“How absolutely pathetic,” declared the Justice Democrats, an advocacy group that focuses on assisting progressive challengers willing to take on more establishment lawmakers in office. “Your voters expect you to hold the line for their basic healthcare and food benefits. This is just surrender. Every Senate Democrat that joined Republicans to pass this sold the American people out and we should make sure they have no future in public office.”
“Let’s be clear — this proposal isn’t a compromise, it’s a capitulation,” said Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson (D-Ill.). “Millions [will] lose their health coverage, and millions more [will] face skyrocketing premiums. The Senate should reject this misguided plan. In the House, my vote will be HELL NO.”
The Democratic Party is dead and liberal centrism is an obstacle to progress, the DNC is not a bulwark against fascism it is a tacit and cowardly endorsement of it.
Democrats just condemned ~50,000 US citizens to death every year, let that sink in…
According to the report, premiums for Americans who buy their own health insurance will double on average next year, while 15 million people are expected to lose coverage as a result of the Republican budget. The report details how the cuts would substantially increase the number of uninsured Americans in every state in the country and double the uninsured rate in some states, including Massachusetts and Louisiana. A study from Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania estimates that the cuts could cause more than 50,000 unnecessary deaths every year.
The report includes dozens of firsthand accounts from Americans facing life-threatening consequences:
You do realize that politicians use internal polling to understand how effective their strategies are, right? It’s not the only thing they use, but it’s a big part of it.
this doesn’t address my point at all
I honestly want sure what your point was. Democrats knew they were never going to pass legislation using the government shutdown. It’s not a thing that ever happens.
My suggestion about internal polling is that they were using that to determine the ideal time to end the shutdown. They went out on top rather than giving Republicans an opportunity to gain ground. Or worse, allow republicans to justify ending the filibuster.
on top of what? they got nothing out of this.
On top of the polling. That’s all they are ever going to accomplish.
and what’s polling gonna do for them now?
Political strategy my dude. Is that a real question? You act like this is the end of the Democratic Party.
that’s not an answer. you can’t say what you they’re getting out of this because the answer is fuck-all. oh yeah, “political strategy” from the party that snatches defeat from the jaws of victory all the fucking time, that’s reassuring…
You asked about polling. It is useful for political strategy.
If you’re now talking about the shutdown, I’ve said it elsewhere, people on here had WAY too high of expectations for what is possible from a shutdown.