General Discussion

While it is true that we lost both houses and the Presidency, consider that Trump/Republican victories were not that different than Biden/Democratic victories in 2020. Were they road kill them?

I don't think it is good to OVERSTATE the size of the Republican victory. It also is not a good idea to help the Republicans in rewriting the 2024 election buying into every negative characterization.

The Democrats did speak of healthcare, probably as often as abortion rights.

They did speak of the economy. Here, I think their problem is the same as the problem in 2016. In both years, prudent management of the economy had improved the likelihood of Americans and were a BIG improvement from the chaos of 2008 and 2020 respectively. The problem, I think, was a fear that any triumphant recounting of what went right might be seen as uncaring to any left behind.

Joe Biden was the first President to leave office with a more equitable division of income than when he came in. This should have been spoken of more. Couldn't a message have been that Biden succeeded in passing many important bills that will continue to make life better, but much work still needed to be done.

I liked Walz, but I don't think he is the best choice for candidate.