tRump did talk to millions of middle Americans........do we remember what he said???

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16. Trump said a lot of things

And he made folks feel good about their prospects if they voted for him. He was lying his ass off, but he told his audiences that he was the only one with a plan for America. He said that it was going to be so easy for him to repeal Obamacare, that all his opponents were deficient in some way, and that he was going to enact all these simple solutions to complicated, scary problems. Nobody thought to ask him what his solutions were, and whenever he offered any specifics, it was pretty apparent that he didn't know what he was talking about. Voters who were attracted to his campaign didn't care, and the media were surprisingly compliant in not questioning Trump about anything. Trump demonized the media, but as CBS chief Les Moonves said, the ratings and the money that rolled in for Trump coverage were just too good to pass up. So the media gave him a pass, even when Trump threatened them and encouraged his supporters to attack the media.

But most of what Trump did was he went to these small venues. There's no reason that Democrats can't go there, too. Generate local excitement, get media coverage in those areas without the Fox filter, and buck up the people who are fighting the good fight in those areas.