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conix, i have no idea why you didn't give Michael Tomasky credit for that
article. Anyway it's consistent with one position he's had for many years.

In an October 2010 essay, "The Elections: How Bad for Democrats?", Tomasky gives his "own answer to the question
of how things got this bad", expounding a theme he had been developing for several years in other articles:

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Since the Reagan years, Republicans routinely speak in broad themes and tend to blur the details, while Democrats typically ignore broad themes and focus on details. Republicans, for example, speak constantly of "liberty" and "freedom" and couch practically all their initiatives—tax cuts, deregulation, and so forth—within these large categories. Democrats, on the other hand, talk more about specific programs and policies and steer clear of big themes....What Democrats have typically not done well since Reagan's time is connect their policies to their larger beliefs. In fact they have usually tried to hide those beliefs, or change the conversation when the subject arose. The result has been that for many years Republicans have been able to present their philosophy as somehow truly "American", while attacking the Democratic belief system as contrary to American values.[11]
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He endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Tomasky#Political_views

"Optimism wins, folks. Experience tells us it’s what people want. Most of the time. I guess they didn’t want it in 2016, but four
years of Voldemort at the helm should make most people want optimism all the more. And the Democrats aren’t offering it. "

In 2016 Trump grabbed you and others by going for emotional targets in the psyche of unsatisfied voters with his
phony MAGA slogan. I think Tomasky makes a decent point, and hope Dem candidates consider his feelings.

It's too bad you did not make the post with a more positive feeling than you had.