"The age of the conventional Democrat is over. The time of the Democratic contrarian has come. So says Adam Jentleson, anyway. The veteran political operative and former adviser to the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently launched a think tank that asks Democratic candidates to ignore pressure from the far left, take positions outside the "liberal box," and be a lot more "heterodox" in general."
"Some Democrats are excited about that menu, at least in theory. The party needs to figure out an agenda beyond opposing President Donald Trump, they say. And there are no bad ideas in brainstorming. It's "like that year in the 1980s when Saturday Night Live fired everybody and kept Eddie Murphy," Mike Nellis, a party strategist and former adviser to Kamala Harris, told me."
A newly launched think tank urges Democrats to ignore pressure from the far left and adopt positions outside the liberal box, promoting heterodox, contrarian strategies to broaden appeal. The initiative plans a seven-person team, a polling arm, and a $10 million budget to offer a menu of orthodoxy-challenging ideas for candidates to run on. The effort encourages engaging mainstream outlets and podcasts with improved messaging. Some Democrats welcome experimentation to create an agenda beyond opposing President Donald Trump. Progressive critics argue the approach risks asking Democrats to abandon core values and propose alternate priorities.
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