Are Democrats talking too much about Trump and Russia and not enough about other issues?

[kentuck]

I saw this discussion on TV early this morning. Krystal Ball (ex-MSNBCer) was on one of the panels and she thought Democrats needed to talk about jobs and better wages, etc.

It's very difficult to ignore the elephant in the room. It's knocking stuff over and crapping in the floor every day, all day long, it seems? It's a threat to destroy our entire home. But, we need to talk about something else if we want to win the next election?

What say ye?

[Cary]

1. Yes Ms. Ball complains a lot

[Chasstev365]

2. They're not talking about Russia enough!

It's treason and that's all you would hear if the shoe was on the other foot.

Democrats are too polite about what Trump did!

[GreenEyedLefty]

3. Yes.

But - when we aren't subsumed by Trump/Russia, it's health care. Now it's saber rattling with North Korea.

[leftstreet]

4. Move on and let Mueller drop announcements when necessary

The Trump admin is already using the quiet window against the Democrats "witch hunt!" "sore losers!"

The propaganda will start sticking without some indictments, etc

[emulatorloo]

5. Ms Ball wants to purge Dem liberals and is a bullshit artist. Dems are talking health care and jobs

See Schumer's better deal rollout.

Chuck Schumer: A Better Deal for American Workers
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/opinion/chuck-schumer-employment-democrats.html

[leftstreet]

7. But the 'better deal' thing is weak, lame and suckz!

I'm GLAD it's not getting attention

Democratic leaders retreated from Washington for the afternoon to Berryville, Virginia, a bucolic town in the Shenandoah Valley 70 miles west of the Capitol Hill, where they unveiled their populist platform, packaged under the slogan: “A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/24/democrats-better-deal-virginia-rally-economy

O.M.G. No, just no

[emulatorloo]

9. Excellent adjectives to describe Ms. Ball's lies about Democrats

[leftstreet]

10. It's not a 'lie' the Democrats have come up with a shit slogan

I don't watch tv and I don't even know who the commentator is

[emulatorloo]

12. It is a lie to insinuate Dems aren't talking about issues.

Ball wants to purge Pelosi and replace her with an underqualied centrist, cuz Republicans don't like Pelosi and lie about her.. So now you know.

[leftstreet]

15. I thought the OP was, is there too much talk about Russia?

Like I said, I didn't watch it so I don't know

I thought the issue was 'should the Democrats stop talking so much about Russia?'

[emulatorloo]

16. And my answer is Dems are talking about a lot of things, not just Russia.

[leftstreet]

17. Okay, fair enough n/t

[Me.]

8. Absolutely Right

How's her little group with Ryan coming along?

+1 to you

[Me.]

6. Saw Her

Turned the channel

[onecaliberal]

11. Are voters who can never be satisfied constantly moving the goal post? Democrats

Are out of power. The cons hold every branch of government, the question is what have they done?

[marylandblue]

13. Democrats should talk policy

The investigation will tale care of itself and there is no way to know how it will turn out.

[delisen]

14. If we do not have free elections,Democrats cannot win.

Russian interference is not over. It needs to be addressed or we will again be unprepared.

Aside from Russia, we are losing votes to a coordinated campaign of voter suppression. If we don't address it we will lose.

As far as jobs and wages go, the main issue is automation. If Democrats do not talk about automation, they will lose. Krystal Ball does talk about automation.

Ball should address and stop worrying about other people addressing other vital issues.

[Arkansas Granny]

18. It sometimes seems that the news cycle is overwhelmed by Trump's antics to the point that other issu

don't get the coverage they deserve. Nearly every day brings another outrageous tweet or chaos within the White House that dominates the coverage that day. It's hard to get your message across when everyone is concentrated on the disaster that is Trump.

[Squinch]

19. The American Democratic system is in jeopardy. It would be impossible for us to

talk too much about Trump and Russia.

Jesus. I can't even believe how lightly people are taking the greatest threat to our country since it's inception.

[Weekend Warrior]

20. What issues are you talking about?

I'm seeing Democrats of all stripes speaking on a variety of issues.

[LAS14]

21. Yes. He distracts and distracts and we sink into the woodwork. nt

[enough]

22. We are not talking enough about the systematic evisceration of the

State Department, EPA, DOE, Interior, USDA, etc. Whatever happens to Trump and Co, this destruction is already happening. And the path to reconstruction after they're gone will not be clear.

[global1]

23. The Root Cause Of All Our Problems Are The Repugs....

they need to be held responsible. We'll be running against the Repugs in 2018 & most probably in 2020. We need to turn our attention to them as we'll not be running against Trump. Trump will implode on his own and Mueller will do him in. What scares me now as we are getting close to 2018 - the Repugs are talking bipartisanship - at least on healthcare. Don't trust them it's a trap. So the Dems can't badmouth them.