Democrat politicians and liberal newscasters are now coming out of the woodwork to reverse (or ignore) their previously stated denial that former President Joe Biden had any mental acuity issues when he was in office 鈥 and that it鈥檚 time to move forward.
You need not be a political savant to know that moving forward for the Democrats will require significant change. They need newer, younger leadership. The party needs to move more to the political center from the far left. And they need to develop a new platform and policies that are more relevant to voters.
To be successful, these changes must be accompanied by some commonsense thinking and actions. The Democrats should stop constantly attacking Trump and calling him Hitler. It hasn鈥檛 worked to date. And 鈥渘ot Trump鈥 is not a positive statement about plans or ideas that the Democrats have to offer.
The Democrats need to do a better job of listening to and understanding voters while minimizing the erroneous influence of the progressive Democratic coastal elites.
They also need to 鈥渙wn鈥 issues where the Republicans are vulnerable and where Democrats have substantial credibility: child care, health care, education and social issues.
The Democrats need to join the Republicans on issues where bipartisanship makes sense. Demonstrating the ability to work with Republicans is an optic that will serve them well in the midterm elections.
If the Democrats want to retain and maintain power, they need to stop putting 鈥渟pin鈥 on everything that doesn鈥檛 go their way, or with which they disagree. American voters are too smart and hardened to buy into all that nonsense. They should also stop obfuscating with Trump comparative 鈥渨hataboutisms" and operate in a much more transparent way.
It鈥檚 all an uphill battle to be sure. But as Trump has demonstrated, uphill battles can be fought and won.
