing last week in Georgia. It’s no substitute for the real thing. If continued frustration with losing doesn’t prompt rethinking about the message, what will?

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[LJ_Reloaded]

Democrats don't lack for a message.

Democrats lack the balls to stand unmercifully and unyieldingly for their beliefs.

For instance Senator Kamala Harris should have told them to fuck off when they tried to interrupt her.

 

[HisArpy]

Democrats don't lack for a message.

Democrats lack the balls to stand unmercifully and unyieldingly for their beliefs.

For instance Senator Kamala Harris should have told them to fuck off when they tried to interrupt her.

Yes! Yes Kamala, follow this instruction to the letter. STAND UP and tell the powers that be to just fuck off. Stand up I say and tell the Committee Chairman to just fuck off and that the rules don't apply to you and that you will do whatever the hell you want.

Just say; fuck off and that as a black woman you don't have to follow the rules.

Please. 'Cuz I WANT YOU suspended and removed from Congress to return to your shitty home in that shitty city by the bay. The world would be so much better off if you went BACK to private life. In disgrace.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

Yes! Yes Kamala, follow this instruction to the letter. STAND UP and tell the powers that be to just fuck off. Stand up I say and tell the Committee Chairman to just fuck off and that the rules don't apply to you and that you will do whatever the hell you want.

Just say; fuck off and that as a black woman you don't have to follow the rules.

Please. 'Cuz I WANT YOU suspended and removed from Congress to return to your shitty home in that shitty city by the bay. The world would be so much better off if you went BACK to private life. In disgrace.

They never tell anyone else to shut up when they're questioning someone.

The Committee Chairman should be the one that gets removed for his bullshit biased referee'ing.

All the Democrats should rise up. Let's see them try and send them all home. That will end poorly for the GOP.