General Discussion

1. My OP was primarily aimed at the DUers who, when other DUers create OPs and complain about Dems, reply asking "What do you want them to DO? They aren't in power."

I offered my thoughts about that, anticipating a lot of OPs expressing strong frustration about the Sunday deal, leading to the "What do you want them to DO?" replies. I also wanted to make the point that I personally don't feel it's up to us to figure out what they should do as far as a strategy; they are the best and brightest among us and that's why we voted them in.

2. That said, of COURSE we have responsibilities on our end. You have absolutely no idea what I do to engage politically or within the community. I'm old enough now that I don't feel compelled to share the list of my activities, which do happen to include regularly contacting local, state and federal elected officials.

3. This OP wasn't a complaint about Dems as many other posts today have been. To reiterate, it was a message to fellow DUers who get frustrated with other DUers' frustrations with congressional Dems, and I offered one answer to the standard question of "What do you want them to do?"

4. OF COURSE the Dems are doing something. The win on Tuesday made me ecstatic. I never said they aren't doing anything, nor did I say they haven't accomplished anything.

5. I realize there are a variety of pressers. That's part of the problem. It's disjointed and primarily intended for news media, which isn't exactly our friend.

Perhaps we're all swimming in different content and media. From where I and many others sit, the Dems do NOT control the narrative at all with their efforts thus far, including the various pressers. They have the goods; they have the vision and are doing the work for the people. What isn't happening is getting that info out there in a way that engages more and more people. Traditional media won't do it any more; too many are tuning out. Traditional media tends to pick up on what goes viral in independent and social media now.

I'm far, far from alone in the critique about Dems still not having found their footing regarding CONSISTENT, COORDINATED messaging that goes viral and maintains attention.

I suggested that I would like to see is something that controls the narrative. I shared what my idea is, for whatever it's worth; I won't repeat my OP's suggestion here, but it would do something different from your list of pressers.