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[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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