Seconded. @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper and @k9bfriender have much to say about this. Why not have a thread? There’s already several feet of walls of text here that aren’t furthering the discussion for anyone but you two.
Gladly.
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Dissension within the Biden administration as a secret resistance rises.
…Many of his so-called best friends are working diligently from within to muzzle parts of his agenda and curb his worst inclinations.
I would know. I am one of them. Who’s one of them? I am. Yes, I am! Yes, I am!
I thought that the reason was because Major just smelled Trump’s stink still lingering among the ones that worked with Trump. 
Who let the White House dogs out? Who, who, who…?
Slate has an interesting column up about Biden’s infrastructure plan and how he’s selling it. A lot of people are comparing Biden’s agenda to FDR’s, but the more apt comparison may be to Eisenhower. They’re both by nature fairly “small c” conservative politicians who nevertheless pushed for massive investments in public spending and justified it as necessary to meet the challenge posed by an international competitor.
Biden is clearly leaning hard into the China angle. My own sense is that the argument isn’t as potent as it was during the heyday of Cold War hysteria, but it puts Republicans in a box since they’ve been the ones ringing the bell loudest about the threat posed by a rising China. They’re holding strong for now, but if just a couple of Rs break ranks and start working with Democrats to get their projects in the bill I wager the damn will break and they’ll be a scramble among Rs to make sure their state/district doesn’t get left out.
Dam straight.
ISWYDT. 
You know, instead of opposing the Great Big Stimulus Package, Mitch should get on board, promote it, and take credit for it. Win-win!
Or he can oppose it with all his might to appease his base and when it works anyway, he’ll take credit for it. Win-win.
The unfortunate reality is that happy, content people don’t vote – especially in midterm elections. People vote because they’re angry or afraid. Mitch and crew need to make Republican voters mad and fearful so that they’ll turn out in droves next year, which they can’t do on a, “We all worked together to make America better!” message.
Risky strategy, though; because it’s also likely to keep Democratic voters riled up and fearful.
I’m not sure there’s a stronger incentive to people to get out and vote than ‘they’re trying to take the right to vote away from you!’ Especially when they are.
They call out their voters by creating fear of what the Democrats will do with power.
Well, we can all see what they do with power, doesn’t seems so bad.
Democrats don’t need to make things up about what Republicans will do if they gain power, they just need to play Mitch’s speech about the filibuster.
Honestly, that speech of McConnell’s should be in every Democratic campaign ad in 2022.
This is sort of Stacey Abrams’ uniquely effective strategy.
With the Newscorp spin machine, they can make a fireman rescuing a kitten from a tree look like a heinous travesty. Do not discount the enormity of prevarication the White-Wing is capable of.
Sure, the right wing rage machine in all in swing, but that’s not going to affect Democratic voters.
The concern is not that Democrats will change sides, the concern is that they will be complacent and not turn out to vote.
Mitch’s speech should remind them of what is at stake.
May it not be uniquely effective, but generally so.