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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And the Dems opened the borders to let a flood of foreigners in so they could harvest their votes.
Members of their base saw that, and many, especially the “yutes”, realized that the Dems “compassion” was just a “dog and pony” show.
lolz. A good start would be to maybe start thinking about doing something honest and for the American people, but there is no indication of any of that.
That’s why Gavin Newsom said he’s against men in women’s sports. He’s positioned to be some “more moderate” or “reasonable “ Democrat .
He’s still liberal through and through. He’s just trying to position himself for the future of someone who is not an insane democrat.
Communists deny they are communists.
All the emphasis on “the Reagan and George H.W. Bush era”, “since Reagan-Bush era” is unusual and strange, it was the Reagan era.
(The Democrat US Senators voted 45 to 0 to have men play women’s sports.)
Do you know the date and name of that? - more evidence against them - I just can’t remember the exact date
Thank you!!
Yeah a bigger cliff to dive off
Their idea of a budget spend and kickback it’s what they’ve done from the beginning of their party.
Silent Fabian Society members.
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