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[PatrickforO]

24. If we want to win elections, we must talk about kitchen table issues.

Independents outnumber both Dems and Republicans.

To get Independents to vote D, we must address the things they care about -

- I'm afraid I'll get laid off.

- I'm worried about my health insurance and about health care in general.

- College sure is expensive. Hope my kids will be able to go without getting into horrible debt.

- Every time I go to the grocery store, the stuff I buy costs more, by my paycheck still stays the same.

- I worry about clean air and clean water.

- I want good schools for my kids.

- Why does childcare have to be so expensive?

- How can I find any kind of meaning in life when I work as hard as I do?

Get it? Kitchen table issues. Learn to talk compellingly about these things, and we will sweep elections. It isn't about Hillary or Bernie (though you can probably guess who I supported in the primaries): it is about our message. It is about staying on our message. It is about using the right words. Did you know that 'Medicare for all Americans' polls WAY better than 'single payer?' Stuff like that.

And they aren't 'job killin' regulashuns.' They are life-saving guidelines.

Ah, enough. For some of the posters above, I don't think this post is 'flame bait.' What I do think is the Dem party is being pretty slow in terms of getting in step and on message. Do we want to win elections or not? Because if you win elections, you can reverse all the sorry shit Trump and his criminal administration have been foisting off on us.

Please, let's get our shit together as a party. Because it doesn't look to me like that has happened yet. And it needs to, for all our sakes.