Why Democrats and liberals FAIL .. great article Must read [View all]

[Playingmantis]

"The emerging strategy for opposition to the coming nightmare of a Trump presidency and a GOP Congress seems to be one of utmost caution. Show the public that you’re eager to reach across the aisle and work with Republicans, and if you get rebuffed, you’ll be able to say you tried.

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The standard line from Democrats right now is “our preference is to secure bipartisan solutions wherever possible and look for ways to collaborate with our Republican colleagues to help working families,” but “we will always stand up for our values.”

That’s from Sen. Chuck Schumer, and the reason this is the talking point so many of them are repeating is that they think it’s what voters want to hear. The problem is that voters won’t hear it and don’t care. No one is going to go to the polls in 2026 saying “I really appreciate how Democrats in Congress made an effort to work together with Republicans on bipartisan solutions for the American people, so I’m voting for the Democrat in this House race.

"I think this openness to working with them is less that you are going to see actual collaboration, I think it's that people are trying to set themselves up to have some credibility in other spaces to be against stuff that they're doing," said one former Democratic House aide. "It carries more weight and legitimacy if you're someone who's open minded to working with them, and then they take a hard right and you speak out."

“It carries more weight and legitimacy”? With who, precisely? The answer is, with an imaginary independent voter, one paying close attention to the goings-on in Congress and making their future voting decision on which side they believe operated in good faith.

But this voter does not exist.

I cannot cut and paste enough of this article to do it justice... I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO READ IT YOURSELF as i have said many times , we need to drop the nice guy bipoartisan shit and stop being so willing to cooperate. that gets us NOWHERE except the losing spot on the ballot...

https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/too-many-democrats-dont-understand