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from Semafor, this assessment. Basically, they got nothin'. If they win in the mid-terms we will likely have more of the same muddled angst. Follow the money, quell the angry, the wealthy and corporate interests will still prevail.

"Democrats are eager to run a midterm campaign that’s all about affordability — but despite Trump’s challenges, polls show that if they want to persuade voters who don’t like his handling of the economy, they still have some work to do. So, how do they win over that bloc? The answer isn’t simple, and it almost certainly doesn’t lie in more specific policy prescriptions, Semafor’s Elana Schor and Burgess Everett reported. It’s not that the party has zero details for what it would do differently, but those suggestions have been more thematic than in-depth. Or, in the words of Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Democrats are trying to avoid “internal disagreements” over hypothetical policy without becoming “a total blank slate.” He added wryly: “A midterm message that has historically been viable is, ‘Have you had enough of this sh*t yet?’”"

@ShawnOL said:
We hate trump. Vote for us if you do too! Thats all they have. More welfare, maybe.

I think that's about it. Once upon a time the Democrats, at least some of them, were about ideas and issues. All that ended about 30 or so years ago. Since that time they're all about "what's trending?".

Whatever the trend of the day is, they're for it, until it's not. Then manufacture a new issue/trend of the day. Usually these have little or nothing to do with running the country.

Gotta keep the hoi polloi mellow