Dems’ Blue-Collar Blues

Politico reports that Democrats aren’t keen on having Bill Clinton help out in this year’s campaigns, what with #MeToo consciousness so high. Too bad that leaves them without any major figure to appeal to working-class voters.

Party figures tried to be diplomatic about it. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told Politico that the ex-president “just brings up a lot of issues that will be very tough for Democrats” and their messaging.

Clinton’s past is just too vivid a reminder that sexual abuse is a bipartisan problem, if Harvey Weinstein & Co. weren’t enough.

Former President Barack Obama can’t help much: He’s popular with the base, not with swing voters; his policies prompted thousands of counties to switch from Demo- cratic in 2008 to Republican in 2016.

Yet Democrats suddenly aren’t polling too well: just a point or two ahead of Republicans on the “generic congressional ballot.”

Most analysts credit the impact of the GOP tax cut, which is actually putting money in people’s pockets — in direct contradiction to what Dems said would happen.

Meanwhile, the “collusion” charge against President Trump is looking like a delusion, and while voters may not love his character, they seem to appreciate his policies. And shutting down the government over immigration didn’t convince anyone that Democrats have the average Joe’s interests at heart.

If the party can’t find some way to connect with blue-collar America, it won’t be catching a wave this fall.