#political-authenticity

#political-authenticity

Democratic politicians have a chronic problem: they keep accepting Republican framing instead of creating their own. They run scared of Fox News, moderate their positions to appease the unappeasable.

"Working-class people want somebody who really takes on the status quo, who pushes an economic populist agenda and convinces them that something's going to change," Lorena Gonzalez told me.

Because I feel like as a writer, I need to allow for some degree of good faith in what I hear. I don't want to just assume every word out of his mouth is cynical and opportunistic.