When the fuck is the Democratic Party gonna put it's focus

[rateyes]

on US, we, the PEOPLE of the United States of America? Every damned day all I hear from Democrats is Trump, Manafort, Page, Flynn, Hillary, Bernie, Elizabeth, Kamala, gripe gripe gripe gripe gripe gripe gripe gripe. Here I am right now griping about all the griping!!

When the fuck are we gonna start talking about jobs, wages, education, healthcare, infrastructure, peace, the planet...you know, the things that really MATTER every fucking day of the year?

Let Mueller do his job. Quit rehashing the fucking primaries. There is not one fucking politician that we elect who can fix what is wrong with America. Only WE THE PEOPLE can do that working together with one another. And we are not doing it.

This country is so fucked.

[shanny]

1. Amen.

Running against tRump didn't work last time, and won't this time either.

[LBM20]

11. No, you DO run against Trump but ALSO have a powerful affirmative message. Listen,

in 2014 what was the Republican message that helped them win so big? It was "We are not Obama." That's it. No other substance. Of course we must attack Trump who is SO unpopular and attach him to the other Republicans BUT, yes, we also need a loud and clear affirmative message too on good paying JOBS JOBS JOBS, infrastructure, fair taxation, education, healthcare, foreign policy, etc.

You must do BOTH.

[shanny]

17. Running on fear works a lot better on the other side of the aisle.

Our voters are more motivated by hope.

[FarPoint]

2. Maybe we need to mobilize....

A DNC Campaign to bring back Howard Dean as DNC Chair....

[rateyes]

3. Anything to get us proactive on solutions to real problems!

[beachbum bob]

4. instead of griping about griping get invovled with you local county democratic party organization

thats where the action is....what democrats say in front of a microphone really doesn't matter at this point. Its all about mobilization and getting outstanding candidates running for every single office from dogcatcher to Senator....

[rateyes]

8. I am not talking about local efforts. I am talking

about messaging. The MSM when speaking of the Democratic Party has nothing to say about us but that we are divided over power issues. The fish rots from the head down. The Republicans are in a mess, and yet they still control the damned messaging because we suck at it.

With an asshole like Trump in office the Govenor's race in VA should be a damned cakewalk for the Dems. But the Republicans have convinced half the electorate that they will be better off economically with Republicans in power.

Carville was right back in the 90s when he said, "It's the economy, stupid!" We are terrible at showing that we are the ones who will boost the economy. People still vote their pocketbooks!

[LBM20]

12. Totally true and I have been screaming this in my state. We SUCK at messaging. It is about JOBS!!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. It's more fun to re-hash the 2016 loss.

Keep looking backwards and we'll lose all over again.

[frazzled]

6. Oh, bull

You’re talking about DU, not the Democratic leaders. I get email everyday from my Democratic senators as well as from the DCCC, DSCC, etc. Not a single one talks about Hillary or Bernie or Kamala. They’re all about policy issues: the dangers of the Republican tax plan, the need to address climate change and pass gun control legislation and protect immigrants.

Turn off the Internet and unplug from the infotainment gossip cable channels. Turn on C-Span and listen to members speak passionately about all the issues you claim they don’t talk about.

And stop blaming Democrats. They’re not the problem. Our insatiable lust for chitter chatter on tv over substance that is actually occurring is the problem. It’s a distraction, as is this thread.

[rateyes]

9. YOU, a Democrat get email! What do the independents

and moderate republicans get in terms that speak to them about why they should choose us over the Republicans? We suck at messaging to the masses.

[frazzled]

15. What's with with "YOU" and "we"?

If someone chooses to be an independent and/or not to communicate with Democratic legislators or donate to the party or a Democratic campaign, that's their choice. They don't have your email, so you don't get any. D'oh.

I don't get any emails from Republicans ... ever. (Well, one exception: when a Republican was atypically elected senator in my state for a single term before the populace realized what a mistake that was, I wrote him a protest letter about a particular upcoming vote, and then started getting newsletter emails—I pretty quickly unsubscribed). So the Republicans must suck equally at messaging the masses. They never communicate with me.

To get emails, you have to give yours out. If Independents don't bother to write their congressional representatives, then they won't get email.

All this complaining about the Democratic Party seems suspicious to me. And that's as much as I'll say about it.

[rateyes]

18. What I am saying is that we are preaching to

the damned choir. We aren't getting any proactive messaging out to the masses.

[frazzled]

20. Maybe youre just not listening

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Or listening to the wrong things.
Sorry, but I'm not buying all this whining.

[rateyes]

21. Ok. Whatever.

[Demsrule86]

7. We have no power and it sure worked for the GOP to attack Pres. Obama and Hillary Clinton.

The GOP owns it all. Talk is cheap because with the GOP in power, we can do nothing about any of the issues you raised. As for rehashing the primaries...if you are referring to the pushback over Brazile's book, it needs to be refuted as it is an attack on the DNC...which takes it out of any primary rehashing.

[ismnotwasm]

10. My Democrats are busy fighting for issues like Healthcare, womens rights, and DREAMERS

As well as the others you mentioned. I’m guessing you live in an area without Democrats?

[doodsaq]

13. Agree 100%

Reminds me of this article which described how Berlusconi was defeated...by focusing on the issues, not the person.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/opinion/the-right-way-to-resist-trump.html

I fear the Democratic party will never get their shit together as long as it's about individual politicians instead of the issues.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Can be a two pronged strategy. 1. Dem mission and plans 2. GOP treason nt

[Binkie The Clown]

16. Somewhere deep inside the Democratic Party, they are making complex sophisticated plans for...

... how to lose the next election. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is what we do best.,

[rateyes]

19. Bingo!

[jalan48]

22. Maybe we need some new, highly paid consultants. The current ones aren't doing so well.

[LittleBlue]

23. The primary fight threw us off-message

We've never recovered. It was the last time we were able to discuss topics that impact Americans without distractions.