After years of pushing bright, fresh looking candidates to the front, Democrats are now disturbed by optics.
Optics—the kryptonite of the modern media age, the glimmering, crystalline material that can subsume substance at every treacherous turn. Or as the former Barack Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett rejoined to Todd on Twitter: “When you say ‘on optics, this was a disaster’ it is you saying so that helps make it true. The disaster of the optics is the elevation of optics and the claim by pundits that it was a disaster.”
Face it, Mueller looked bad.
For wanting Mueller to appear in that setting, Democrats looked bad.
Mueller tried to warn them.
They didn't listen.
The report wasn't enough - Democrats needed the optics of Mueller testifying.
Maybe now they'll see they lost this battle?
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