The author proposes a 4 point plan. I found point 2 interesting.
Second, the party needs an overarching economic message that resonates beyond campuses and the coasts—something it lacked in 2016. Right now, lots of Democrats want to move left on economics, to embrace the Bernie Sanders-Elizabeth Warren thesis that the economy is rigged, that large employers are the enemy, and that Americans need more government.
The problem is that the party has regularly tried this in national elections, and it never works. Ask Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis or even John Kerry. On the other hand, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton rejected that brand of populism and each won two terms. Americans mostly care about well-paying jobs and economic security for their families. They want an economic agenda focused on growth, middle-class tax relief, infrastructure, affordable education and protecting ObamaCare.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-democrats-can-come-back-1489356365?mod=e2two
Second, the party needs an overarching economic message that resonates beyond campuses and the coasts—something it lacked in 2016. Right now, lots of Democrats want to move left on economics, to embrace the Bernie Sanders-Elizabeth Warren thesis that the economy is rigged, that large employers are the enemy, and that Americans need more government.
The problem is that the party has regularly tried this in national elections, and it never works. Ask Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis or even John Kerry. On the other hand, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton rejected that brand of populism and each won two terms. Americans mostly care about well-paying jobs and economic security for their families. They want an economic agenda focused on growth, middle-class tax relief, infrastructure, affordable education and protecting ObamaCare.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-democrats-can-come-back-1489356365?mod=e2two
