During the Democratic National Committee meeting last 26 to 27 August in Minneapolis, it is clear that the party offered little of sustenance or hope.
DNC Chair Ken Martin smeared President Donald Trump as a "dictator-in-chief" and declared the president's agenda is "fascism dressed in a red tie."
The opposition party failed to acknowledge the fact that the President managed to revitalized the nation's economy, all but ended illegal immigration, strengthened NATO, brokered peace in multiple conflicts and set back Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons in a span of a few months.
If the midterm election is held today, Democrats will not be able to best the President's party on these issues. And when they can't do that, they will resort to the usual strategy of mocking him and the Republicans with outlandish labels like dictator and fascist.
Martin did seem to realize Democrats are in trouble. "Now look, folks, I'm sick and tired of this Democratic Party bringing a pencil to a knife fight," he said. "We cannot be the only party that plays by the rules anymore. We've got to stand up and fight. We're not going to have a hand tied behind our back anymore."
The Democrats forgot that they have long abandoned the rules. Remember the time were Joe Biden's administration concealed the his poor health for years and the DNC swapped him with Vice President Kamala Harris after the 2024 primary season ended?
Worse, the Democrats doesn't have any plans on how to trim President Trump and the 77 million Americans who voted for him.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten observed last 26 August that Democrats have been struggling to find new voters in key swing states ahead of midterm elections next year.
"The [Democratic Party's] brand has about the same appeal with the American voter right now as the Cracker Barrel rebrand does with the American consumer," Enten posted on X. "Bad, Bad, Bad."
Republicans, Enten noted, are in a better position now than they have been in more than 20 years in the swing states of Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, the GOP has made enormous gains among registered voters since 2016.
It's not hard to see why registered voters are abandoning the Democratic Party. Progressives continually take the opposite side of common sense. Take crime, for example.
President Trump made waves two weeks ago when he said Washington, DC was full of "bloodshed, bedlam and squalor." Democrats and much of the mainstream media dismissed his opinion as overly dramatic fearmongering. However, the reality is that homicides and other violent crimes have been at unacceptably high levels.
Since President Trump sent the National Guard and federal agents to establish law and order, crime has dropped so much that DC Mayor Muriel Bowser was forced to acknowledge that the president's order has worked.
A majority of Americans support Trump's intervention in DC. An APNORC poll found that 53 percent of Americans approve of how he is handling crime – higher than his overall job approval or approval on other issues.
The poll also found that two-thirds of the public think crime is a major problem in the country and 55 percent of the public supports the military or National Guard assisting police in large cities.
Can the Democrats just use common sense?
During the DNC meeting, Martin said Democrats should stop trying to win arguments with Republicans over policy and instead do more to win elections. But policy helps decide elections. It's why Republicans have surged while the Democratic Party is fading fast.