I’ve covered this topic a lot lately but over the weekend the New York Times editorial board weighed in on the question of why Democrats lost the last election and how refusal to acknowledge that could hurt them moving forward.
Frankly, if you read my post about this last week (or this earlier one), there’s nothing new here. Still, the fact that the NY Times is saying pretty much the same things is news in itself. There is clearly a right answer to this question about why Democrats lost the last election but many Democrats, including the new chair of the DNC, seem intent on getting this wrong.
In the aftermath of this comprehensive defeat, many party leaders have decided that they do not need to make significant changes to their policies or their message. They have instead settled on a convenient explanation for their plight.
That explanation starts with the…
