The first step is to convince everyone that we need to hand over our only bargaining chip, immediately. Only after that point can you start making any demands.
See, there are other options on the table, they just don’t like the implication of those options. It’s about maintaining this illusion that the Democrats are a real political party built from member consensus and not a de facto official state party. Any realistic pressure path would require acknowledging the nature of the beast.
Force how? Stern tweet about how, even though you promise to vote for them again, you’re very disappointed in how they behaved?
If Biden doesnt behave he gets one of these
The first step is to convince everyone that we need to hand over our only bargaining chip, immediately. Only after that point can you start making any demands.
Hey they learned by watching Dems negotiate. That’s how you know they’re real fans.
you’re not supposed to think about how capitulating voting pressure leaves exactly zero avenues for pressuring politicians they approve of
See, there are other options on the table, they just don’t like the implication of those options. It’s about maintaining this illusion that the Democrats are a real political party built from member consensus and not a de facto official state party. Any realistic pressure path would require acknowledging the nature of the beast.
these libs probably clutched pearls at yelling at dems in public, nevermind sit-ins and more direct action