Well, neither party has a conscience, so what message can they possibly have, other than, "I'm here to exploit you to my own ends"? The very fact that a person desires a position of power automatically disqualifies them from being suited for it. Take that to its logical conclusion and you'll arrive at the only social structure that has any chance of yielding an ideal society.
Well, one of the links had comparison to the dems "happy warriors," Al Smith, Humphrey and Biden. Those guys were about widening econ opportunity for everyone, and they didn't hate the other guy.
And Reagan wouldn't have a place in the Trump WH, and neither does Romney.
Unfortunately for the dems, and really all of us, Obamacare widened the divide between those who get HC for free with Medicaid and the rest of us who have skin in the game. And the underemployed in the rust belt didn't see their lives improving.
Trump seems to be embracing protectionism, but that's not gonna help farmers.