The Democrats have a working class problem - and it's by no means confined to working class whites.

[Kentonio]

97. I already know our platform, thank you very much.

The problem isn't the platform, its about our abject failure to communicate that platform to busy working people, in a way that is easily digestible and easily understandable. We failed at that, and we paid the price for that failure. Blaming it on the Republicans for lying and cheating is like blaming the dog for barking, or the sun for coming up in the morning.

The last part is what really pisses me off though. What kind of Democrats were they? Do you even understand that 90% of the country don't give a rats ass about politics generally unless it has a clear and immediate effect on their lives? When people say they 'consider themselves a Democrat' or especially 'lean Democrat' it doesn't mean they've read a single word of our platform or had any kind of education into the party beyond watching the odd news segment or reading an occasional newspaper.

You think those people working several jobs and trying to raise their families are going to sit through a 3 hour speech on policy detail, or read a 50 page platform document? If you do, then I have a bridge in Alaska to sell you.

We need to inspire those voters, and show them what we stand for as simply and as clearly as possible. When polling shows they are saying they can't see a difference between the parties, then that is a DAMNING indictment of us, and we either have the courage to face that and learn from it, or we cry like cowards about how its all the voters and the GOPs fault, and we'll lose again next time too.