we have flipped 39 state leg seats and a state legislative chamber since Trump.

That is some tasty facts

Who knew?

....the republican side of the polls?

and the last data point is june 2017 after the election and trump in office and the trend is down.

The republicans are in worse shape https://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/republican-party-favorable-rating

but again better than bad is not health.

Didn't call the Democratic party a failure?

Heard him discuss his planned docupod series on Pod Save America yesterday. Plan to call in..Love that podcast!

something more positive. Forward thinking. You know, progressive.

Almost as though there's nothing RIGHT with the Democratic Party. What makes Jon Favreau an expert on the Democratic Party anyway?

that said he did work in the white house.

that one is in.

There is a difference.

he worked in the white house he worked Obamas campaign almost from the beginning he has since launched a successful podcast network that focuses on politics and the Dem party.

what in your mind makes one an expert?

I simply pointed out that serving in an administration doesn't make one an expert in party leadership.

Is that clearer?

again what makes one an expert?

Care to be more specific?

Or an expert in general?

And expert in the party history?

An expert on election strategy?

An expert on policy?

Again.... expertise can be specific, and simply participating isn't enough to make one "an expert."

Which may have many different nuances and definitions.

Please be specific.

Vague questions don't show one has put much thought into a concept, but rather simply challenging another person, and leaving room to change the goal posts.

seems you don't want to answer the question

What makes one an expert on the democratic party?

You might as well ask, "What makes one an expert on families?"

Can't answer the question, so you call the person asking silly.

One can't articulate an emotional response, so it's not surprising one one can't even clarify one's question.

....rather than what's right? To me and many that gives the impression that nothing is good or right.

And work towards fixing it which is what Jon is trying to do.

I don't agree with everything he says but I do appreciate that he is actually looking to get input and work towards improvement instead of pretending that because we are winning elections currently in the face of Trump somehow everything is ok.

Trump will be gone eventually and what bogyman will we rely on then? I would much rather we don't bury our head in the sand and pretend everything is just peachy because we are currently winning elections.

The public overall is not happy with either party and if we don't do some serious soul searching and do something about it we will be right back to losing in no time.

Can you specify?

I think that her vantage point as DLCC Exec Director gives her a much broader and more accurate view of the upcoming elections, and what is going right and wrong in reality.

What expertise do you have concerning the Democratic Party that allows you to "see reality" concerning the state of Democratic candidates more so than Post?

What part of this is "not seeing reality?"

Can you specify where she "misses reality" in her tweet?



Or is it the fact that she's not bashing the party that she's "not seeing reality?"

Love those tasty facts.

Go Dems!

Thank you ehrnst.

Not seeing it.

Wins do not mean the democratic party has no issues. It just means the other party is worse.

The article that he is referencing is what her response is about.

I hope that clarifies things.

Link to tweet

the first paragraph..

And politely dealing with the bashing of Hillary and the party later in the article - if you read down a little.

and horribly so.

We are currently winning mostly because people are so repulsed by Trump. His party turnout is depressed and ours is energized. It is not because we are in good health we are just not as bad as the other guy and our base is motivated.

When trump is gone that motivation will be gone and if we don't do something to work on our favorability as a party in general we will be right back to losing.

Jon was nice and didn't push back but he was not schooled by any means. If anything it seems to be a warning sign that this woman is not doing much more than cheer leading and that is a problem.

I'm not seeing that she is.

I would think that being the executive director of the DLCC gives her access to way more expertise (that word again...) than someone who is not, concerning data and strategy on the upcoming races, realistically speaking.

Don't you?

and yet again we are currently winning because the republican party is losing, That will not last that is not long term health. That is purely a function of Trump.

Our base is motivated because Trump and the republicans are such a shit show right now. Their base is currently depressed for the same reason.

Meanwhile both parties are horribly unpopular.

We need to fix ours. This person (and you) seems to think that cause we are currently winning everything is just great and it most certainly is not.

And please define "health of the party" if it doesn't include winning races, and why her tweet "misses reality."

Are her statistics wrong? Where is she "horribly wrong" in that tweet?

You still haven't specified that.

if you haven't got it by now you never will.

or how she "misses reality" by giving statistics, offering updated ones and offering to go on his podcast.

Just a bunch of vague proclamations that you are the only one here who "sees reality," asking people repeatedly about what "makes an expert?"

Apparently anyone who isn't bashing the Democratic party as "a failure" fits the description of "missing reality" and is "horribly wrong" where you are concerned, even if you can't articulate why.

Especially if they have some real expertise on how things are going in elections around the country - which you say is "no indication of the health of the party."

only winning!

the rest is your own projection.

She's offering to talk with him, as someone who is up to speed on nationwide elections and strategy - which is her job.

The article bashes the party, and peripherally Hillary, and she is offering her actual expertise to him, as he is asking the general public to do.

Is that clearer?

I think your "she's wrong and horribly so" is the projection.

following how it was stolen from her and us.

1) They don't have huge media conglomerates dedicated to bashing the other side 24/7/365 like Republicans have with talk radio, Fox News, One America, Sinclair and a large majority of the country's newspapers. You live in Small Town USA and hear nothing but Fox News and RW radio for 20 years, and it takes its toll.
2) They don't have megabucks donors dedicated to destroying the other side by throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at elections like Republicans have with the Koch Brothers and others (is Richard Mellon Scaife still around?) Sure, George Soros gave a few million to MoveOn in 2004 and a few million more a few years later, but those donations are what the Kochs give monthly, not to mention Sheldon Adelson and others also giving.
3) Democrats are never as organized as Republicans - it's almost impossible for Democrats to get out and repeat the same talking points like Republicans do all the damn time.

I think it's less about being less organized than it is about being both honest and diverse. We have and respect different perspectives and views and we don't march around in lockstep lying our asses off because that's the party line. That makes it much harder to present a cohesive message - but it also makes us not be lying demagogues willing to say and do anything it takes to win.

the Dem party trying to play fair is a big disadvantage but not one I would give up.

media drone. Constant undermining and badmouthing, and Democrats are still winning.

in a cutout of her, after his man - Obama - won?

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/12/favreaus-sexist-photo-is-no-laughing-matter

conversation the same way I would LOVE to discuss what color to paint my kitchen walls, but NOT until I put the fire out in the living room.

Jon is a good guy, worked for Obama, etc. He is youthful and might want to remind people that no matter what he thinks is wrong, that everybody must vote for Democrats no matter what.

the healthy way to go!

Thanks for Jessica, ehrnst!