Democrats Need to Stop Talking About Our Accomplishments—And Do This Instead

Ana Maria Rus

There's a word Democrats need to ban from their vocabulary if they want to rehab our brand and win elections again: "accomplishments." Every time we use that word, we're telling voters we care more about what happens in the halls of Congress than what happens in their daily lives. We're bragging about process instead of delivering results. We're focused on what might be happening on the National Mall when what voters care about is what's happening in their local mall—and whether they can still