I think a better way to build a more winning coalition is to expand our base

[el_bryanto]

14. Well that goes to why you think people voted for Trump

Did people vote for Trump because they hate immigrants? If so than there's not much we can change to win them over without giving up our core principles, which for the record, I don't think we should do.

The truth is people voted for Trump or sat out the election for a number of reasons. There's no message that is going to get back all voters to vote for good policies - there's a core of Limbaugh Conservatives or Trump Conservatives who are never going to vote Democratic (just as there is a core group of Democratic supporters who are never going to vote Republican). So we need determine how we can adjust our message to get people in the middle without giving up those principles that are important to us.

The message will change any way without having to change much of the platform, just by virtue of Hillary Clinton not being the nominee. Regardless of what else she pledged, after 30 years or so in the public eye people had an idea of what she was bringing to the table; which was a neo-liberal view point that wants incremental change in social programs without dealing with corporate power. I understand that her platform could be seen as very liberal (and there was a lot to like in it) but the history colored that. The next candidate presumably won't have that problem.

At a guess though I would like to see our messaging on the economy be "After the crony capitalism displayed by Trump we can no longer afford to ignore the growing power of corporate America. We have to be willing to fight for our economic rights and to regulate corporations more carefully, to preserve American jobs and savings."

Bryant