They moved their agenda incrementally to set up the Big Wins. You missed it! The “playing field” was prepared long before the “victories”. The “field” was so well prepared the “wins” seemed “natural”, inevitable, nothing but modern progress!
They passed Obamacare knowing they would lose.
Lyndon Johnson passed civil rights knowing he would lose.
That’s the point !
They pass big things, and are willing to take the short term L because they are permanent changes.