A bit of a rain delay at the event I’m attending, so I wanted to share some anecdata.
This morning I was talking with an old friend, the husband of a couple we’ve known for 30 years. The wife is a little more politically outspoken. I knew that the husband wasn’t a Trump fan, and he clearly wasn’t following Trump that closely, since he didn’t know that the new Air Force One had been delivered, and wasn’t up-to-date on the reflecting pool fiasco.
However, after saying a bit about how he loathedTrump, he added that he wished the Democrats weren’t such “wimps”. That surprised me a bit. It shows what a real normie thinks of our party.
An Atlantic piece has been making the rounds, talking about how rank-and-file Democrats are also fed up, using the example of a disastrous appearance of the Ohio party chair at a local meeting. Here’s a quote, from Tom Sullivan’s take at Digby’s blog:
“What are we going to do differently?” one woman asked, pointing out that the Democrats’ brand is terrible. Eventually, the microphone was abandoned, and another woman asked: “Why don’t the Democrats have a good message?” A third woman chimed in, a little frantically: “What can we do?!”
Clyde’s eyes were wide. She hadn’t expected friendly fire. “We do have a good message!” she sputtered. “Affordability!” But the women smelled weakness, and now, several of them were shouting at once. “How are you going to do that?” one demanded. “It has to be more specific!” From the back, an older woman offered: “We need smart!” Clyde assured the group that the party’s message was smart, and it was going to resonate in November. But moments later, she was off the stage and hightailing it back to Columbus.
The whole thing is worth a read.
