re: #82 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Here is an interesting article on popular progressive ideas to run on and unpopular ideas to avoid. For example, cutting military spending is unpopular; so weaponized Keynesianism it is! OTOH sticking it to the rich and the pharmaceutical industry are both popular. vox.com

“Taking extreme and unpopular views is going to make it hard to win elections and deliver on your agenda. But the opposite of “extreme and unpopular” views isn’t necessarily “moderate” views, it’s being smart and doing your homework on what’s popular.

“There are easily enough bold progressive ideas out there that are popular — the ones on this list, but also well-known ideas like raising the minimum wage — that there’s little practical cost to urging politicians to emphasize the popular ones while steering clear of unpopular stances.”