Third Way's actual pitch is basically "we promise that you can avoid Real Damage if you just make these rhetorical sacrifices & disassociate yourself from Those People." I don't think that is at all correct.
Third Way's actual pitch is basically "we promise that you can avoid Real Damage if you just make these rhetorical sacrifices & disassociate yourself from Those People." I don't think that is at all correct.
In any case though, if you do make those big rhetorical sacrifices, the GOP will just keep saying "The Democrats are the party of [insert slur here]," and they will put you on the spot until you directly renounce the marginalized, not merely the "annoying" rhetoric that bugs the consultant class.