It will be interesting what the impact of Bernie Sander's endorsement of Jon Ossoff does

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7. Our house losses had numerous factors, having little to do with Bernie

1. Obviously not door-knocking this cycle was problematic, but our field problems especially with voters of color go way beyond that. Instead of full-time engagement on the ground, Democrats too often just show up weeks before the election to beg for votes. This does not work as well.

2. DCCC leader Cheri Bustos made the decision to blacklist competent vendors (polling, mail, television, etc.) who worked for those who worked for candidates who challenged incumbents in Democratic primaries. They basically forced candidates to use firms who do not have strong track-records the last few decades (2010, 2014, 2016 cycles in particular) or not receive funds. Giving campaigns the freedom to hire the people who know what's happening on the ground rather than top-down dictates is a critical change that must happen immediately for us to have any chance in 2022.

3. Our inability to respond to Republican framing on issue after issue. We constantly let them define the narrative instead of going on offense and doing it ourselves. That leaves us always 2 steps behind out-of-the-gate. This is not just a 2020 problem - this is a problem decades in the making. Some of this is on the candidates, but its also on their campaigns and the national and state parties to address. It also relies on fixing our digital problem, especially in Social Media. We know that Facebook memes and Whatsapp groups had viral content negative to our side in Latino and Asian communities, which were red-flags.