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many possible strategic pitfalls for Dems. but this is silly. Democrats won with big margins last year. They need to keep that coalition together and energize it. this is an argument premised on an assertion with no basis.
2/ In comments some people seem to think I’m saying Dems have it in the bag and don’t have to do anything. Definitely - I think clearly - not saying that. The coalition is there and was demonstrated in 2018. The key is to hold it together. That’s not a given.
3/ But Ross is doing a kind of baiting here based on his theory about a “hardening” liberalism and that liberal democracy may need to be replaced by a kind of authoritarian nationalism. In any case they need to find someone to compromise with but they don’t know how to ...
4/ compromise. Oh noes! Sucks to be you, liberalism! Poor logic in the service of a malign theory. The anti-Trump coalition is the bigger one. But a significant amount. It doesn’t need to be added to. It doesn’t need to find a portion of the anti-liberal right to ...
5/ kowtow or apologize to, which is Ross’s angle. But it needs to be maintained. They did it in 2018 and they Ned to do it again.
