Correct me if wrong, but this looks like a severe own-goal for the democrats? A long shutdown to try and force something - as a minority party, using the senate 60 vote threshold quirk, that they didn't get?
infamouscow•33m ago
This is correct.
The Democrats are in a new world. They've lost a cultural and information hegemony they had for 40 years, and thus, the playbook of the past doesn't work (for a variety of reasons).
bediger4000•27m ago
The 48 years from 1932 to 1980, maybe. The US has been decidedly conservative since Reagan. SCOTUS hasn't been liberal since Nixon got Rehnquist as chief justice.
The only 40 year stretch on that chart is the House, from 1957-1997.
AnimalMuppet•13m ago
Congress doesn't give them an information hegemony.
AnimalMuppet•9m ago
Well, they painted the Republicans as "the people who wouldn't stop your medical insurance from becoming unaffordable". If Congress fails to extend the subsidy, that's going to be very painful for a lot of people, and politically, the blame will fall on the Republicans. That could be a major win for the Democrats when 2026 rolls around.
jalapenos•1h ago
infamouscow•33m ago
The Democrats are in a new world. They've lost a cultural and information hegemony they had for 40 years, and thus, the playbook of the past doesn't work (for a variety of reasons).
bediger4000•27m ago
infamouscow•24m ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_Stat...
bediger4000•17m ago
AnimalMuppet•13m ago
AnimalMuppet•9m ago