Looking at the increases in housing, food, medical, and education costs from 2021 to 2024 - I'd say that the Democrats already sent a very clear and credible message to those people: "We don't much care about your sort." And on Election Day, those people's reply to Joe & Co. was: "Likewise".
But quite likely, and in fact very likely. But this is The Nation, so even the suggestion that this is a possibility is a great admission. When a media channel that is left-wing acknowledges a right-wing or centrist position, this is a real piece of information, in an information-theoretic sense.
Much as when Bill Buckley and the National Review came out in support of civil rights in the 1960s.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/13/william-f...
When the unexpected happens, that’s the real news.
rawgabbit•4mo ago