Rahm Emanuel was recently asked this question in an interview with GZERO World: “If you look ahead to 2028 for a second, if you’re the Democrats, what’s the most likely way they blow it?” 

“Being Democrats,” was Emanuel’s reply. 

The former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, former mayor of Chicago and ambassador to Japan under President Joe Biden, Emanuel has been a big player in Democratic politics for a long time. 

His fellow Democrats would be smart to listen to what he’s saying now.

Have Democrats completely 'lost the plot'?

In that same interview, Emanuel also mused, “We need to get on the business of talking about a future we need to build that matters to everybody. 

“And that is the most important thing Democrats do. If they get caught in the cultural cul-de-sac again, running around, getting themselves wrapped around an ankle, the American people will make a judgment.”

In another recent interview, Emanuel said his party had “lost the plot,” especially on cultural issues. 

Can Democrats find it again? 

The midterm elections are just seven months away, after all,........

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