Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Progressives: Reinforce the narrative

Good article on how Obama did it, and how the rest of us should learn. It quotes Obama's recent speech as a good guide. For example:

"I mention this just so when you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let’s just remember when this recovery started. I’m glad it’s continued, but when you hear about this economic miracle that’s been going on, when the job numbers come out, monthly job numbers and suddenly Republicans are saying it’s a miracle, I have to kind of remind them, actually, those job numbers are the same as they were in 2015 and 2016 and—anyway. I digress. So we made progress, but—and this is the truth—my administration couldn’t reverse 40-year trends in only eight years especially once Republicans took over the House of Representatives in 2010 and decided to block everything we did. Even things they used to support."

It encourages us to continually reinforce these issues:

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