Posted on 03/11/2025 1:22:02 AM PDT by Libloather
CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein said Monday that the Democratic Party was in its weakest position since the 1980s, the Reagan-Bush era, as the party continues to determine its best way forward.
"If you talk to Democrats, you know, they recognize they are in a hole. I mean, the image of the party is probably in a weaker position than at any point since I think the 1980s, the Reagan and George H.W. Bush era," Brownstein told CNN's Audie Cornish.
Cornish and Brownstein discussed the Friday federal government funding deadline, as Cornish said GOP lawmakers were hoping to offset tax cuts in the federal budget and that the "likely target could be Medicaid." Democratic lawmakers have maintained that the GOP proposed bill included cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
"But if you ask Democrats how they think they are going to come back, there is a debate about, you know, within the party, do you fight on every front or do you focus on the economic issues? And I think most Democrats believe their best chance of kind of getting a second look from the public in 2025 is this debate over the budget," Brownstein continued.
"You know, this is the first time since that 1995-96 budget when Republicans are explicitly putting two things together in the same budget plans, tax cuts that are aimed primarily at the rich, and cuts in programs and health care programs, particularly Medicaid, that benefit the middle and working class. I mean, if you look at their tax cuts since then, they‘ve been sugar only. They‘ve kept the spinach far away from it," the political analyst said.
Brownstein argued that the Democratic Party could link the argument that the GOP will be cutting Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the wealthy to the budget...
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I come not to praise the Democratic Party; but to bury it.
TOO MUCH weird stuff - especially the past 16 years.
What kind of horseshit is this?
Tax cuts for the rich has been overused. And, people who pay tax don’t believe in that bs anymore.
they will do what they did the last time they were in this position
run a “moderate”
” tax cuts that are aimed primarily at the rich, and cuts in programs and health care programs, particularly Medicaid, that benefit the middle and working class.’
This is not from a political analyst, as it’s all lies. This is from the usual Democrat activist.
This must be why they think the way to win them back is by gutter "street" talk with all the profanity that the Democrats are hurling right now as a strategy.
Talk about misapplying a stereotype! If Democcrats think it will make them look "cool" to young people, it's just going to make them look desperate, frustrated, and unable to articulate their positions in an adult way that's expected of people who hold highly esteemed positions.
-PJ
Rust never sleeps.
Yup. This article is leaning heavily on the idea that Trump just wants tax cuts to benefit “the rich” and also Trump plans to screw over “the middle class”. It’s BS and it won’t work.
DOGE Medicare, Medicaid and social security with a vengeance. There’s billions of waste, fraud and abuse in there. Also reform eligibility.
“Democrats believe their best chance of kind of getting a second look from the public in 2025 is this debate over the budget,”
…yea. That’s it! Hahahahahahaha. Don’t change anything. Just talk about the budget! Hahahahahaha
Hunter’s “broke”......let him argue the budget for all those tolerant and compassionate useless Democrats...…..rotflol
Hunter’s “broke”......let him argue the budget for all those tolerant and compassionate useless Democrats...…..rotflol
Orange man bad
Medicaid is like the ‘Education Department’.. We spend a lot more than other countries and get less.
Switch the incentives and poor people would get better care cheaper. And yeah, WEd can do that.
Democrat elites don’t give a damn about the ‘little people’ - - these horrible programs are created to make them ‘look good’ not to help people with medical care.
The Democrat US Senators voted 45 to 0 to have men play women’s sports.
They can’t undo it.
They can’t pretend it did not happen.
It tells the American people they are totally insane.
There is nothing to discuss with insane people.
“Brownstein argued that the Democratic Party could link the argument that the GOP will be cutting Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the wealthy to the budget...”
IOW, “lie”.
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