Priebus resigns; Gen. John Kelly new CoS

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(08-01-2017, 09:45 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: See, this is what I don't get about Trump opponents.  Narcissists are very easy to manipulate, hence the Dem strategy towards him, utter and complete opposition, strikes me as counter-productive to their stated objectives.  A little careful flattery, working with him on less harmful subjects, and they could get a fair amount of their agenda added to the Trump agenda.  The question then becomes why wouldn't they take such an obvious course of action that would allow them to actually accomplish something?  Maybe it's because utter opposition plays better with their voter base and they are more concerned with the 2018/20 elections than they are actually accomplishing something in the next two years.  There's also the fact that allowing Trump even a wiff of a victory may help him in those years.  So, much like the GOP, who were much derided for their actions, they would trade two years of accomplishing nothing for a slight chance of winning Congress in 2018.  Kind of shows you were political parties loyalties really lie eh?

Interesting thought.
It would probably be best for the country. And at the same time might be a political mistake (hard to get public credit as opposition party, voters detest Trump and not because of Dems telling them to, plus there are still open investigations and one probably wouldn't want to be tied to the Trump ship). That's the political game. And it's hard to blame the Democrats for following the rules of that game. Especially if doing quite the opposite of what you suggest brought the GOP much success in recent past.

When majorities change in 2018 and the investigations turn out nothing, the strategy will maybe change. If I were a Dem strategist, I would do things quite differently, e.g. develepong and very hardly pushing an own healthcare fix, but I wouldn't quite order to kiss Trump's ass right now.