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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So far the Democrats in Congress have acted as a unit.  They've fought against everything Trump is trying to do.  They've fought against audits and transparency, they've fought against cost-savings in government, they've fought against fraud reduction in government, and they've fought against border control.  And they've fought FOR men in girls' sports.  
 
Polls show that voter approval of the Democratic Party is dropping fast.  Democrats are in a worse position than they were in back in November.

Four years of unpopular obstructionism will put Democratic re-election candidates in a terrible position.  They need some actual achievements to point to, not just obstructionism.  And the only achievements available will be bipartisan ones.

Whichever Democrats defect first and start working with Trump to pass popular parts of his agenda will be best positioned to hold onto their seats.  [/quote]

Exactly what are the popular parts of his agenda for Democrats? [/quote]

None of his agenda is popular with hyperpartisan powerful Democrats like us.  We're outraged that the Republican Party is even allowed to exist, and it's absolutely intolerable that was allowed to beat us, take office, etc.

But much of his agenda IS popular with independents, flyover state middle and working class Dems, soccer moms, etc.  Dramatically reducing illegal immigration, getting men out of girls' sports, getting LGBTQIA+ sex ed out of elementary schools, reducing waste and fraud in government, restoring meritocracy in hiring instead of DEI quotas, ending forever wars, etc.

Democratic Party politicians can take their pick.  Survey their constituents and see which [b]Trump policies are most popular[/b].  And work WITH him on a couple of those.  The fraud and waste thing might be a good one.  Dems could agree and amplify and turn the spotlight on the areas of Republican waste and fraud--the Pentagon, subsidies for oil and gas, etc etc.  That would play better in Peoria than the Democratic position so far, which IS nuanced, but LOOKS to voters like an oppostion to ANY audits or spending cuts.[/quote]

Trump literally promised them nothing.

And he has delivered

Unfortunately the cult of personality only allows some of us to get away with this. The rest actually have to come up with policies

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We always say the same thing--the voters are stupid or in a cult.  This is incorrect.  Go to a flyover state and ask some independents and soccer moms what they want.  They prefer Republican policies to Democratic ones.

They didn't enjoy the millions of new illegal immigrants the Biden administration brought in.  They didn't enjoy lifetime tenure for bureaucrats.  They didn't enjoy white men being blackballed from corporate hiring or promotions due to DEI quotas.  They didn't enjoy Democrats' endlessly promoting "trans folks."

Of course WE think our policies are better, of course we know Trump is a liar.  But it doesn't change the fact that a lot of things in our policy platform are unpopular with voters.

As an example, take the men in girls' sports that our Democratic Senators just voted to CONTINUE.  Obviously that's unpopular among mainstream Democrats.  90% of the country is against it.  But our leaders insisted.  Why?  To oppose Trump, to appease trans folk, and because we believe its the right thing to do whether the voters like it or not.  We believe that some of our commitments to oppressed minorities are too important to compromise on even when we KNOW they hurt us at the ballot box.  Maybe that's good.  But it IS unpopular, just on the numbers.

The same thing is true with open borders.  When we say "no human is illegal," the average American voter doesn't like it.  When we say, "Sanctuary Cities," the average American voter doesn't like it.  Maybe they are racist, maybe they are stupid, maybe they are in thrall to a cult-leader.  But for whatever reason, more than half the voters DISAGREE with Democratic border and immigration policies.  By definition, our border and immigration polices are unpopular.[/quote]

Voters in red areas are turning out in droves for Bernie. And I can assure you he's not talking about those things you listed.

The average voter doesn't like immigration because they've been told that this is why they can't achieve the American dream. Not anything that corporate America is doing to defraud them

Pointing at immigration is the biggest distraction from what is really keeping average Americans from having a good living for them and their families. The Rs conveniently leave out who some of their biggest backers are.

And trans?  GMAFB. None of that affects the average American. If you have a future for you and your family, you are worrying if so.e man is wearing a dress.
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Your are responding to a dedicated troll when spews Fox News talking points and says "we Democrats" to troll you. [/quote]

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