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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At this point it's political suicide to stand up to Trump.  The only Democrats who survive in elected office will be the ones who cooperate and help him with his agenda.  Sad but true.[/quote]

Absolutely wrong and tone deaf.[/quote]

Tone deaf to dcurbanmoms, but right on with the national electorate.  Approval ratings for Democrats have plunged during Trump's two months in office.  Trump's ratings have slipped a little too, but nothing like what's happened to Democrats.  We struggle to grok it here in DC, but "all the craziness" of Trump's first 60 days have HELPED Republicans relative to Democrats.  The numbers don't lie.

Back in calmer times, Republicans and Democrats worked together.  Think of Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill.  But now Democrats have been "fighting" for 8 years, and the voters' response was to deliver Trump every single swing state and for every Demographic group to shift toward Republicans.  The number of voters who want Democrats to just obstruct for the next four years is too small to deliver election victories to Democrats.

I understand the calculus that many Democratic office holders are using.  They know that Trump hate is the most important motivation for the most active Democrats.  And they are afraid of being primaried from the Left.  BUT...they aren't going to be able to win general elections if they do nothing but obstruct.  They won't be able to win back the flyover state folks and independents and soccer moms if they reject the message those voters just sent--that they want populist Republicanism right now, not establishment Democratic obstructionism.[/quote]

Republicans for years having voted No on almost everything.  Congress has the lowest approval rating and each year it continues to be lower. So Democrats should just vote No or be absent.

Stop with the propaganda that all these folk want populist Republicanism.  It’s a lie.  What most people want and desire is an ALTERNATIVE.  Quite frankly I expect more people to become Independents.[/quote]

That just means checked out at this point.

I expect people to vote one way or another based on their wallet, not worry so much about belonging to one party or another 
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The voters consistently report trusting Republicans more with the economy than they trust Democrats.  We've gotten awfully excited about the stock market backing down 10% off its highs.  We're hoping that an economic downturn will make people wish they had voted for Kamala Harris.  I would argue that's an unlikely outcome.  That's not really how human psychology works.  And hope is not a strategy.  What are we going to DO, other than loudly wish for the American people to suffer a recession?  (which is obviously not a great look.  they know we want power, but do we have to be SO obvious about wanting Americans to suffer for daring to oppose us?)[/quote]

No we don’t want “power” you disingenuous fool. We want to protect our country and the citizens from a con man who will sell us all out. [/quote]

Well you already blew it.  It's now year ten of the Trump era, because your efforts to "protect the country and the citizens from a con man" were so ham-handed and undemocratic and gross.  You tried everything to "protect the country," and the country said, "No thanks, we prefer Trump."  They know him pretty well by now, con-man tendencies and all, and they still chose him over you.  
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You guys, led by Trump, stormed Congress and tried to assassinate the Vice President. [/quote]

LOL. Who is "you guys"?  The Democrats have lost the plot.  If the American people agreed with your "Jan6" takes, Trump wouldn't have won the election.[/quote]

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