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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My unpopular opinion..

As a Dem I think their shutdown strategy of holding the line on premiums is a losing one.

Like it or not, the GOO has the upper hand with Trump at the helm.  Sooner or later, the govt needs to reopen. The shut down creates a distraction for Trump and proj 2025 to leverage opportunities. A lot can happen in the shutdown with him as Pres, legally or not.

The better strategy is to use the leverage of anger when GOP increases costs to bring more folks to the Dem side.  If you are a Dem, you support what they are doing but those independents and GOP folks are who you want to convince. The way to do that is not to inflict more pain and ultimately lose this fight but to jet the pain happen and say - hey vote for us instead!

The only thing happening now is pain for all.  This is nothing but a damn show out in by the Dems to court public favor- to say hey - aren't we cool?! They are not. I put money on the fact that the only people who will be backing down to reopen the govt will be Dems as GOP are clearly anti gov.  This is exactly what they want.  As long as the right people get paid - those in their side - they win.

This whole mess is the Dem debacle and I'm a Dem.  This is just not the right fight to have.  Not at all.  They will end up in a weaker position than the start because they won't have gained anything.

This is how Trump win the Presidency - they built a org, a momentum, a team, a cause.  It's what the Dems should be doing.  What's going on now is the people working separately from political leadership and that's what the Dems need to fix. 
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The democrats are seen as the ones shutting down the gov. They are the holdouts. They will get the blame because they are in the minority.

The entire gop is not going to be convinced especially since they have the numbers. The Dems will have to compromise if the govt is to be reopened. The gop knows this. And will push this to its limits.

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No. The republicans can pass the bill they wrote if they want to. Or they can negotiate with the democrats. And as a democrat and federal employee I am not content to wait for the public to figure out it’s the republicans screwing them on healthcare costs.  If the public had been able to figure that out, we wouldn’t be here. And everything the admin is claiming it is being forced to do because of the shutdown (firing Feds, cutting programs for people who need help) is the same exact firing and cutting they’ve been doing ANYway. Thank you democrats, for not caving.[/quote]

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