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The Way Forward

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ProfessorPlum

(11,415 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:51 PM Jan 26

Democratic politicians need to act like they are trying to win popularity contests by being populists [View all]

not "obeying the norms" contests. Not "sanity" contests. Not "adult" contests.

Popularity contests. FDR wasn't a flaming radical - but he knew how to cast himself in the hero's role and ally himself with normal people.

Copy that just a little bit. I don't know why this needs to be spelled out. Even the precious donors should be able to understand that elections need to be won before anything good happens.

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