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What would you say the democrat's "best issues" were during the biden admin?
That’s literally everything not unique to politics or power. I’m hungry I eat, no longer hungry and I’m not interested in lunch anymore.
It’s not profound
Interesting. Solving problems makes you less popular. It's almost as if you have to invent problems to stay relevant. That's kind of how I feel about this whole gender craziness.
What issue will Trump take off the table that will make MAGA less salient? Immigration?
The overreach occurs in large part because our ultra-narcissistic politicians - in both parties - have a burning desire to leave (what they hope will be) an indelible legacy. That’s not accomplished through addressing popular issues on a bipartisan basis.
STAT takes a look at six Senators who will be poised for influence in health care when Republicans take power in early January.
That's a brilliant point, Matthew. But don't forget the Overton Window. When a door closes a window opens!
What about when the point of politics is to increase the chaos with the point of keeping the issue on the table?
The most popular thing the democrats did was kick Trump out of the White House, but it did not take that issue off the table
I read this post three times, and it is still meaningless gibberish. 
Yes, and also people just don't like change, even if they agreed with it ex ante. Plus people fetishize bipartisanship, so the mere fact that the other side is criticizing is taken as evidence that the party in power is doing something bad.
59% of Americans favor replacing the Electoral College with a direct popular vote, and 17 states (and D.C.) pledged to adopt a popular vote. Learn why that means the loss of YOUR voice in presidential elections today in Hillsdale College’s important video.
I'm sure this happens but there's more to it
Running on a hypothetical fix, which can be as perfect as you can imagine, will fall short of imperfect reality. Obamacare had Dems taking it to the teeth for years, because the imperfect reality of reform was more bitter than hope
This is a big problem for leftwing parties worldwide. Most developed countries have a reasonably functional welfare, healthcare and environmental protection system (yes, including the US)
What if they don’t solve it, and their issue is “the corrupt other side we need to fight”?
It’s also that the party in power is the reflexive blame center for issues that annoy people but which have very little to do with who is running the government.
Thought this was about fighting over home heating for a minute and was really confused
My dad said I'm not supposed to touch the thermostat tho 
Governments *very rarely* take a problem off the table. More likely, they exacerbate a problem, thus getting themselves replaced.
Trump's secret here is he runs as a law and order guy but provokes disorder so as not to reduce the salience.
And then they do unpopular things that had little salience when they rose to power, creating salience for their bases’ unpopular issues.
59% of Americans favor replacing the Electoral College with a direct popular vote, and 17 states (and D.C.) pledged to adopt a popular vote. Learn why that means the loss of YOUR voice in presidential elections today in Hillsdale College’s important video.
but if they don't deliver on their promises to fix issues they run on, voters punish them for that too, thus how democracy is supposed to cause improvements
It’s also though that the other guy gets a chance to lead to confirm they don’t have good ideas. One side shouldn’t always be in power.
thats true ever since hitler no populist has ran on the international jewery and gained a ton of traction. just like palestine wont be an issue in 4 years assuming elections either
It’s also that many policies that are popular during campaigns become deeply unpopular once they pass and the costs/drawbacks become obvious.
Ie Brexit regret, or normie Dems who voted for "ending Trump’s border policies” only to be horrified by the Biden migrant flood.
Similarly . . . when you effectively prevent disaster - such as terrorist attacks or war - people then think it was never really a risk instead of giving you credit. I think Michael Oren once termed this Jonah's Dilemma, many years ago.
Unions pushed the 40-hour work week. The 40-hour work week became the standard for everyone. Victory for the unions; but we don’t need unions for that anymore.
59% of Americans favor replacing the Electoral College with a direct popular vote, and 17 states (and D.C.) pledged to adopt a popular vote. Learn why that means the loss of YOUR voice in presidential elections today in Hillsdale College’s important video.
So you're admitting the dems failed to codify Roe so they could campaign on abortion rights.
Thanks, Matty.
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As many frustrations I have with the NYT, and I have a lot, it’s worth noting it is the only outlet in the world that could have done this story.
For what it’s worth, I think Biden’s pardon would’ve played better if he just outright said, “I lost, he’s my fucking son, eat shit and deal with it” than whatever that was
Probably has something to do with the fact that they're now leery of doing anything that will get them labeled "public health overlords."
