Liz,
Of course the reasons why the Democrats are now so unpopular would be quite relevant (at least to the Democrats).

Some of the decisions and actions taken by the Democrats in the past have been quite just and constructive, and there are few political reasons why the Democrats should be so unpopular with the public.

So I tend to think that there are many people who may support the Democrats politically, but dislike them personally, and under such circumstances, I don’t think anyone in the Democrats should be maligning 50% of the voting public.

You can make all the excuses you want for Lyn Allison, but she did recently malign the male gender, and I don’t think that maligning 50% of the voting public will at all improve the chances of the Democrats at the next election.