Wednesday 24 June 2026

Why Democrats Need an ‘Operation Kibble’

Ideological activists can’t believe that voters dislike what they are being served.
Jonah Goldberg /
A woman in a beige blazer speaks at a podium with a microphone while a man in a dark blue suit stands beside her at a public rally with a crowd in the background.
Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks alongside President Joe Biden at on August 15, 2024, in Largo, Maryland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

There’s an ancient, almost surely apocryphal, story about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company’s advantages: the best sales team, the best advertising, the best packaging, etc. He then irately asks, “So why aren’t we selling more dog food?”

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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