Democrats' Woke Joke Was Never Funny

Summary

Sometimes what resonates isn't what politicians say, but the accompanying emotion. Ronald Reagan's put-down of Walter Mondale's "youth and inexperience" in 1984 worked only because it came with a suppressed grin. Sen. Edmund Muskie's New Hampshire tears in 1972 made him look weak. Howard Dean might have survived his disappointing finish in the 2004 Iowa caucuses if not for that scream.