Will Democrats Be Able to Rally Against the Spending Bill?

Maybe. But also, maybe not.

As Paul pointed out earlier, this country is a complete disaster and Trump is no less popular now than he was in his first term, despite this term being vastly worse.

I’d like to think that this horrifying spending bill will turn people away from the Republicans. But what possible evidence is there for the point? Oh sure, it will piss off liberals and they are the high-volume voters now. I have little doubt Democrats will do well in the midterms next year. Unlikely to do well enough to win the Senate, which is what really matters, though Trump forcing Tillis out improves the chances by a good bit since there’s no way North Carolina Republicans aren’t going to nominate someone who is totally insane, quite possibly Lara Trump. Her on the ballot would also be the demonstration of whether Trump has any coat tails at all at this point.

People will definitely suffer. But how we will tell them that it is Republicans’ fault? I ask because all the Republican Party is going to blame it on Democrats. All we have is the truth and education from traditional news sources. And if you think that is going to work in terms of political messaging, let me remind you this nation has elected Donald Trump twice.

This is what I’m talking about when I say that Democrats need to rethink their politics completely. Because if you can’t message the truth, you lose. If you can’t reach out to people to inform them in an entertaining way that they will watch the truth, you lose. And if you bore them with policy details, you definitely lose. Republicans have to be demonized as the scum of the Earth. Which also happens to be true and that doesn’t hurt.

But what has happened since the election for any of this to happen? Democratic leadership still has no clue and its New York dominated contingent sees Mandami as a greater threat than Trump anyway. What is the transition in messaging? What is the new media strategy? None of it has happened. And if you think that it’s too soon to see the results of work that might have been done, well, you might well be right about that. But is there any evidence that anything has changed for Democrats at all?

So what is going to happen is the following.

1. People are going to lose their health care, go hungry, etc.
2. Republicans will lie to them about who is at fault for this.
3. Democrats will have not thought out how to change that.
4. Democrats will win a thin but real majority in the House next year and could make progress in the Senate
5. Democrats will then think they are on the upswing and believe they are fundamentally doing things right
6. The people will still be convinced Democrats are at fault for the bill or just won’t see anyone at fault because they are completely uneducated about it all except for the vibes they get
7. The 2028 election will be extremely tight and Republicans will do whatever they can to tip the scales, through “legal” means, by which whatever John Roberts allows.

The only way to actually break this cycle is to build back up significant power within lower educated communities that might have used to support Democrats but have swung to Trump.

Like it or not, that’s the only way.

So how are we going to do that so that the voters hurt by this horrendous bill actually begin to understand who did this to them?