
<p>Democrats generally believe that the off-year election on November 2<sup>nd</sup> was not good news. ; But from all the post-election spinning, whining and explaining it appears they remain clueless to the all-important “why.” ; Why did voters all over the nation deal the Democratic Party – especially the powerful Progressive faction – a karate kick to the gut.</p>



<p>Former United States Senator from Missouri Claire McCaskill took up her designated seat on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to say that Democrats need to unite – and not engage in any blame game. ; That would be the most stupid thing Democrats could do. ; They need to learn why their political party was so broadly and deeply rejected … humiliated. ; And the reason is the result of specific Democrat leaders’ actions and Democrat policies. ; If they do not find those people and policies responsible for the debacle, they will not fix the problem.</p>



<p>In fact, judging from the post-election commentary and spin, Democrats still do not get it.  ; They are still in their echo chamber claiming that nothing about the Democratic Party – or their policies – is the problem.</p>



<p>Oh, they do claim that they did not “message” well enough. ; Their general reaction is that … if the voters were not so stupid and understood all the good things the donkey party wants to provide them, Democrats would have come out on top on November 2<sup>nd</sup>. ; ;</p>



<p>The big excuse &#8212; masking as self-criticism &#8212; is that they did not explain all the good things in their two mega spending bills. ; I cannot imagine that even a passive voter has not heard over and over of all those goodies in the Biden bills. ; If Democrats think their problem is voter ignorance, they will continue to lose ground. ; Maybe … just maybe … it is the policies and practices of the Biden administration that are the problem. ; ;</p>



<p>They do point to polls that suggest that most Americans like all those welfare proposals. ; But that seems more and more the fault of the polling. ; If you ask a voter if they like parental leave, they may say yes … but they may not support other provisions of the all-encompassing legislation.</p>



<p>Or voters may be savvy enough to see the downside of the legislation. ; Excessive spending, higher prices due to inflation, higher taxes. ; Maybe the folks back home understand that THEY will be paying for all those increased taxes on corporations at the point-of-sale.</p>



<p>When Democrats say, “look at what we are actually doing … and will do,” the voters also see the crisis at the border, record inflation, a messed up Covid handling, supply-chain constipation, gas prices soaring, etc., etc., etc.</p>



<p>Some Democrats take some blame because of the failure to pass those “popular” Biden bills. ; That is perhaps the dumbest explanation of all. ; Ask yourself … if you liked all the provisions in the Biden bills – and you anticipate that much of it would be passed in the near future – would you actually vote against the candidates who are supposedly liked doing what you like. ; Wouldn’t you want to give the Democrats more political capital and power to complete the job.</p>



<p>I would argue that the voters were telling Democrats that they did not like all those expensive goodies. ; They want the Democrats to slow down, scale down. ; The election results were AGAINST Democrats – AND Democrat policies, programs and proposals. ; Especially those of the Progressive left.</p>



<p>In a past commentary, I opined that Biden &; Co. would lose support among the American people no matter if his HUGE transformative legislation passed or not. ; I think the results of the recent election adds credibility to my point.</p>



<p>Then there is the Trump-as-Rasputin strategy. ; In the recent election, Republicans across America proved that they are not the Trumpian cultists as the Democrats portray. ; They are running as individual Republicans on Republican issues. ; Trump was not on the ballot and will not be until 2024 – if ever. ;</p>



<p>Republicans, independents and even some Democrats are not going to be driven away from the policies they prefer by bogus narratives and baseless name-calling. ; The Democrats and their media propaganda outlets can use broad-brush smears and demonization through cheap-shot guilt-by-association strategies, but I am confident that they will fail – and we have just seen the first act of that failure. ; ;</p>



<p>There is a reason why the “Let’s go, Brandon” euphemism is sweeping the nation. ; It captures a mood &#8212; a mood that Democrats and too much of the media still do not understand. ; It is a political arrogance that says, “no matter what the voters think and do, WE are still right!” ; ;</p>



<p>Albert Einstein described insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. ; If Democrats continue to peddle their same old political narratives and strategies, they are like to see similar results in 2022.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Good news for GOP … Dems still don’t get it
