If the Democrats could unlock that key, they’d be set. I think part of it is that people just like griping about taxes, because they think *any* taxes are too much.

To some extent sure. But, don’t forget, in red states they have lower wages, higher divorce rates, higher teen pregnancy and lots of other problems to gripe about. These are real problems they haven’t solved and they need a scapegoat — Liberals.

Dem leaders have to find ways to solve problems for those folks.