Please do not quoteAgreed with about 80% ish of that, previously in post.
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=162538.msg8560770#msg8560770Determine root cause.
Identify reservations/refusal to change. Plan practical mechanisms to change. Pitch mechanisms.
Again, remedy/method/mechanism is issue. The dueling threats of, " Do X or you'll never win again," declares stakes but not change method.
One coin side is "vote for candidate or get Trump."
Other coin side is "get different candidate or lose to Trump."
Both ineffective. Hard negotiating tactics: neither side wins until one forces its way and the other feels pissed. Ineffective.
Perhaps try determining root cause to identify reasons for refusal to change (reservations).
Then devise practical method/mechanism?
Democrat establishment thought they appealed to working class and minorities? Maybe not well....
$25K first time homebuyer credit and all the plans to expand housing (at least on paper).
No taxes raised on anyone making less than $400K/year.
Childcare affordability (One on Harris' points Trump said "couldn't cost that much."
Bipartisan border bill hiring more agents to secure it (which Trump tanked so he could run on an issue)
Calling the grocery stores price gougers and
"Build back better." Infrastructure funding jobs
Taxing Billionaires like Musk (who, surprise surprise joined Trump, who wants to cut the wealthy's taxes again).
"job, family, home, food, retirement, bank account?" As you indicated, Trump doesn't have a plan.
Trump's catch phrase is literally "You're fired." He's not for those things for working people. He sure makes it look like he is.
Trump has no way to ensure jobs, families, homes, food, retirement or bank accounts beyond his own.
What should the democrats have promised? Lies more convincing than his? Not defending them; seeking solutions.
Now whether or not liberal appeals were ineffective in terms of both appealing to voters or working in real time may be different. So, what do liberals do differently? Not saying no room for improvement. Asking what improvements practically look like. Because right now, I see conservatives riding high and happy toward controlling government, and liberals blaming each other.
Trump is well organized, unified, and very well funded. Liberals aren't and if that doesn't change, then things will get worse for non conservatives. Someone somewhere needs to come up with a plan or the democrats and liberals are looking at worse.
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