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kleinbl00  ·  2337 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Republicans Release Tax Plan, Cutting Corporate and Middle-Class Taxes

Leonhardt observed this morning that the principle characteristic of the bill is that it's a hurried mess.

It's becoming increasingly clear that the Republican Party has little cohesiveness beyond opposition to the Democratic agenda and that when they are required to come up with a platform of changes, they can't agree on anything beyond "Democrats bad."

Interesting times.





b_b  ·  2337 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Interesting, indeed. It may be a useful strategy for Democrats to support certain parts of the bill publicly. They may find it easy to sew or encourage divisions within the GOP ranks. Instead of being the new party of "no" like the GOP opposition before them, perhaps they can be the party of "yes, and..." There are so many ideological red lines for conservatives that countermand other ideological lines for other conservatives, that it may be easier to foment infighting than to just be intransigent. At least, that's what I'd do.

kleinbl00  ·  2337 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The democrats are such a hidebound mess that they're having trouble opposing a president with a 33% approval rating.