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In reply to the discussion: Poll numbers show Democrats at disadvantage [View all]stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)They need to forcefully, clearly, and repeatedly state to the people (WHENEVER they are on television), that they are frustrated they haven't been able to do X, Y, and Z
because of the historical obstructionism by the Republicans.
They are more interested in peddling the bi-partisan narrative, and all that does is give the Republicans a gigantic, enormous, gargantuan pass on all of their B.S. behavior. The average person just does NOT get that the Republicans have been so obstructionist, and why would the Democrats want to be so super-bi-partisan-y with the Republicans if they were truly that bad (to an average American's mind).
Elected Democrats have every reason to not want to work with the Republicans. In fact, if they truly want to enact policies for ideas they supposedly support then they need to be CLEARLY telling the American people that although they want to enact X,Y, and Z, these policies will never be enacted if Republicans are in Congress. This is a message that they rarely, if ever, speak, and it truly makes many wonder if they really want to enact the policies they supposedly stand for. They will NEVER be implemented with Republicans. They can't work with Republican to enact them, so they need to repeatedly state that fact. Repeatedly. And again. One more time.