It’s fitting that the Democrats’ late panic about the potency of GOP culture-war attacks came the same week that Republicans fabricated ‘Biden crack pipes’ for sport, and Democrats raced into retreat. us19.campaign-archive.com/?e=6e84ed47af&…
It’s good they realize they have a problem, but all they can think to do in response is neutralize the attacks with fact checks; they still can't fathom picking culture war fights and winning them, or even fighting the ones Republicans pick to a draw. eepurl.com/gQH7lz 
Partisan battle will generally begin on one of the party’s terms, while the other decides whether to concede or engage. This creates a wide array of ways Democrats can seek advantage over the GOP, and yet…
It’s of a piece with the old guard’s tendency to recoils from partisan matters in general, even when they land on terms favorable to them. And it’s a poor fit for a zero-sum midterm election against hyper-partisan Republicans whose drift toward fascism is nearly complete.
As to this critique, I’d say I’d LOVE to join an unironic pile-on of Republicans for being pro-airplane maniacs, but when you’re just one opinion journalist screaming into the void, it’s a bit like…
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