Willie Pep
Willie Pep's JournalGoing after moderate suburban Republicans is a waste.
After Handel's win tonight, I hope the Democratic Party will give up on the quixotic campaign to win over supposedly moderate, suburban Republicans. These voters might not like Donald Trump very much but they largely support the GOP's agenda, especially on economic issues. By trying to court these folks we risk alienating our natural base among working-class and middle-class people.
In my own personal experience this demographic is mainly concerned with tax cuts. They will never vote for the Democrats in numbers large enough to offset our losses among less affluent people who will feel alienated by our shifting right on economics and thus decide to stay home. The Democrats should focus their money and energy on winning back working-class swing voters and increasing turnout among the poor, the working-class and people of color.
Will gun control return to the national agenda?
In the wake of the 2016 election I recall a number of Democrats saying that gun control was a dead issue and a political loser. Do you think today's tragedies, not just the shooting at the Republican baseball practice field but also the shooting at the UPS center in San Francisco, put gun control back on the agenda?
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