“The republican conference is filled with marauding bands of individuals who can't stand each other.”
. – Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader
(Given their puny two-seat majority, this gives Democrats ever-present golden opportunities to provoke internecine warfare within the Republican caucus!)
“The republican conference is filled with marauding bands of individuals who can't stand each other.”
. – Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader
(Given their puny two-seat majority, this gives Democrats ever-present golden opportunities to provoke internecine warfare within the Republican caucus!)
Oh, there are subtle ways to provoke their internal strife, for instance by proposing amendments or legislation that parts of their caucus will support.
A modest example: propose restoring the regulations on investments in China that were a prime reason for Elon Musk working so hard to kill the bipartisan continuing resolution that had been negotiated.
I am talking about the actual knifing; our better strategy is to focus on the positive impact of our agenda as opposed to the crazy that Trump will provide in the 2nd term; we all know that Trump is undisciplined; he'll be knifing Johnson by June I'm betting
Dems shouldn't throw the GOP lifelines to get out of any of their self-created crises, with the only exceptions being the most basic stuff like preventing government shutdowns or defaults.
Permanent debt ceiling repeal – with a caveat: a stipulation against debt-financed tax cuts, and especially not for high-income earners and large corporations.
“The republican conference is filled with marauding bands of individuals who can't stand each other.”
. – Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader
(Given their puny two-seat majority, this gives Democrats ever-present golden opportunities to provoke internecine warfare within the Republican caucus!)
we should not mettle in that; the Republicans are very capable of knifing each other; our best strategy is to do nothing there
Oh, there are subtle ways to provoke their internal strife, for instance by proposing amendments or legislation that parts of their caucus will support.
A modest example: propose restoring the regulations on investments in China that were a prime reason for Elon Musk working so hard to kill the bipartisan continuing resolution that had been negotiated.
I am talking about the actual knifing; our better strategy is to focus on the positive impact of our agenda as opposed to the crazy that Trump will provide in the 2nd term; we all know that Trump is undisciplined; he'll be knifing Johnson by June I'm betting
On that we agree! Leave all the actual knifing to them.
Dems shouldn't throw the GOP lifelines to get out of any of their self-created crises, with the only exceptions being the most basic stuff like preventing government shutdowns or defaults.
None, zero. Shutting down the government is fine by me. Make them pass their own stupid shitty budgets.
Permanent debt ceiling repeal. Other than that, they can cobble together votes themselves for their terrible ideas
Permanent debt ceiling repeal – with a caveat: a stipulation against debt-financed tax cuts, and especially not for high-income earners and large corporations.
Exactly
slit as many (metaphorical) throats as possible. No quarter given.
I am very much a centre-left squish, but in a non-ideological fighting mood. Nothing else makes any sense.