I worked for an elected official who took positions that I didn't necessarily prefer. All of us staffers had pet issues we wanted more focus on. But like a senior staff member once told me- at the end of the day, it's his name on the door, and he makes the decisions. Interestingly, I learned over time that a lot of my ideas were not poli…
I worked for an elected official who took positions that I didn't necessarily prefer. All of us staffers had pet issues we wanted more focus on. But like a senior staff member once told me- at the end of the day, it's his name on the door, and he makes the decisions. Interestingly, I learned over time that a lot of my ideas were not political winners, and it was a good thing they were ignored!
The issue for Democrats is that their staff and progressive base have a serious problem in that they don't understand how truly out of touch they are with the working class/less-education class in their own party. They think they speak for a silent sleeping giant, when if they simply got out of their bubble more they would realize how out of touch they are.
I worked for an elected official who took positions that I didn't necessarily prefer. All of us staffers had pet issues we wanted more focus on. But like a senior staff member once told me- at the end of the day, it's his name on the door, and he makes the decisions. Interestingly, I learned over time that a lot of my ideas were not political winners, and it was a good thing they were ignored!
The issue for Democrats is that their staff and progressive base have a serious problem in that they don't understand how truly out of touch they are with the working class/less-education class in their own party. They think they speak for a silent sleeping giant, when if they simply got out of their bubble more they would realize how out of touch they are.