DEMS/POLITICS: “Democrats are launching a new policy agenda focused on the economy that seeks to bridge gaps with voters amid polls showing most Americans don’t know what the party stands for.
The proposals are in large part a response to Hillary Clinton’s demoralizing loss to Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday, adding that his party was too cautious and ‘namby-pamby’ in 2016…
The agenda, dubbed ‘A Better Deal’ and scheduled to be rolled out Monday [7-24-17], is the result of months of polls and research. Democrats plan to hold an event in the district of Rep. Barbara Comstock, a Virginia Republican sitting in a district that Democrats see as vulnerable in 2018.
With a focus on winning congressional seats next year, the Democrats’ new agenda has a distinctly populist tone, though it includes ideas the party’s centrists can get behind as well, such as lower prescription-drug costs and improved access to broadband in rural areas. It also calls for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and more regulation of Wall Street.”
-Natalie Andrews, “Democrats Pitch Populist Election Agenda,” The Wall Street Journal online, July 23, 2017 07:19pm