I just don't understand how it's so hard to come up with a decent looking, well spoken 45-55 year old guy without a closet full of skeletons for the Dems to dig up and wheel out. See if Klobuchar or Cheri Bustos are interested in VP as they hit a demographic and region that the dems need support in. You don't need someone who will roll in the mud with Trump. You just need somebody younger, better looking, and confident. Don't give Trump stuff to mock. He's a bully and when there's nothing to bully he has nothing. Make Trump look like the old, fat, out of shape rambling sack of shit he is by simply being a better human being.
Things to do -
- Run on healthcare. Put *real* effort into a plan that you can easily communicate and message.
- Run on real wages stagnating
- Run on accountable government
- Run on the income divide and how your rights and protections are being stripped away by the 1%
Things not to do
- Don't pander to identity politics. Everyone is an American.
- Don't bring gun control into it if you want to win
- Don't bring abortion into it if you want to win
- Don't give Trump fuel. Don't reference him by name. Just simply refer to it as "The current administration".
- Don't beat people over the head with stats