[Vigilanteman]

You can’t beat something with nothing.

You can if the media is carrying your water. The DemocRATS did exactly that in 2006 and 2008.

[andy58-in-nh]

The rules are different for Democrats, largely because the news media still have enough power and influence to essentially manufacture reality.

By the time Republicans get around to explaining something (in the rare instances when they even try), Democrats have already changed the subject, and besides: the Approved Official Wisdom, once accepted by the increasingly illiterate and dependent masses, is rarely changed.