Democrats Watch the Trump Show From the Bleachers
Just try competing with the scandals, falsehoods, pathos, bile and incompetence emanating from the administration.
The spectators’ perspective.
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In 1994, seeking to wrest control of the House of Representatives from Democrats, Republicans ran on the “Contract With America,” a conservative agenda, or at least a set of talking points, to rally their base. In 2018, Democrats head into the midterms running on the contract with Stormy Daniels.
It’s not their choice. In fact, the party is percolating with debates on the ways and means to achieve full employment, higher wages, universal health care, financial regulation and a reversal of the decades-long concentration of wealth and power in an American over-class.