The Way Forward

There is a lack of integrity, a lack of coherent messages, an inability to bring the public along, and a complete absence of big, bold ideas.

The last time we had big ideas from the top was in the 1960s with Apollo and the Great Society. Since then, there has been no real brand. When he says there is a lack of integrity, he is not saying personal integrity. He is talking about the integrity of the party in terms of having clear ideas, communicating them aggressively, and fighting like hell for them. That is the integrity that is missing.

Lack of integrity as in disintegrating into a bunch of people each with little ideas that they believe should dominate.

So I very much welcome this voice, but I fear the party can't handle what he is saying. They are much happier with it all being about process. The process is every candidate is a free agent, and if we just work the ground game we will get enough votes.

No, that thinking has caused a more-or-less linear decline in the past 50 years to where we have lost EVERYTHING. The white house, the Congress, the Supreme Court, the media. We have taken all of our strengths for granted and let them slip away year after year.

There is a way forward with bold ideas, a populist agenda, and forceful, persistent communication.