Progressives already thought Democrats were aimless. The special election wipeout might prove their point
By Gregory Krieg, CNN
Updated 12:54 PM ET, Wed June 21, 2017
(CNN)The newly activated Democratic base -- the resistance! -- was tripping over itself for a fight. Their money arrived down South by the truckload. The Republican President's approval ratings are in the tank. And yet, another Election Day is gone, and Democrats are again asking where it all went wrong.
By late Tuesday night, the answers were rolling in. Prominently mixed into this dog's breakfast of recriminations, mostly from the party's activist left, there is at least one recurring thread: Democrats do not have, either by omission or commission, a cohesive economic message. Operatives and consultants peddle tactics, electoral "paths" to power, but after eight years of riding President Barack Obama, mistaking his talents for their own, the brain trust is unable to drive the party.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/democrats-ossoff-loss-georgia/index.html
