re: #127 Interesting Times

I think that’s the point the tweeter was trying to make - Dems need to offer compelling contrast with GOP economic policies, a vision simple enough for “shiny object” voters to latch onto.

As for the Russia scandal, I fear too many voters (even outside the GOPer bubble) just don’t care all that much (outside of something screamingly blatant, e.g. incontrovertible proof that Russia hacked voting machines and altered results…or, conversely, something so lurid and gross - and on video - that it sticks to trump for a change)

I think part of the problem in the past year was trying to hard to sell people on policy when we just got done watching the GOP win on empty promises. We need to differentiate ourselves, true, but we need to stop short of letting ourselves get sucked into arguments over specifics. Take the Trumpcare fight right now, the smartest thing we can do is to find the analyses that say it’ll be an absolute mess and give them a megaphone. Emphasize the negatives: 15 million losing their insurance, plans that offer less for more money, the “age tax,” and other bite-sized attacks that can be easily summarized. The very last thing we want to do right now is entertain our habit of turning it into a policy discussion.