Ugh.
This is way, way, way, way over-analyzed and superficial.
Establishing fealty to some sort of subjectively defined concept of new or old is useless because the screamers on the right will simply redefine what "21st century solutions" mean - or worse. It assumes that they will have nothing to say about the marketing gimmick, which is all this really is.
The thing that will enable Dems to own the future is for them to define the repugs as neanderthals incapable of salient contribution to solutions, and to steamroll them with effective, progressive legislation designed to get RESULTS tangible to the voters of the nation.
Look at what the pugs did to the Dems in congress during dubya's years. Did anyone care or object? No. Definitive decisions were made. And pretty rapidly. Of course, they were mostly horrible decisions, but people didn't get angry at the process - they got angry when the negative RESULTS hit home.
So RESULTS are what matters. If Dems clubbed the sons and daughters of repugs but got things done, their re-elections would still be likely. The more Dems listen to pundits and consultants who blather about trite, cotton candy like this article advises, the bigger the hole they dig for themselves.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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