General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: The Things Wrong With Dems [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)I once saw a graph some where highlighting how often Dems are invited vis a vis Republicans on programming, and I can't find it now.
Anyway, this reminds me of something I've often heard .. that "people aren't seeing the difference between dems and republicans and dems need to do better messaging about how different they are" when Dems do that anyway. How come you and I aren't confused?
The problem is thinking that a politician must do everything for a voter, where the voter isn't expected to at least meet them halfway. Going on about civics shouldn't be seen as insulting voters but reminding them of their power. And it's not difficult to find out where someone stands on an issue. Reading the newspaper, following headlines, going to websites all take less than an hour, maybe an hour max. The disturbing thing about critiques over Kavanaugh is that whether all the Dems fall in line or not ( factoring in the two senators in red states) Republicans still have the 50 votes they need. But who knows, Murkowski and Collins might just surprise me.