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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Words matter [View all]angrychair
(9,412 posts)5. More than that
I'm not worried about the politics of a specific person. I don't even think president is as important as Congress (House and Senate) or you state legislature or governor. Those have far more impact to your daily life.
I care about who we are and who we say we are, as the Democratic Party.
After the 2014 midterm loses, the DNC created a task force to look at a way to stop the massive midterm loses. One of the key findings was we needed to do a better job at "messaging".
By all accounts we have continued to do an incredibly poor job of that. We should therefore not be surprised what happens this year and in the 2018 midterm. Shaming people with "free stuff" memes and "no we can't" is not a winning formula.
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It's a two-party system. Vote "R" or vote "D", anything else is meaningless.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Apr 2016
#33
Single Payer exists just across our border. It's not a unicorn or a pony. Canada isn't a myth.
think
Apr 2016
#3
We are all fighting for stronger primary and secondary education platforms that will benefit all.
NCTraveler
Apr 2016
#4
I haven't gone thru her new stand on education but I have gone thru some of her
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#35
The question has been asked before. "Am I my brother's keeper?" The neolib, 3rd Way, answer is NO!
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2016
#22