The COVID Relief deal was woefully insufficient, absolutely necessary, and an indictment of divided government. messagebox.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-…
The success Democrats had in bringing Republicans to the table by hammering them as callous corporatists on the campaign trail is a sign that economic populist arguments against the GOP could have more impact with Trump fading into the background messagebox.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-…
People rarely make a public argument against divided government, but this deal provides Democrats in Georgia with an opportunity to lay out the differences between a Senate that wants to fix things and one that would prefer to watch the world burn. messagebox.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-…
From now until the end of the year, I am going to be donating the first month's subscription fee on every new subscription to Message Box to
@votesaveamerica's Every Last Vote fund which goes to grassroots organizers on the ground in Georgia. messagebox.substack.com/subscribe?utm_…

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8 Dec
Today's Message Box looks at the state of the Democratic Party brand in 2020 and beyond, whether Dems have a brand problem, and what we can do about it.

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Democratic policies are more popular than Republican policies. The Democratic Party is more popular than the Republican Party, but that hasn't translated into a success down ballot. Here's why and some thoughts on what we can do about it messagebox.substack.com/p/the-democrat…
In an era of declining split-ticket voting, a party’s brand matters a lot. Voters are defaulting to their pre-conceived party preference with less regard for the personal characteristics and policy positions of the individual candidates. messagebox.substack.com/p/the-democrat…
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4 Dec
In 2021, Trump is going to do everything to remain the center of attention. There will be a temptation among some Dems to focus on an unpopular, polarizing loser, but that would a mistake. Dems should make McConnell the face of the GOP, not Trump: messagebox.substack.com/p/ignore-trump…
We live in an "attention economy" where the ability to garner eyeballs is power. Who and what we give our attention is a choice. Just because Trump wants our attention, doesn't mean we have to give it to him: messagebox.substack.com/p/ignore-trump…
A top strategic priority for Dems exploiting the tension between the working class GOP base and their corporatists donors. Focusing on McConnell - a corrupt, partisan hack that wants cut Medicare and give tax breaks to Wall Street - is a way to do that: messagebox.substack.com/p/ignore-trump…
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2 Dec
There has been a lot of focus on Trump's attempt to steal the 2020 election, but behind the scenes the Republicans are already working on stealing the next 5 elections. Here's how and how we can try to stop them: messagebox.substack.com/p/forget-the-c…
Early next year, the redistricting process is going to kick off and the GOP has already pledged to gerrymander themselves into power for a decade despite representing a shrinking share of the electorate: messagebox.substack.com/p/forget-the-c…
Republicans engage in partisan and racist gerrymandering, because they believe they won't pay a political price for doing so. It doesn't have to be that way. With proper attention, aggressive activism and a compelling message, we can impact the results. messagebox.substack.com/p/forget-the-c…
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30 Nov
Despite Biden's huge win, Democratic turnout in a lot of big cities was flat. There are a lot of theories as to why that happened. Given how much the deck is stacked against Democrats, we need to figure out what happened and fix it. Some thoughts here: messagebox.substack.com/p/the-2020-dee…
The most important people to listen to in this conversation are organizers like @staceyabrams, @MsLaToshaBrown and others that have been organizing for years to build political in the face of overwhelming and malicious voter suppression
messagebox.substack.com/p/the-2020-dee…
Democratic performance in Philly, Milwaukee, and Miami is something we need to look at because in 2022 three of best Democratic Senate pick ups are in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Florida. messagebox.substack.com/p/the-2020-dee…
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29 Nov
If I was building a White House staff, a campaign, a think tank or any other endeavor, my first hire would be Brian Deese. He is unquestionably brilliant, a great person, and in politics for all the right reasons.
Brian became a star in the Obama White House at barely 30 years old for spearheading the rescue of the auto industry where he worked with organized labor to save millions of jobs despite not having an office and working from an extra desk designated for an intern.
I was in nearly every economic meeting with President Obama from late 2009 to 2015 and I don't recall ever hearing Brian argue for austerity. He was always pushing for more stimulus, higher taxes on the rich, and creative ways to help the people that needed it the most.
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23 Nov
Coward is too kind a word to describe the GOP. Cowardice implies that they want to do the right thing, but are too afraid. The last couple of weeks has proven that they are backing Trump's dangerous lies, bc they think it's good politics. Here's why
messagebox.substack.com/p/republicans-…
The sense that the GOP only puts up with Trump out of fear masks the much scarier reality of who they are and what they are capable of doing. Democrats can win the battles to come if we don't understand who we are fighting
messagebox.substack.com/p/republicans-…
Please consider signing up for Message Box, my newsletter about political and message strategy. In the coming weeks, I am going to be focusing on the lessons from 2020, the Georgia runoffs, and how Democrats can take on Trumpism in the post-Trump era
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