(Attenborough voice) the Green Lantern theory of political messaging is rarely spotted in such pure form in the wild— 
This keeps happening, so I made you all a helpful chart
... because here we are again👇
https://twitter.com/lara_putnam/status/1380476654242435073
It's not that I don't think what people in Circle Purple hear matters: it does!
But the last 6 months of insular discussion within Circle Green, about Circle Pink, is a symptom not a solution.
But the last 6 months of insular discussion within Circle Green, about Circle Pink, is a symptom not a solution.
So the Green Lantern Theory of the Presidency (coined by @BrendanNyhan & beautifully explained by @ezraklein👇in 2014) wishfully holds "that the president can achieve any political or policy objective if only he tries hard enough or uses the right tactics" vox.com/2014/5/20/5732…
The Green Lantern theory of political messaging, coined by me here, holds that "we" or "the Democrats" can determine what political narrative the median voter hears & trusts: just by winning some notionally unitary argument over which message is best & then... picking up a phone?
You will already have spotted the 2 problems with the theory: 1) it's not a unitary argument. Green circle debate re messaging does not in fact determine language/action in the Pink circle (which is a lot more diverse+dispersed than Green NY/DC believes)
https://twitter.com/lara_putnam/status/1380875450671640579
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