re: #226 Lidane

I like this diary: Democrats become the party of security, patriotism, optimism—without becoming Republicans:

With the two national conventions just receding in the rearview mirror, it’s clear that one party has become the party of national security, the party of patriotism, the party of support for veterans, and the party with an optimistic view of America’s future. Some Republicans are more than a little despairing of this shift and view Democrats as poaching their positions.

For the Democrats, it was a carefully calibrated, precisely drafted assault on the Republican coalition. For months, they have sought to tar Republican politicians with Mr. Trump’s essence, arguing that the New York developer and reality star was the true id of a Republican Party marbled with political extremism and racial antagonism.

But Democrats aren’t stealing the Republican’s strengths at National Security or robbing support from veterans. The Republicans abandoned those positions. They discarded them forcefully by selecting a man with neither knowledge nor experience who claims he need not consult generals or experts because of his “good brain.” They tossed them aside to embrace the idea that the military is “hopeless” and that America is an embarrassment on the world stage.