08-22-2018, 05:08 PM
(08-22-2018, 04:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Amen to that. However, the Democrats must win. It will not be ideology that decides who wins, whether left or center. Only skilled candidates ever win. That is empirical fact.
And I use the horoscope score as an index as to who will prove to be skilled, in case it's not self-evident. That means I propose that only a high-scoring candidate can win.
The Democratic candidate must be able to connect, communicate and inspire the voters better than Donald Trump can do, and give the impression of leadership ability, optimism and likability. That's possible, but by no means a given.
But let's not forget that winning is necessary but not adequate. If the next go-round by the Dems is another version of wimpy-ball, the following byelection will just flip the House and we'll be right back where we started. This time has to matter.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.