I completely agree with your assessment. My concern is that Democrats seem to be focused on their anger. They tend to spend more energy on their anger at the administration (albeit justified) than on a strategy to defeat the Republicans. My impression is that the Democratic mentality is that the Republicans don’t “play fair”…which is probably true but it doesn’t change the task at hand…we need to have a strategy that can win elections.

I also see a tendency to blame the MSM but that argument is flawed in this way…if I am not swayed by MSM bias, is it reasonable to conclude that we Democrats lose because the MSM is swaying everyone else? If that is true, then I would have to conclude that a majority of my fellow voters are unable to make reasoned judgments. I think that is a dangerous generalization to make because it mirrors the extreme thinking that is all too abundant in politics today. There may be some truth to that observation, but all it really points out is what Democrats have to be achieved in order to unseat the Republicans…we need more votes.

Democrats still have to craft and sell a message that can win a majority of the voters. I suspect the Republicans have simply done a better job of persuading more voters…it is irrelevant whether they think and/or act upon a belief that the voter can be manipulated or not…it is irrelevant whether we Democrats think the voters have made a bad decision…it is irrelevant whether we think the MSM was biased…the bottom line is that the Republicans have done a better job of figuring out how to get the votes. If they are manipulating the MSM or the voter, Democrats simply need to figure out how to do the same thing better. My anger is also irrelevant…it can guide me to a better strategy but anger simply for the sake of anger is pointless. I may not like the game but it is the only one currently being played…and I want to win for a change.

Thanks for your observations and comments.

Daniel