A textbook example this morning of why Democrats lose elections they should win. MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” played a clip of Barack Obama being asked what Democrats should do in the midterms. He can answer in one simple—and true—sentence: “We’ve got a story to tell, just gotta tell it.”
Host Joe Scarborough then asked DNC chair Jaime Harrison—and this is not to single him out, because he is far from alone—what that story is. Harrison’s answer was not a story. As usual for Democrats these days, it was a long list of bullet points.
First there was a wonky wind-up, indicating that there would be no answer to the simple question, “What is the story?”
“Well, you know, Joe, the contrast is an important one. Because Joe, you know, elections are about contrasts.”
Then came the bullet points.
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