Kevin Baker wrote an interesting opinion for the New York Times: “Delusions of the Democrats” subtitled “Demographics will not save them”.
He asserts that more female voters and more non-white voters will not help the Democrats in future election. He asserts that past successes were built on bottom-up ideas rather than top-down pronouncements.
My own take on the Democrats is that they have too many who focus on identity politics and not enough on issues that affect larger groups of people. Which is a larger group? Gay marriage proponents or people looking for good jobs?
His closing remark sums it up:
“Invite us to dream a little. You don’t build an enduring coalition out of who Americans are. You do it out of what we can be.”
