Amen. A simple proposition is that you don’t get to do the things / enact the policies you want unless and until your team wins enough elections to make that happen. Let the Republicans be the party of performative stupidity (which they are better at anyway). People by and large don’t want “transformative change.” They want things to be …
Amen. A simple proposition is that you don’t get to do the things / enact the policies you want unless and until your team wins enough elections to make that happen. Let the Republicans be the party of performative stupidity (which they are better at anyway). People by and large don’t want “transformative change.” They want things to be better than they presently are. When you have a narrow majority, don’t overreach. Don’t waste time with massive omnibus bills that are easy to parody and oppose. Take the parts that are broadly popular and try to pass those. You probably lose a lot of those, but you’ve made the other team be the bad guys who voted down specific things most people want (and left a record of their opposition). That will do more to help win more elections the next time than shooting for the moon and falling (which just makes your side look weak and out of touch). Let the Republicans be the party of performative jerks in disarray.
Amen. A simple proposition is that you don’t get to do the things / enact the policies you want unless and until your team wins enough elections to make that happen. Let the Republicans be the party of performative stupidity (which they are better at anyway). People by and large don’t want “transformative change.” They want things to be better than they presently are. When you have a narrow majority, don’t overreach. Don’t waste time with massive omnibus bills that are easy to parody and oppose. Take the parts that are broadly popular and try to pass those. You probably lose a lot of those, but you’ve made the other team be the bad guys who voted down specific things most people want (and left a record of their opposition). That will do more to help win more elections the next time than shooting for the moon and falling (which just makes your side look weak and out of touch). Let the Republicans be the party of performative jerks in disarray.