key issues and events whenever they speak in public. The Repubs actively devise, disseminate, and stick to the talking points they are given, even wrenching interviews and TV/radio panel discussions back to the day's or week's talking points, regardless of what an interviewer or panel moderater wants to discuss.
Our guys don't need to be as obnoxious or as simple-minded in their presentation as GOP mouths so often are, but they do need guidance on talking points before they go out there, and if necessary, the leadership should arrange for coaching and practice sessions for any Dem public figure who might need it.
Especially since Repubs are given at least two of these times as much media exposure to get their message out, Dems need to be ready to take full advantage of the limited amount of time they get.
They also need coaching and practice on not letting GOP mouths Gish Gallop them or about them into silence. In the former situation, Dems get sidetracked into wasting time trying to respond to BS claims while the Republican has already talked on to the next lie. In the latter, the Dem just sits there politely, hoping to get a word in edgewise, but unwilling to butt in or shout over the blather of the Republican mouth.
But American voters don't respect Dems for being civil. Quite the opposite: they mock them for being "weak."
Unfortunately, this is a society that responds not to reasoned political discourse, but to WWE insults and braggadocio. We shouldn't become cartoonish loudmouth (as so many GOP mouths have become), but we must not come across as weak or mousey, either, nor can we let our people mumble or stutter their way through broadcast appearances.
To reiterate my main point: Dems need coaching and training on effective speaking, expecially when in an argument with a right winger, and they also need to get their talking points and get them out there in a unified way.
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