Political strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio says that polling alone won’t find the messages and ideas that will galvanize voters and help Democrats win elections.

Arkadi Gerney, a Democratic strategist, says that the officials with the greatest ability to stop Trump are Democratic governors and attorneys general. And he argues they are often blunting the president in ways that are under-appreciated.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham explains how New Mexico became the first state with universal childcare and why Democrats should look to states and governors for leadership.

Representative Melanie Stansbury says Democrats are smartly focused on health care and the Republicans can’t defend rolling back Obamacare subsidies for average Americans.

New York Times writer E.J. Dionne says that the late-night host essentially forced ABC to end his suspension because of the broad, strong coalition that defended him.

Representative Greg Casar says that the Trump administration is an alliance of the superwealthy and the right-wing and that Democrats can defeat them by becoming a pro-worker, anti-billionaire party.