Anyone active in Progressive politics knows George Lakoff as one of the main men who finally helped the Democrats understand how average voters think. Lakoff told Democrats to stop giving boring laundry lists of programs, and instead learn how to frame issues in terms of our values.
A lot of us listened to Lakoff, especially Howard Dean.
But it seems that a certain some one who has the presidents ear is telling Democrats to turn away from the guy with the proven method of winning votes.
You guessed it. Rahm Emmanuel, the man who tried to kill the 50 state strategy before it started, the man who insisted with the DLC that we should ignore the progressive base to try and win moderates, the man is probably the reason Dean got fired from the DNC... is yet again leading Democrats astray.
Why did Obama ever hire this guy?
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