Letters to the Editor
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It's the Reagan message...
"Why feel bad when you can feel good?"
Reagan's dark brilliance was that he (or somebody) recognized that, for most Americans, politics is a vague, peripheral concern that manifests itself primarily as a raw emotion. By manipulating that emotion directly, Reagan succeeded. "It's morning in America! Time to feel better!"
The Victory Caucus is the contemporary extension of that principle. It calls upon Hollywood archetypes wherein "impossible" problems can be solved once the protagonists rediscover their inner strength or whatever is necessary to get them into the "mood" to triumph.
It's extremely dangerous politics, because it denies reality and elevates simplistic, false narratives into the national discourse.
Hide the coffins; hide the costs; say we're "winning," impugn the nay-sayers; by these tactics one creates the impression of success, and Reagan "taught" these people that that's all that matters.
It's a serious problem and we're only beginning to solve it. Americans seriously need to re-aquaint themselves with reality.