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.
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Democrats need 'Operation Kibble,' not more of the same
An ancient, almost surely apocryphal story is about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company's advantages: the best sales team, the best advertising, the…
Jonah Goldberg: Why Democrats need an 'Operation Kibble'
There’s an ancient, almost surely apocryphal, story about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company’s advantages: the best sales team, the best advertising, the…
Omaha World-Herald
Why Democrats need an 'Operation Kibble'
An ancient, almost surely apocryphal story is about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company's advantages: the best sales team, the best advertising, the…
The News-Herald
Jonah Goldberg: Why Democrats need an ‘Operation Kibble’
There’s an ancient, almost surely apocryphal, story about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company’s advantages: the best sales team, the best advertising, the best packaging, etc. He then irately asks, “So why aren’t we selling more dog food?” […]
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