Abby Phillip: Dems Need to Get Rid of Some Sacred Cows... the Activist, Consultant Class Base Does Not Want Them to Do

PHILLIP: “Marc and Shermichael, which one — who wants to take it?”
(Laughter)
SINGLETON: “I‘m loving this. I think — “
PHILLIP: “Shermichael is like, ‘I‘ll just sit back.’”
SHORT: “Yeah. No, I think y‘all should spend more than $20 million on this thing.”
(Laughter)
GOLD: “Yeah. The money should be spent on for Democrats getting out the vote. And you can look at people like Ruben Gallego in my home state of Arizona, really outperformed Democrats, and look at what people like him are doing and it‘s authenticity. At town halls, he‘s cursing, you know, he is going against sort of the Democratic line, and that should be okay if you want — “
PHILLIP: “Okay, but here‘s the thing. They‘re going to have to — you alluded to this. They‘re going to have to get rid of some sacred cows, okay? This is going to be the hard part. Everybody talks about authenticity until the rubber meets the road and they have to actually take positions that the activist, you know, consultant class base does not want them to take.”
SINGLETON: “And I don‘t think they will. I mean, for Democrats to effectively target men of every color, they are going to have to drastically change some of their positions, especially some of the cultural stuff. I don‘t think that‘s going to happen, Dan. I think you guys have moved so far to the left, many — I know you‘re from the south, Dan, you seem to be more reasonable than most, but for the most part, for the most part, a lot of you guys don‘t make room for guys to express their views in an open way about a lot of issues.”
PHILLIP: “Okay. So, Dan, do you have any ideas of what Democrats would need to start to rethink in order to move this needle?”
KOH: “Well, first and foremost, I think one of the mistakes Democrats made in this cycle is that we assumed it was certain demographics, and speaking to certain demographics would mean victory, when in reality people want a good economic message that applies to working class people, they want reasonable solutions. I think we need to do better on the border, for example. We need to be more thoughtful about that. I think we need to be talking about how people have upward mobility and say, you know what, it‘s okay to attain wealth as long as it‘s done fairly. That‘s what Ruben Gallego has been so vocal about. These positions aren‘t popular with a lot of the party, but it‘s what people are — to the point of putting people where they are, it‘s where people are, and it‘s where we need to be as well.”