seems to me that this is less about how to win and more “i want to know that a harris white house would listen to me and they can demonstrate this by going after my intra-party enemies”

Really wish Yglesias would stick to topics he’s genuinely good on, eg housing/land use. Agree w/everything you’re saying here. Making a living by writing daily…no one has good thoughts daily…

Who would've dreamed you could find internecine politics like this, in … uh, politics.

I can’t believe the “let the Republicans against Trump people speak at the convention” people. It’s the Democratic National Convention. It’s not just about debuting the presidential nominee, but celebrating the party as a whole. It’s not the time for “reaching across the aisle”

I mean, I listened to his podcast with Beutler the week he announced and he was already fretting about this. (He also expressed concern that she hadn't moved the campaign HQ from Delaware in the first week.)

Everyone: A primary strength of the GOP is their ability to present a unified front during elections no matter what. Pundits: It would be good for Harris to publicly attack her own allies and fracture the tentative left/liberal alliance the Dems built after 2016.

anyway, i also think the Harris campaign should appeal to moderates. i just think “appeal to moderates” means demonstrating an all-american, mainstream vibe with some strategic shifts on a few issues. which is what the harris campaign is doing!

Negative polarization all the way down

Even if you’re being generous, I think it’s “but they aren’t ‘moderating’ on the issue(s) I’m more conservative than the party on, but I’m going to act like this is a larger strategic problem rather than picking that policy fight”

Which is really only a pundit concern.

This is the post that hits the 🎯 IMO