This is a landmark insight for the Dems. For too long Dems tried to campaign on facts and long-winded explanations of policies and the extrapolated results of policies. We Dems loved and nominated "eggheads", intellectual figures who spoke eloquently but lacked the ability to inspire regular folks (think Adlai Stevenson), Americans who a…
This is a landmark insight for the Dems. For too long Dems tried to campaign on facts and long-winded explanations of policies and the extrapolated results of policies. We Dems loved and nominated "eggheads", intellectual figures who spoke eloquently but lacked the ability to inspire regular folks (think Adlai Stevenson), Americans who are products of 50 years of Republican underfunding of and "teach to the test" mandates for public education. Alas, this approach hasn't ever worked.
Finally, the Bright Young Things who work with Vice President Harris as her junior advisors and managers of her digital campaign have convinced Dem leadership (so it appears, anyway) that inspiring FEELINGS with campaign speeches is the way to go. YES! Finally they have tumbled to and accepted that the key to political success are people's feelings. When you get people excited and involved, THEN you can explain policy and results.
This is a landmark insight for the Dems. For too long Dems tried to campaign on facts and long-winded explanations of policies and the extrapolated results of policies. We Dems loved and nominated "eggheads", intellectual figures who spoke eloquently but lacked the ability to inspire regular folks (think Adlai Stevenson), Americans who are products of 50 years of Republican underfunding of and "teach to the test" mandates for public education. Alas, this approach hasn't ever worked.
Finally, the Bright Young Things who work with Vice President Harris as her junior advisors and managers of her digital campaign have convinced Dem leadership (so it appears, anyway) that inspiring FEELINGS with campaign speeches is the way to go. YES! Finally they have tumbled to and accepted that the key to political success are people's feelings. When you get people excited and involved, THEN you can explain policy and results.