I love you guys, but I'm disappointed in your 11/9 show. It was too light on the "how". You mention that Pelosi made a statement. Some other liberal group urged candidates to do X. Democratic leaders decided X. All of this is way too vague to provide any real insight into the "how" - which is your forte generally...the inside scoop...the story behind the story. In fact, your focus on Spanberger contradicts your headline about how "democratic leadership came up with a winning strategy". Spanberger (who supposedly exemplifies the success of the strategy) is planning to oppose Pelosi and never mentions any input/assistance from any national leadership or organization in describing her campaign process. The causal connection between Pelosi (your supposed mastermind) and actual candidates (such as Spanberger) is very unclear.
When talking about governing, it may be OK to say "leadership decided X", since the mechanisms of control in the House are institutionalized and generally understood. But campaigns are different. The mechanisms for "Democratic leaders" to create and implement a nationwide strategy are very undefined. That's where you could have rendered a greater service to the public. Who were the really relevant Dem leaders and organizations? (DNC? DCCC? The state parties? Someone else?) How did they devise a strategy? Who did they target? Did they influence the primaries? How did they implement the strategy? What were their tools of influence?
Interesting discussion.
At about 6:00 minutes in, is an elucidation that is central to the massive social and political shift this country must make. The shift must be made to preserve and refasten the social stability of our diverse citizenry.
Kate Zernike concisely describes what is central and the most important aspect of our present state of political being.
It's quite elementary: most folk, of any political persuasion, favor entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and a fully supportive Health Care program that will take care of their people. Whoever they may specifically be.
Simple as that. Republicans, and certainly what pass now for Republicans, could be utterly extirpated from American politics if the Dems creatively and constructively install infrastructure work projects, truly complete health care, and many other common sense items for the greater good..
Like appropriately taxing the wealthy who have more money than they would ever need and whom any competent philosopher, or truly religious person, or doctor or intelligent and truthful academic would diagnose as insane greed run amuck.
You cannot let these mentally ill people run the country. And that's pretty simple too.
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So frustrating. Just perpetuating false ideas that will cost democrats the WH in 2020. Flipping republican voters is harder then getting non-voters to vote, nor as reliable. Republican will eventually return to their party but by inspiring non-voting Democrats, the party will be guaranteed votes for life.
WAKE UP
Considering the two (2) unrelenting years of chaos and insanity in the White House and the "go along, get along" GOP majority in both houses of Congress, the Democrats being able to NOT get every last Democrat out to vote, having Democrats split their ticket, and just barely winning the House and losing the Senate and failing in Georgia and Florida, is hardly something to crow about.
Pelosi framed the principal election issue as health care---good.
But iisn't a sane, competent government with the GOP hugely funded by Koch-funded PACs pretty big issues?
How many Democrats have $5 billion to win 2020 and every two years after? Unlike Koch, our funds are NOT inexhaustible.
Add climate change and there are the prime issues.
AND when did the media coverage switch from covering issues to covering the personality and intrusion of POTUS even in House races?