General Discussion

DU is hyper-focused on Trump, Trump, and more Trump. People act as though attacking him would be something new, instead of something that Democrats have been doing constantly since 2015. They're convinced that if we just beat voters over the head with how bad Trump is for the 4,000th time, this one will definitely be the one that sinks in.

It has to be more than that, because that's clearly not working. We need to balance calling out Trump with getting across to voters exactly what we'll do to improve their lives in myriad ways. The focus needs to be on the latter, because we need our side to get out and vote way more than we need to spend endless resources trying to court the tiny fraction of the populace that's still (inexplicably) undecided. If our message reaches them, great. But the focus needs to be on motivating Democrats and left-leaning independents to get to the polls.

I'm confident that Democratic leadership understands this and will act accordingly. The VP's speech today was a good balance, and she's just getting started.