All the Democrats have to do is not crazy – just look at Amy McGrath

FOrmer Attorney General Eric Holder said this week to a cheering crowd, "Michelle [Obama] said when they go low, we go high. No no. When they go low, they are kicked. This is the object of this new Democratic Party. Her remarks, along with Hillary Clinton's statement that civility is over until the Democrats win, signify a party that has given up competition and wants to overthrow the chessboard.

The democratic death of civility causes despair, but it is also a bad strategy. Calls for abolishing ICE, abolishing the Supreme Court, abolishing the electoral college, abolishing the second amendment and abolish private property are very disconcerting to normal people, even those who understand the plight of the poor and who are tired of the constant chaos of the Trump White House.

If the Democrats respected the rules instead of trying to abolish them, they would be more competitive. Look no further than Kentucky's 6th Congressional District.

In 2016, outgoing Republican Representative Andy Barr was reelected by more than 20 points. The district leans 10 points more Republican than the nation in general and 17 points more Republican than the average US district. Amy McGrath, Democratic candidate for the first time, runs side by side with Barr. Cook Report has shifted the "Probably Republican" race to a cross-country race.

McGrath did not come to the brink of victory by posting pink pussy hats or playing politics with identity. Instead, she did what all Democrats in the country should do: present a deserving personal profile (in the case of McGrath, the first woman to fly an F-18 on a combat mission) and an alternative agenda to Trump administration.

McGrath's first ad campaign lacked all the buzzwords recycled by artists like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cynthia Nixon. His simple explanations of his past as a fighter pilot, his dedication to serving his country and his opposition to the Republican attitude to health care earned him nearly two million views on YouTube.

While most Democrats turn to vitriol and "resistance," McGrath refuses to broadcast attack ads although Barr spent more than $ 3 million. While most Democrats are clamoring for great free university proposals, but support them in little detail, McGrath has positively proposed viable (if not largely supportive) liberal policies, such as a buy-in Medicare and public-option health insurance, as well as an extension of federal investment in broadband and in the program integration of renewable and distributed systems.

A 32-page document details the details of its economic program.

In contrast, consider Robert Francis O. Rourke, the White who changed his name to "Beto" and raised $ 55 million to challenge Ted Cruz's Senate seat. It has four points of detail detailing its economic program, including high level proposals such as "Promoting regulations that protect consumers, promote competition and develop the economy".

Even if the average voter may not be interested in the peculiarities of the candidate's approach to NATO or the teachers' retreat, he knows one candidate. serious resulting from a false identity. And the simple rage is exhausting. He did not win the presidency of the Democrats in 2004 or 2016, and will not win it for them in 2018.

Anecdotal evidence is just that. McGrath's path may not lead to victory. But I would much rather be associated with a campaign like his, than run for a post based on pure catharsis exuding rage and an empty signal of virtue.