JOE BIDENS SOUND ADVICE FOR DEMOCRATS

[JHan]

6. i'm thinking if I were a senior member of the Democratic party..

I would find a way to address the anxieties - and speak plainly about it, reminding voters of what has been done to divide us, what fuels rank partisanship to such a degree reason and logic go out of the window. To do so would mean acknowledging that yes we have a problem and calling it out for the ugliness that it is and challenging all of us to do better, to see each other as part of a community, and as a politician, I would demonstrate and show, through action, grit and determination to make the system work better.

At the core of it is values. Trump attacked *values* last year. So we stand up for women's rights and environmental health, but also justice and the importance of valuing the contributions we all make regardless of ethnicity. This is what Democrats have to hone in on, and especially reject attempts to call it "identity politics".