Ossified?
The freak-out du jour among Democrats is that we've lost 4 of the 5 special elections that have been held since Donald Trump moved into the White House. Blame is being thrown every which-way, from our lack of a message, to our inability to court the white working class, to our leadership - either in the House or as a whole. Regarding how these elections were managed, I understand the party leadership's reasoning, even though it hasn't been winning. First of all, let's list the seats we're talking about here: Montana as a whole, southern Kansas including Wichita, portions of Los Angeles, South Carolina farm country, and Atlanta's affluent suburbs. How many of those areas sound "traditionally Democratic" to you, just right off the bat? Just the L.A. district, right? Well, in that contest, the Republicans didn't even make a showing (their candidate, in fact, secured less votes than the Green Party nominee ). It fell to a contest between ...