Sarah Longwell

I think voters ask two fundamental questions. One is, do you like me? The second is, what do you think? What are your positions? They don't care about that second question if they can't answer that first question to their satisfaction. And I do think that we have... I think we did delude ourselves.

I think voters ask two fundamental questions. One is, do you like me? The second is, what do you think? What are your positions? They don't care about that second question if they can't answer that first question to their satisfaction. And I do think that we have... I think we did delude ourselves.

I think one of the priors that I have checked is I think I fell into a camp that overestimated how far we had come, that overestimated the sort of cultural victory of the left. I think that prior I have changed. The prior that I have not changed is that there is an art to politics, there is an art to building a coalition that I think we lost.

I think one of the priors that I have checked is I think I fell into a camp that overestimated how far we had come, that overestimated the sort of cultural victory of the left. I think that prior I have changed. The prior that I have not changed is that there is an art to politics, there is an art to building a coalition that I think we lost.

I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't scream and yell enough. I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't cancel and shame enough people. I don't think we're in this moment because we didn't correct enough people. I do think that we have to try something different than what we've been doing over the last couple of years as a movement. And I mean that broadly.

I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't scream and yell enough. I don't think we are in this moment because we didn't cancel and shame enough people. I don't think we're in this moment because we didn't correct enough people. I do think that we have to try something different than what we've been doing over the last couple of years as a movement. And I mean that broadly.

And I think that that means returning back to basics in some ways.

And I think that that means returning back to basics in some ways.

Agreed, 100%.

Agreed, 100%.

How do you think about both of those strategies? Sure. So I think this is a moment that calls us to fight hard and fight smart. Yeah. I don't think we should retreat from issues, particularly issues of basic principle. I mean, I think what we're seeing right now with the elimination of due process as people are sent off to a foreign gulag as a matter of basic principle, it's a red line.

How do you think about both of those strategies? Sure. So I think this is a moment that calls us to fight hard and fight smart. Yeah. I don't think we should retreat from issues, particularly issues of basic principle. I mean, I think what we're seeing right now with the elimination of due process as people are sent off to a foreign gulag as a matter of basic principle, it's a red line.

And even beyond that, we shouldn't shy away from fights. We should just fight them in a way that meets people where they are. So let's talk about what's happening on immigration, and let's make it not just about the folks who are being sent off, but let's also make it about voters.

And even beyond that, we shouldn't shy away from fights. We should just fight them in a way that meets people where they are. So let's talk about what's happening on immigration, and let's make it not just about the folks who are being sent off, but let's also make it about voters.

Because if they can do this to any number of folks who are here legally or who are undocumented, if there is no process, that means they can do it to you, they can do it to me, and none of us are safe. That might not have been an acceptable sort of path just a couple of years ago in terms of messaging, right?

Because if they can do this to any number of folks who are here legally or who are undocumented, if there is no process, that means they can do it to you, they can do it to me, and none of us are safe. That might not have been an acceptable sort of path just a couple of years ago in terms of messaging, right?

Similarly, we can say in the same breath that we don't have to choose between securing our border and protecting due process and that we are a party that wants to secure our borders. A couple of years ago, we couldn't say that. I think that's a lesson learned that we can fight, but we can fight smart. I also think, and this is something that I've been thinking a lot about, because I do think

Similarly, we can say in the same breath that we don't have to choose between securing our border and protecting due process and that we are a party that wants to secure our borders. A couple of years ago, we couldn't say that. I think that's a lesson learned that we can fight, but we can fight smart. I also think, and this is something that I've been thinking a lot about, because I do think

There's a lot of conversation about how Donald Trump breaks the rules and Democrats play by the rules. And I think that there's truth to that, right? I think clearly Donald Trump breaks rules that he's held to and we hold ourselves back. And I also think the reality is that there are two different standards for the parties.

There's a lot of conversation about how Donald Trump breaks the rules and Democrats play by the rules. And I think that there's truth to that, right? I think clearly Donald Trump breaks rules that he's held to and we hold ourselves back. And I also think the reality is that there are two different standards for the parties.