America’s teachable moment

Published August 12, 2022 3:00am ET



Message coordination is something Democrats do well, usually much better than Republicans and conservatives. The Left is like Napoleon, who won because he focused his forces on one area of the battlefield for a single smashing attack.

Take, for example, Democrats’ recent messaging on inflation. With one voice, party members from President Joe Biden down blamed “Putin’s price hikes” for runaway inflation and soaring costs. (Perhaps they’ll now thank the tyrant for price hikes easing, but don’t hold your breath waiting for that.) It was as if the whole party woke up one morning in March with precisely the same thought and decided to speak precisely the same words.

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