Opinion: Must Democrats make it easy for Trump?
Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Capitol in December 2017. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer February 28 at 12:45 PM Just because President Trump has been credibly accused of a widespread pattern of obstruction, lying and financial crimes, and because many of his policies are hugely unpopular, it doesn’t mean Democrats have the 2020 election locked up. Seriously.
One way that Democrats could hinder their cause would be to run someone who is ethically-suspect or non-transparent. Failure to release tax returns — something Sen. Bernie Sanders hasn’t found his way to doing — would be a huge gift to Trump. Likewise, misrepresentations on government documents or about one’s own career would put points on the board for Trump. If you’ve screwed up, as former representative Beto O’Rourke admitted to regarding a past DUI, it’s better to confess now. Completely.
It would be a particularly egregious error for Democrats to identify with proposals that are non-starters . It’s an unforced error with no upside. If you have to go so far out on the left-wing to attract support, chances are you’re not making the case effectively to an electoral majority. This does not mean, as Sanders’s apologists would have you believe, that the alternative for Democrats is a socialist or Republican-lite candidate.
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