I figured no one would like my post
But many of the ideas in this thread boil down to, "How do we manipulate voters into doing what we want?" That sounds an awful lot like a certain cult I know. I understand that it may feel like the only option left, but realize that you are erecting and joining your own cult. Yay, team?
I would rather see Dems consider, "How do we bring ourselves more into alignment with the concerns of the majority of voters and get them to understand that we have done it?" My overcomplicated post is really just focusing solely on economic populism and effectively reaching voters with that platform. It's not unlike your suggestion, but without making up vile shit. You don't have to make anything up if you can effectively target and talk to the economically pained US voter about their pain and how what you are going to do about it will be better than what the oligarchs are doing about it. Give them nothing else to make their decision on, nothing else for the opposition to use against you. That's ALL you stand for -- helping the most U.S. citizens as possible live lives free of financial distress.
It's should be soooo easy, and yet... it hasn't been done. Why? Ineptitude? A void of strategic vision? Dems also being in bed with and dependent on the billionaires? Fear of all the rednecks with guns who would just as soon vote from the rooftops as ballot box? Some ratio of all of the above?
Those questions are why I've transitioned from crusader to apathetic observer. The fundamental flaw in this thread is stated in its title. "Dem strategery". The only effective strategy I see on display from Dems is, "How can we lose ridiculously without the majority of our base coming to the conclusion that we are fucking ridiculous?"