Democrats are lawyering themselves into political oblivion: Time to change that
Story by Matthew Wollin • 1d
I'm a lawyer. When I look at Democrats today, I see myself. That's not a good thing.
Let's consider the 2024 presidential campaign. Democrats appeared to adopt the classic lawyer tactic of saying, "My client didn’t do anything." There’s good reason this has become a cliché: You win in court by showing that your client followed the law and the other guy didn’t. Which is why as a lawyer, you do everything in your power to make it seem like your client was off flying kites with his kids or staring out the window at pretty clouds while the other guy was doing the most.
In other words, you try to make your client seem like Kamala Harris and the other guy seem like Donald Trump.
As a lawyer, you also always put the focus on the opposition. If you talk too much about your own client, that might encourage people to look too closely and begin to notice their flaws. So you make your client’s story all about the person across the aisle: It’s hardly ever about "my client did good" and almost always about "my opponent did bad." That’s exactly what the Democrats did last year, seeking to undermine the opposition’s case ("Here are all the reasons Trump is bad") instead of building their own case ("Here are all the reasons Harris is good").
There was a moment in the campaign — right after Joe Biden backed out of the race — when that dynamic shifted and Democrats actually kept the focus on themselves. For one brief, brilliant month in the summer of 2024, as Harris commanded the media’s attention and united the delegates and the party insiders at once, we watched as her apparent political awkwardness suddenly revealed itself to be far-thinking craftiness, and her “kooky” demeanor transformed from a liability into a surprisingly effective tool to paint a vision of America that was thrillingly non-apocalyptic. For one exhilarating moment, the campaign felt upbeat and exciting — "Make America Fun Again!” — and the story was all about her.
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