Like in 2016, Trump’s closing argument is full of conspiracy theories and brute force. See Montana last night.

And like in 2016, it just might work — especially with no equal Dem response to the brute force https://t.co/POhWNBJIzy

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) October 19, 2018

this seems problematic: when Dems raise their voices above a whisper they get clobbered by press (see: Holder, Hillary)….same press that’s now clobbering them for not raising their voices above a whisper. https://t.co/Ft0plKe23c

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 19, 2018

and of course Howard Dean got run off the campaign trail years ago when he didn’t even show anger but genuine emotion.

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 19, 2018

Forgot who said it (think it was one of the Balloon Juice commentariat), but it was along the lines of ‘the press is terrible at convincing people how to think, but are especially good at telling them what to think about’. If they don’t say anything about it, it may as well not exist.

If the Dems have an actual platform and run on it, but the media ignores it, do they really have a platform? The answer apparently is ‘yes, but they may as well not’. It’s hard not to ‘preach to the choir’ when there’s no way to get your voice past the choir.