8. Don’t pretend to know more than you do. This one trips up conservatives all the time. We want to argue policy because when we know policy, there’s no way they can beat us, because all they have is their lexicon of name-calling and societal expulsion. We have reason on our side. But just because we have reason on our side doesn’t mean that everyone is equipped to be Charles Krauthammer or Michael Barone, policy wonks who can pull facts from the Office of Management and Budget out of every orifice.
