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    Michael Hiltzik: Election day shows that the Democratic Party should make sure voters know how it's helping them

    Haven't we seen this horror movie before? The Democratic Party's problem in recent decades has been that instead of showing American voters how much it's doing for them, it runs away from its program like it's fleeing the scene of the crime. The last time that happened, the achievement was the Affordable Care Act, which was destined to bring health coverage to 20 million middle- and ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Nov 04, 2021 5 minutes

    Haven't we seen this horror movie before?

    The Democratic Party's problem in recent decades has been that instead of showing American voters how much it's doing for them, it runs away from its program like it's fleeing the scene of the crime.

    The last time that happened, the achievement was the Affordable Care Act, which was destined to bring health coverage to 20 million middle- and working-class Americans for the first time and to eradicate the inequities that crushed many more with medical bills.

    Instead of shouting the ACA's virtues from the rooftops, the Democrats let Republicans define the bill as a "disaster" and ridicule it as "Obamacare."

    The harvest was the 2014 election, in which the GOP strengthened its majority in the House of Representatives and gained control of the Senate.

    Judging from the results of Tuesday's election, the same process is unfolding now. As I

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