Do Democrats not understand what there current reputation is for the casual observer? I'll limit myself to public perception around the BBB and BIL bills. The idea that has taken hold that almost the entire Democratic side of the Congress wants nothing more than to spend gobsmacking amounts of money and the only thing holding them bac…
Do Democrats not understand what there current reputation is for the casual observer? I'll limit myself to public perception around the BBB and BIL bills. The idea that has taken hold that almost the entire Democratic side of the Congress wants nothing more than to spend gobsmacking amounts of money and the only thing holding them back are two moderate Senators. This is a toxic reputation among swing voters. The Republicans scream "Tax and Spenders!" at the Democrats and the Democrats seem to answer, "Yes, that's us."
Mona cites poll results showing much higher numbers for Republicans over Democrats on economic management. I've written about this before, but why aren't Democrats making sure that every American knows this one statistic: The last three Democratic administrations plus Biden's ten months produced over 50 million new jobs. The last three Republican administrations produced 1 million.
Shifting the focus away from "socialism" and "spending" towards management of our capitalist economy is all to the Democrats benefit. Plus this focus fits much better the reasons Biden was elected.
The Democrats have always been crap at messaging. They allow the GoP to control the messaging because the Democrats will not "stoop" to use the proper rhetoric and slogans to get their message across--they either try to explain things too much, get lost in the technocratic weeds, or come up with slogans like "defund the police."
There is apparently not a competent rhetorician among them (and yes, I have a grad degree in rhetoric).
Do Democrats not understand what there current reputation is for the casual observer? I'll limit myself to public perception around the BBB and BIL bills. The idea that has taken hold that almost the entire Democratic side of the Congress wants nothing more than to spend gobsmacking amounts of money and the only thing holding them back are two moderate Senators. This is a toxic reputation among swing voters. The Republicans scream "Tax and Spenders!" at the Democrats and the Democrats seem to answer, "Yes, that's us."
Mona cites poll results showing much higher numbers for Republicans over Democrats on economic management. I've written about this before, but why aren't Democrats making sure that every American knows this one statistic: The last three Democratic administrations plus Biden's ten months produced over 50 million new jobs. The last three Republican administrations produced 1 million.
Shifting the focus away from "socialism" and "spending" towards management of our capitalist economy is all to the Democrats benefit. Plus this focus fits much better the reasons Biden was elected.
The Democrats have always been crap at messaging. They allow the GoP to control the messaging because the Democrats will not "stoop" to use the proper rhetoric and slogans to get their message across--they either try to explain things too much, get lost in the technocratic weeds, or come up with slogans like "defund the police."
There is apparently not a competent rhetorician among them (and yes, I have a grad degree in rhetoric).