The Democratic National Committee (DNC) recently released something everyone is calling an "autopsy" of the losing 2024 presidential campaign. The Washington Examiner's Byron York itemizes the reports technical shortcomings.
[This] note printed in red appears at the top of the first and every one of the report's 192 pages. "Disclaimer: This document reflects the views of the author, not the DNC. The DNC was not provided with the underlying, sourcing, interviews or supporting data for many of the assertions contained herein and therefore cannot independently verify the claims presented."
Under the section heading CONCLUSION is the note, "This section not provided by the author." Under the heading NOTES FOR THE READER is the note, "This section was not completed." And under the heading SOURCES is the note, "Sources, interview materials, and other evidence not provided."
If an upper division or graduate student had submitted a paper with these shortcomings, I would have assigned it a failing grade of F. York asks whether the DNC wanted the answers the paper was supposed to provide, or preferred something they could easily disavow?
The USA is a center-right nation. Let's presume the DNC believe in the far-left things they advocate. The 2024 election clearly demonstrated a majority of Americans don't share their beliefs. And let's further presume Democrats wish to win elections and exercise power, a safe bet.
The DNC face an unattractive dilemma. Change their platform to conform more closely to public preferences, advocate policies with which they disagree, and win elections. Or be true to their beliefs and lose elections.
Trump has positioned the MAGA GOP squarely on the 80 side of most 80-20 issues. The cognitive dissonance this creates for Dems is massive, the result we call Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS for short.
