Does the party need to move right culturally to win more elections?

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85. Absolutely not.

Not if they want to lose by even more through suppressing voter turnout by the BASE. But I also think that sometimes you do have to vote for the lesser of the evils, even if you disagree with them on some things. But for the party as a whole, no, they should not move right on social issues like abortion or gay rights. I

What we are seeing are the final death throes of the bigot vote. Right now they are more numerous, but it won't last.

The problem with Ossoff was not his principles or lack thereof. The problem is (and his is not alone here) is the political consultants that force a bland, middle-of-the-road-ness on these candidates. When I heard him interviewed on NPR, what came across was something so inoffensive, so bland, as to be meaningless. Now, this kind of thing is not restricted to Democrats, but Democrats do it so as to appeal to the middle. It almost never works. Suburban Republicans are never going to vote Democrat, no matter what the message is.

Ossoff is young and inexperienced and I think that also played a role. While that lack of record can also be a positive (no skeletons), here it may have been a negative.