Terry McAuliffe: What voters really care about isn't what obsesses Washington

[DKW 86 7,419]

Terry McAuliffe: What voters really care about isn't what obsesses Washington

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/18/opinions/2020-voter-issues-health-care-education-mcauliffe/index.html

During the last two months, I've done over 40 events supporting Democrats running for office in Virginia's 2019 elections. Despite the proximity of Northern Virginia to Washington, DC, it feels like a world apart. Instead of questions about impeachment or socialism or Russia, Virginia Democrats want to hear solutions on the cost of health care, fixing roads and improving K-12 education.

 

Terry McAuliffe

 

It's a mirror to the disconnect across the country: While political insiders debate ideological labels or legal theories about whether or not President Donald Trump obstructed justice, Democratic primary voters are rightly asking: What are you going to do for my family and my community? And, at town halls across the country, Democratic House members have faced an overwhelming number of questions about the impact of specific policies and few on the issues that seem to consume Washington, like impeachment.

The challenge for Democrats in 2019 and 2020 is to ignore the noise of ideological litmus tests and instead capitalize on our advantage on key issues that directly impact American families.

[DKW 86 7,419]

I have said the same things with polls to back me up. No one with a ballot in their hand gives a damn about Russians-Collusion-Mueller-Obstruction. 

Dont ignore all that stuff, just keep it in perspective, the Voters are bored to tears with it.

[DKW 86 7,419]

One last prod here. The Democrats that are running on "I Hate Trump" as the focus of their campaign are going to, and some already are, disappearing from the Top 5 of the list of contenders for the Democrat nominee. The ones that are beating policy and reforms are the ones winning now. Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg. Biden, he is at the top of the polls in name recognition and cognitive dissonance. When they get him into the debates and when the contenders start to talk about the human gaffe machine, plagiarism, etc Biden is going to become mortal, if not implode. 

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7 minutes ago, DKW 86 said:

One last prod here. The Democrats that are running on "I Hate Trump" as the focus of their campaign are going to, and some already are, disappearing from the Top 5 of the list of contenders for the Democrat nominee. The ones that are beating policy and reforms are the ones winning now. Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg. Biden, he is at the top of the polls in name recognition and cognitive dissonance. When they get him into the debates and when the contenders start to talk about the human gaffe machine, plagiarism, etc Biden is going to become mortal, if not implode. 

Ironic that "I Hate Hillary" was a cornerstone of Trump's campaign, but therein lies the difference in the respective bases. 

 

[DKW 86 7,419]

2 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

Ironic that "I Hate Hillary" was a cornerstone of Trump's campaign, but therein lies the difference in the respective bases. 

I think the Trump phenomenon was more like "I hate Elitists, in both parties, and especially in Washington." 

Remember he got there by first defeating 17? Republicans. It wasnt just HRC that got him in the WH. 

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Just now, DKW 86 said:

I think the Trump phenomenon was more like "I hate Elitists, in both parties, and especially in Washington." 

Remember he got there by first defeating 17? Republicans. It wasnt just HRC that got him in the WH. 

Well, I said "a" cornerstone, so that leaves 3.