MSNBC Guest: Progressives Don’t Dumb Things Down for Public Consumption

Hardball Panelist: Progressives Don't Dumb Things Down for Public Consumption, Hence Midterm Loss (NewsBusters)

Appearing as a panelist on the November 6 Hardball, liberal talk show host Joe Madison offered his assessment for why Democrats lost the 2014 midterms: Liberals, being the intellectuals they are, talk above the heads of the average voter, rather than communicating their ideas in an accessible manner for the layman to understand. They need to "put it where the goats can get it," as Madison's grandfather would say.

Madison made his comments as part of a panel discussion in which Hardball host Chris Matthews lamented how Democrats, including Barack Obama, have not sold the American public on the economic rebound happening under the president's watch.