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35/ Maybe you're frustrated reading this. You work in D.C. like me. You see how hard the leadership works. Great! But the perception is that there's no fight in our leaders, and when they use the national microphone to give half-measures, can you blame that perception?

36/ We have leaders who, even now, are so scared of offending moderates that they wind up alienating their base and lose both. The only two things keeping the Democratic Party afloat are: 1) the true grassroots organizers and 2) the cowardice and stupidity of Donald Trump.

37/ And more than I care to admit, I wonder what's going to happen if Trump wises up and learns to act and sound reasonable. What's going to happen the day he discovers the power of being held to low standards? That is a prospect that terrifies me. That is the day we lose.

38/ Because once Trump is gone, once Democrats are back in control, what is our message? What is our reason to be there? And if we don't have a good answer, some Trump-like person will be back. They have the playbook. If we fail to offer an alternative, someone will step up.

39/ And god forbid Trump wises up someday. That will be the Windmill situation. A perpetual check that brings on a paralytic hold of our future.

40/ Our leadership has got to start punching back. And hard. No more half-measures. No more soft spoken tactics. No more apologizing. Be bold. Be proud. Be aggressive. That is the only way we win this. /thread

The major flaw in your analysis comes by virtue of your loyalty to the party. The reason they aren't bold, & lose, is a conscious choice. They let the Republicans win on 1 thing after another because losing on those things makes their donors richer. Donors both parties share. 1/

The table is tilted. The game is rigged. They force-feed us bad candidates and policies because they believe we'll have to accept them, since the Republican candidates and policies are worse. Example: Under the ACA, 3000 die every month for lack of insurance. 2/