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2/ Dems need to be a steadfast opposition, & not bend. But saying something now that may cause problems btwn Trump/GOP, on infrastructure…
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 17, 2016
4/Would I want Dems to actually support a Trump infrastructure bill? Almost certainly not. But that’s not where we are, & talking now…
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 17, 2016
6/There are emotionally satisfying responses to Trump/GOP control of gov’t, but probably no emotionally satisfying legislative strategies
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 17, 2016
8/And this is a much better Dem senate caucus than the one w Lieberman, Bayh, Ben Nelson, the Walmart Twins, etc
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 17, 2016
I’ve seen calls — mostly from the usual More-Leftist-Than-Thou suspects — claiming ELIZABETH WARREN SOLD US OUT YOU MUST DENOUNCE HER!!! These are people who chose not to remember that Senator Warren was one of Trump’s biggest Democratic bugaboos before the election; she could get under his skin every time she sent out another tweet mocking his thin skin and grifting ways. So now President-Elect Smallgloves (temporarily) has the full power of the Republican revanchists behind him; it would be less than smart for Warren to “fail the rules of comity” by calling for a Democratic suicide march, when she can tweak Trump much more effectively by saying “Of course we’ll work with the Republicans, as long as they’re willing to work with us.” I suspect Trump’s handlers have already had to quietly distract him from sending out nasty tweets attacking her — which would hurt his standing among the give-the-man-a-chance enablers/low-info voters. She will not be the only Democratic legislator calling for ‘comity’ while reserving their right to change tactics once the fighting starts.
To put it another way: Who are you gonna trust, President Obama and Senator Warren, or the rabble-rousers at Jacobin and Breitbart?
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