I’m not totally a James Carville fan, but he’s got this right:
“If we can’t stand in there for Joe Biden and talk about the great things he’s done, then we don’t deserve to win this election in 2022,” the Democratic strategist said.
More at the link. This echoes a complaint I’ve made many times, and I think we have a perfect example close to home.
By any reasonable measure, Ned Lamont has done a good job as governor. Unfortunately, Ned had this sort of weird idea that his job was to do his job as well as possible. He forgot about the part where he must endlessly trumpet his accomplishments, or to have others in the Democratic Party do it for him. Just as an example, his handling of COVID was far better and more honest than that of the unlamented Andrew Cuomo, but who was it that got all the self generated attention?
Besides the excellent COVID response, the state is in excellent financial condition, a direct result of the fact that Democrats have been in charge for the past several years, and thus have not had to contend with obstructionist Republican governors, like the now Floridian Jodi Rell. It’s really up to Democrats to trumpet these accomplishments, but their efforts, as always, are lackadaisical at best.
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