behind it.
But frankly, we underestimate the power of projection and misdirection as used by tRump and the entire GOP. It has worked. It's what their base respond to as well as the millions of others who voted for tRump, third party, or simply didn't vote in 2016.
Running against tRump alone -- focusing on tRump's corruption, lies and incompetence as the general campaign strategy -- is risky because of that. It makes no dents in his base; and the others who voted for him, third party, or didn't vote in 2016 may well do the same this time around -- exactly because of projection/misdirection tactics which effectively paint a story of "both-siderism" at best relative to the Democratic Party.
To win in 2020, we need to do more than run simply against tRump's criminal corruption/treason and a return to the political integrity of the past. To win, we need to run against a corrupted system, a corrupted capitalism dominated by straight white males, the uber wealthy, and the head-in-the-clouds 1%; against the current system that adversely affects the vast majority of voters' lives compared to two decades, three decades ago. We need to do this with simple but crystal clear explanations of how the current system hurts lives -- and will continue to hurt the majority of Americans' lives -- together with straight-forward proposals for restoring an equitable balance, for benefiting all Americans not just the privileged few.
This is the basic framework of our upcoming election in my view.
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