Rahm Emanuel: Democrats have become the party of permissiveness. That's ballot box poison. [View all]

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“The Honeymooners.” “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” “Leave It to Beaver.” In campaign ads and rhetorical flourishes, Democrats are prone to conjuring fuzzy images of married couples sitting at their kitchen table struggling to cover their monthly bills. “Kitchen table” issues remain, at least in my party’s mind, shorthand for middle-class economic struggles.

In real life, however, tight family budgets aren’t the only challenges folks discuss in the kitchen. Democrats too often refuse to address anything beyond what they’re comfortable discussing — and our obvious discomfort talking about those other worries makes voters very uncomfortable.

Here’s the reality: The shrinking number of families who still make time to eat together chew the fat on a broad range of topics — who the kids are befriending, how all teenagers’ are preoccupied with social media, whether it’s safe to walk past various homeless encampments, who’s moving in and out of the neighborhood, and what’s being taught at the local schools.