Post-Vietnam Dems have gotten so used to emasculating themselves before Republicans that they can't even conceive of a world in which they could possibly defeat the fascist threat the GOP poses. The thing is,
https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1399750454838546434?s=20
Republicans, by virtue of their *everyday conduct*, are debasing themselves and everything their party (supposedly) once stood for. But not enough people will come to realize this on their own. They need their leaders to point it out for them, consistently and in unison.
Psychologists have long noted how voters, thanks to human nature, crave displays of strength and dominance from leaders. For ex, see this: 
Or this:
or this, from Drew Westen's The Political Brain
Dem leaders could easily humiliate Rs on a daily basis simply by pointing out their outrageous authoritarianism. Rs are practically begging them to do it. But post-Johnson Dems have completely lost the muscle memory of how to dominate their opponents.
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