The politics we have as Americans ultimately is up to us. We can choose for our democracy to be a dreary march to the drab center or running over groups of people with a metaphorical bus. Or we can choose an imagination battle that realigns the center ...
For two strong exceptions to the “almost” in this, please follow @WayToWinAF and @HITStrat, two groups who absolutely work to understand Black men. (And everyone else)
I went to work for James Talarico about a year ago and last night people got to see exactly why! Big Rocha hat tip to his amazing team! Great job last night. We are gonna win Texas and we still need you to donate and knock doors if you can.
The good news is that more Americans are angry about this than is getting through to the Dem establishment. We're trying to close that research gap, but bottom line: these are bullies. They're not used to getting punched in the nose. If Dems punch back, they're going to win.
Establishment Dem operatives might wish all this stuff would just go away, but it's not going to. Regardless of the politics, attacks on trans people are real kids lives, and immigrants and activists are getting summarily executed or thrown into concentration camps.
Asserting positive values generally works. Trans people, immigrants, podcasters - whoever the right is blaming this week - all deserve dignity, safety and respect. Then you can start suggesting voters ask cui bono. Who benefits from this fear and division?
We gave this a more thorough listen. It's really good and thoughtful and you should listen too. Just want to add a few quick thoughts. First, our approach to cultural issues is characterized as pivoting or changing the subject. But it's really not.
NEW @KnowYrEnemyPod out this morning! We're joined by the great @daveweigel to talk about the midterms, the first when the economy sucks and people are blaming Trump—all while the GOP becomes ever more culturally extreme. It's a good one, please listen!
https://t.co/o2Y4JkMkUy
A couple fun mentions of us in this episode. Welcome Enemy Knowers! We are the only left of center operation actively engaging in research and media to counter the establishment group chats and forge big coalitions without triangulation.
NEW @KnowYrEnemyPod out this morning! We're joined by the great @daveweigel to talk about the midterms, the first when the economy sucks and people are blaming Trump—all while the GOP becomes ever more culturally extreme. It's a good one, please listen!
https://t.co/o2Y4JkMkUy
There are so many opportunities for Dems. For some examples of how our strategic approach works in practice, see this fresh campaign data on Charting the Way Forward. Thank you, and we look forward to continuing the discussion.
https://t.co/jcOh9PSQmB
@MatthewSitman@KnowYrEnemyPod@daveweigel 👋🏽 so good to hear this. The Way staff is full of KYE fans since the Peter Thiel ep; we hadn't listened yet but a friend posted about it on FB and tipped us off. Thank you for the thoughtful discussion and for everything you all are doing!
https://t.co/GU6PDcJ6VS
A couple fun mentions of us in this episode. Welcome Enemy Knowers! We are the only left of center operation actively engaging in research and media to counter the establishment group chats and forge big coalitions without triangulation.
@newrepublic@Robillard@HuffPostPol Direct links to memo:
https://t.co/Mq7tYIgHdy
and deck:
https://t.co/Nj26iC0BLU
Thank you for reading, and please, as always, share vigorously!
NEW POLLING with Lake Research: we found Dems have made progress in tough South and Southwest battleground terrain, going from R+5 4 months ago to R+1. Strong, clear messaging moved voters +9 towards Dems over the survey. PLUS NINE. More details in this🧵.
@newrepublic@Robillard@HuffPostPol And what we've found is that if Dems choose to make a strong, clear case to voters, they can start to turn back the tactics of division, threat and fear that Republicans, MAGA and the right use to stop forward progress... even in the South and Southwest. 🏜️🏝️🇺🇸🏳️🌈🗽