Dems' Rules For The Next Four Years

In a perceptive article in The Bulwark by Jonathan V. Last a few days ago, he gives Dems a few thoughts on how to proceed in the coming years with the Malignant Fascist:

"1. Irrelevant.

Democrats in Washington are, as a matter of governing, irrelevant for the next year.

They cannot pass or propose legislation. They cannot hold hearings. They are in no position to stop the Trump administration from doing whatever it wants.

The job of the Democratic party, then is to get into position to get into position. That job comes in two parts.

First: Do not help Republicans. Not in any way. On any issue. Republicans can’t pass a budget, or raise the debt ceiling? Tough luck. Do not provide them any bailout votes on any issue. Period, the end.

Second: Make Donald Trump own every bad outcome that happens, anywhere in the world while paying special attention to areas where Republicans are particularly vulnerable. Like housing and Ukraine." (our emphasis)

For example, Last notes that the housing industry's labor force has a sizable undocumented immigrant component (25% national average, higher in some red states like Texas-- 60%) that the MF wants to deport, leading to an economic disaster. So does the agriculture, service / hospitality industry, restaurants, hotels, etc., and many more.

Make absolutely certain that the blame for such catastrophes falls on the head of the MF and his party / cult. The article continues:

"2. Prediction: Pain

The job of an opposition party is to impose political pain. The point of political pain is to make the president unpopular. By driving up the president’s unfavorable numbers, you make him a millstone for his party’s congressmen and senators as they prepare for midterm elections. To the extent that the president becomes an electoral liability for members of his party, it curbs the ability of his coalition to govern. Which, in turn, takes his marginal agenda items off the table.

I feel silly even saying this because it’s Politics 101. It’s like explaining to a fish that water is supposed to be wet.

But Democrats aren’t acting anything like an opposition party. Joe Biden is bragging to USA Today about how Trump said something nice about him. Merrick Garland is deferring to Aileen Cannon. John Fetterman is vouching for Kash Patel’s sacred honor. Chuck Schumer is playing footsie with Trump’s Gulf of America nonsense.  (our emphasis)

What is wrong with these people? (our emphasis)

With the exception of conservaDem Sen. Fetterman, the Dem offenders are norm-following institutionalists, whose kumbaya / work across the aisle ethos will always fail against elected MAGA fanatics, but they haven't come to terms with that yet. The sad, jarring image of Biden and past Dem Presidents sitting on Monday's inaugural platform as the sociopathic MF lies while excoriating their policies will only serve as a reminder of their misunderstanding of their bases' desire to push back on MAGA, and of their irrelevance.

(photo: "Welcome back" indeed)