They are the only immediate opposition leaders to take on trump.

Ever T***p agenda bill gets at best one or two D votes to begin with.

the Dems need to get their ranks to close and hold steady. They need to ALL grow backbones and hold firm on their beliefs and if they have to make the unifying call "saving the Consitiution" then do so!

Second, once they can get cohesive and hold some solid stance on things, they can start peeling off repubs that are wobbly and on the fence about this whole shitshow. The R's are starting to crack, but we can only get those people peeled off if we have a cohesive agenda and vision. All this scattered energy is wasteful...Bernie's on about Oligarchs, Booker is calling out hypocrisy on the floor etc... if there was a unifying thread, they might have a shot at actually shifting the agenda/narratives.

But whining and strongly worded letters are over. It's time for our reps to get mad and get organized. Or it's time for US to get down and dirty in the streets...

We need to look at what they do. At what they did when Democrats had the White House, the House, and the Senate.

They complained about everything.
They turned everything into a scandal or a controversy.
They framed the debate.

They certainly weren’t doing “smiling more is my resistance” or writing books about it.

And they won.

but they can do a lot in the court of public opinion.

in regards to keeping government funded. This is where they better fight like a rabid dog...or rabid grizzly

Senators representing as little as 11% of the population can block any legislation.

Stuff like this doesn’t help:

We signed the damn thing': Mayor furious after threats force him to make ICE agreement

https://www.rawstory.com/we-signed-the-damn-thing-mayor-furious-after-being/

asking why Congress's polls are down isn't helping. It exacerbates the situation. We failed them, somehow. We didn't vote. They need to change tactics. All Republicans are the enemy, until they're not. Especially in the Senate, they're not your friend from across the aisle. They smile in your face while stabbing you in the back. We wouldn't have the SC situation now if fights were fought harder back then. It's too late to write letters demanding anything. You don't have the power and that's our fault.
No matter who the party leaders are, they are going to get the blame but when you're back in power, don't be nice, make new rules, take out the trash.

The Felon has no shame but some of those feckless Republicans might still remember what integrity felt like, shame the f.ck out of them. Don't give them a shoulder to cry on. Shun them. Any Dem that doesn't row with the rest should be on that list as well. Stop talking just to hear yourself. Don't fake passion. It looks worse. Support those that are passionate and genuinely angry in their delivery. Does anybody question Bernie's sincerity?

Anyway, just a few thoughts.

I previously posted this in response to a previous similar post.

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