A Different Take On The Whole "Democrats Have Lost The Narrative Meme"
We look at it differently. We look at history and find that the out of power party, after the Presidential honeymoon, tends to be handed the narrative by the media, and it is very difficult to get it back. But this is different in that the Republicans have fumbled the narrative. They have had a megaphone that has horrified most of sensible America. They know their messaging has been a toxic mix of misinformation and insurrection rationalization, and realize that it has not worked.
This was their chance to swing the pendulum, and they blew it. Now you have the President going out of his way to be magnanimous simply because it is a stark contrast to extremism. This has nothing to do with what goes on behind the scenes, mind you, but he knows that his midterm chances stands on having some meat to bring to the table in terms of infrastructure and jobs, and ending this awful pandemic. The Republicans are now being squarely blamed for delaying our progress.
If I am right look at some polling in red states and see if Democrats are surprisingly competitive.
Anyways the point is that I don't believe the party in power even has the narrative, unless the opposition fumbles or we force a turnover.
GOP just threw, what Todd calls, a "pick six." So I don't feel we have lost a narrative. The analogy I use is I feel it is like a food truck court where metaphorically speaking the GOP is selling rancid smoothies and the Democrats are quiet and calm and focused, just waiting for someone to appreciate their simple and safe refreshing lemonade.
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