Reply #26: But you run the risk of a "losing circle"

[Lydia Leftcoast]

Step one: "We can't take any strong stances because we're in the minority and can't afford to alienate any potential voters."

Step two: "We keep losing elections because the Republicans have rigged them."

Step three: "We can't make too much of a fuss about rigged elections because we're in the minority."

The only reason the Republicans can plausibly steal elections is that they're close. They don't even try to pretend that a Republican could win local offices in Minneapolis or St. Paul. No one would believe them.

If the Democrats take some strong stances on a few issues that the Republicans have been either ignoring or bumbling, agree that they should all campaign on these issues, and tout their stances at every opportunity and through every possible channel, then let's see how easy it is for the Republicans to steal votes and get away with it.