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vi5

(13,305 posts)
1. People are giving voters too much credit......
Wed May 24, 2017, 02:00 PM
May 2017

1) They won't remember this budget in a year and a half.
2) Even if the budget affects them they won't blame Trump or the Republicans. They always find some way to blame Liberals and Democrats.

Also, say what you will about this horrible budget but mark my words what will happen is they are opening negotiations from a radical far right wish list perspective and will be lauded by the press, the Republican base and even some Democrats when it ends up being only ridiculously right wing and not hideously ridiculously right wing.

Then when Democrats take control again we'll have to do our usual business of starting from a moderately, vaguely left of center negotiation point and winding up in the center.

10 steps backward, 5 steps forward. It's the modern American political way.

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