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Why Democrats Need an 'Operation Kibble'
The anecdote argues that strong advantages still require a hard internal review to explain why voters are not responding.
Democrats recently released an "autopsy" of the 2024 election defeat, but the report was an "incomplete mess" with missing conclusions and countless blank sections.
Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, argues Democrats reflexively blame messaging and money for losses while operating under a "myth" that they would win if everyone voted.
Goldberg urges Democrats to launch "Operation Kibble," a strategy inspired by Netflix's pre-launch name, reminding the party that customers must actually like the product itself.
The ideologically activist base struggles to accept that voters do not favor their policies, Goldberg writes, characterizing this denial as the "cope" of the Democratic worldview seeking to match Koch networks.
This denial has a long history, as Democrats consistently assume Republicans win through unfair advantages; critics across the ideological spectrum have scrutinized the autopsy, questioning whether the party can pivot.