Schumer: We didn't have an economic message

[Free Vulcan]

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that the Democrats did not have a “bold economic message” in their platform during the presidential election.

“We did not have a strong, bold economic message,” Schumer told ABC’s “This Week."

“We sort of nibbled around the edges. ... That's what we need and that's what I aim to do as leader. We're going to have a very, very strong and bold economic platform and message,” he added.

Reflecting on Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump, Schumer emphasized the need for Democrats to hold Trump accountable to the promises he made “to the blue-collar worker.”...

Read more at: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/306934-schumer-we-didnt-have-an-economic-message

[Oceander]

Actually, you did.  It consisted of replacing honest free market capitalism - the most transformative, liberating force in the history of the human species - with 1970s style Soviet economic theory and crony capitalism.

[HonestJohn]

Actually, you did.  It consisted of replacing honest free market capitalism - the most transformative, liberating force in the history of the human species - with 1970s style Soviet economic theory and crony capitalism.

Considering Bannon self-described himself as a Leninist and is now Trump's chief strategist...

... the Democrat message doesn't look that different.