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Democrats Call for Focus on Narrative, White Voters After 2014 Losses

TIME Politics 2014 Election Democrats Call for Focus on Narrative, White Voters After 2014 Losses 11:33 AM ET Updated: 12:34 PM ET Alex WongGetty Images President Obama speaks as Democratic National Committee Chair and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation Donna Brazile share a moment during the General Session of the 2015 DNC Winter Meeting, Feb. 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. The party chair calls a new report "tough love"

The Democratic Partys autopsy of its devastating defeat in 2014 calls for a renewed focus on the partys message and winning back white Southern voters.

In preliminary findings unveiled Saturday at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee, a task force studied the partys defeats in 2010 and 2014despite its victories in the 2008 and 2012 presidential years. It called for the creation of a National Narrative Project to help the party develop a message that can survive in midterm election years.

This morning were going to hear some tough love, and frankly we need to hear it, said Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who chairs the DNC.

It is strongly believed that the Democratic Party is loosely understood as a long list of policy statements and not as people with a common set of core values (fairness, equality, opportunity), the report found. This lack of cohesive narrative impedes the partys ability to develop and maintain a lifelong dialogue and partnership with voters.

The report, developed by party leaders and operatives, encourages Democrats to develop a three-cycle plan to increase representation in state legislatures for the purposes of the 2020 redistricting cycle. Republican gains in states in 2010 led to gerrymandering in their favor in the last decennial redrawing of congressional district lines, and further gains in 2014 made the Democrats challenge to reverse the trend all the greater.

The Task Force recommends that the DNCalong with the Democratic family of organizations, state parties and allied organizationscreate and resource a three-cycle plan that targets and wins back legislative chambers in order to prepare for redistricting efforts, the document states.

The report also calls on the party to continue pushing for right-to-vote legislation, as well as step up efforts nationwide to recruit candidates at local and state levels to build the next generation of party leaders. Additionally, it calls on the party to continue to study why voters drop-off from presidential years to midterm elections, resulting in a more favorable playing field for the GOP, as well as ways to prevent the hemorrhaging of white voters .

In order to win elections, the Democratic Party must reclaim voters that weve lost including white Southern voters, the report states. The topic was a subject of discussion Thursday during a meeting of state party chairs, led by South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jaime Harrison. On Saturday, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, who chaired the task force, faulted the party for having a single-minded electoral strategy focused on White house and said, the Democratic Party has lost its way.

Republicans reacted skeptically.

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Rudy Giuliani Questions Obama's Love of US; Democrats Cry Foul

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Associated Press | 02.20.15 | 12:04 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats on Thursday assailed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obamas love of country, and urged the potential field of Republican presidential candidates to rebuke him for his comments.

Giuliani said at a New York City event on Wednesday night, I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America.

He doesnt love you. And he doesnt love me. He wasnt brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country, said Giuliani, who sought the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. His comments were reported by Politico and the New York Daily News.

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Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said its time for Republican leaders to stop this nonsense.

Several likely GOP candidates declined to get involved Thursday. Giuliani, meanwhile, softened his remarks somewhat in an interview, saying he didnt mean to question the presidents patriotism.

Asked by Fox News Megyn Kelly whether he had demonstrated civility, Giuliani replied: I think it was perfectly civil. I think that is a perfectly reasonable opinion.

His comments at the dinner brought to mind a familiar conservative criticism during Obamas 2008 and 2012 campaigns that he wasnt proud enough of the United States. During his presidency, a smaller segment falsely claimed that Obama was not born in the United States but rather in his fathers native Kenya.

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