"More outreach to rural areas of purple states" and "Change the message" are 2 different arguments. [View all]

Some seem to conflate two different arguments.

Obama has spoken about the importance of doing outreach to rural areas of purple states like Iowa so as to minimize the losses in those areas in order to carry the state. There are Democrats (not all of whom are white, by the way) in rural areas of purple states, and they (like any other group) are more likely to vote if they're the target of GOTV efforts. I, for one, think that's totally valid.

And then there's the argument that Democrats don't have a strong economic message (never mind the evidence to the contrary), or that they need to substantially alter their overall message.

Now, some may subscribe to both arguments, and that's fine. But let's not conflate the two.