Good! This will be PERFECT for a Few Days until the Democrats trade ALL LEVERAGE for a Promise to Maybe Not Possibly Sometimes CLOSE this Important Center!
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Dems had a decent strategy with the Healthcare subsidies. We are only under a continuing resolution and unfortunately the average American is fucking dumb. They cannot understand that something will happen. They only understand when something is happening to them personally.
So the last shutdown was giving dems a bad look because the subsidies hadn't been canceled yet and people were too dumb to realize the impact.
Now dems have Republicans on record voting against the subsidies and can once again shutdown the government to force them to give in. With broader support from the people.
This is what I think they wanted to do, but they failed big time. They waited so long to sign a continuing resolution the party just looked weak by having caved with no real progress. Long term it still may play out but short term was rough
Lolz. How soon until Schumer-crats bring them back to caving.
You idiots voted for this!
Democrats stand up for something objectively good.
Gotta complain of course. Go back under your rock dude
Democrats stand up
They already caved on Obamacare subsidies. But surely this time will be different.
Hey I rode a bike last week and in a car today.
Two entirely different things. Whether they follow through on a nation wide shutdown (which I agree, they should not have caved) or two senators from a single state say they will not vote for something that directly harms their constituents is apples and oranges.
Did they though? They only passed a continuing resolution. They can reforce the issue with another shutdown after the average American expirences the increased healthcare premiums and after the Republicans explicitly voted against the subsidies.
Short term they look weak, long term it could work though.
Unless they just cave immediately and they had no real strategy. I can't dismiss the possibility