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Originally Posted by New Era
The Democrats job is to start tying Trump to the Republicans. Every stupid thing he says needs to be countered with "President Comacho, with the support of Republicans in the House and Senate, have done X. Republican policy is Y and it is counter to Z, basic American values. Republicans are damaging our country and making the US a laughing stock to our allies and partners. America is appearing weak around the globe because of Republican policy and administration support of a big business first agenda." Tie them together and you take down the Republicans with Trump.
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There is certainly merit to this line of thinking. However, it may also be flawed. The reason the tea party holds a ton of power despite having a limited amount of actual representatives is that they have shown that they can take down republicans in primaries. So when you factor the gerrymandering that makes republicans so safe in the general election, their biggest threat comes from the far right not the left.
I just don't know if even this giant s%&t show of an administration is bad enough to make republicans abandon their base. As long as they can deflect onto their core messages about abortion and guns, they can keep their people happy. While going centrist and talking about jobs worked for Trump in the presidential election, these congressmen don't have the same worries about actually having to deliver on what was promised.
I still worry that until the fundamental flaws in the American electoral system are fixed (gerrymandering, electoral college, campaign finance, lobbyists, etc) that there is no hope for either party to act in their constituents best interest.