last RT is the other part of the problem. dems dont speak out enough. and then when they do, a lot of it is just white noise. theyre just not very good at making things snappy. yes the media and its horserace obsession is a huge problem but otoh the party/left doesnt do enough.
itll be "we introduced an amendment in order to assure the legislation was bipartisan and deficit neutral" vs "we stopped bridges from collapsing and killing your family"
and yes, there are a few dems who can speak like normal people. they are the outliers.
this is one area - and i admit this is a clear bias on my part - that so much of the party and the left's leaders being from the ranks of the highly educated is a problem. they come across like people in a college class vs normal every day people.
some people can come from elite backgrounds and retain the ability to speak like a normal person - bill clinton, barack obama - but a lot of people cannot. and it shows.
democrats imo narrowcast. and they narrowcast to a 40-something white woman who watches maddow every night and loves wonkery. and that person is def part of the dem base but there's a lot of other people they can reach AND that person.
cause if you talk like a normal, you reach normal people AND the politically well engaged. not just the latter. 🤷🏾♂️
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