Democrats have a lot to consider, and better do it quickly.

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/03/democrats-have-lot-to-consider-and.html

It is not possible to achieve ends that benefit the American people by "working together" with the Republican party. Perhaps, at one time, prior to, oh, let's say, 1980, that was a possibility, and there might have been some rare moments since then when some good, though not the best resolution to the problem, could be achieved. But that is in the past, as George Washington's warning about the devastation and ruin that political partisanship can cause has come to pass with a vengeance. The level of greed, selfish ambition and self-interest that has infected this country goes well beyond any protection the founding fathers had the foresight to include in the Constitution. That requires anyone still interested in preserving the rule of Constitutional law, and democratic idealism to stand firm without compromise to defend it.

It is not possible to "work together" with criminals who blatantly violated the law, and got away with it. The Republicans are supporting a man who instigated a seditious insurrection against the United States, who made off with classified documents that he most likely either did sell for money, or intended to do so, and whose own lack of self control led him to commit crimes against other persons, most notably raping of women. There is absolutely nothing he can say or do, except to resign from office and beg for forgiveness from the American people, on his hands and knees in humiliation, offering restitution, that should be worthy of our attention. "Working together" with his supporters is to be complicit in their crimes.

Polling data was released by a couple of the major networks last week which showed that the favorability rating of the Democratic party in Congress had fallen to 29%, down from 47% just before election time. In one poll, it was as low as 27%.

Question one is, of course, how accurate are these polls? You're reading the words of one who no longer trusts the media to be honest, whose confidence in the ability and knowledge of many of those who work as journalists, including editors and pollsters, is quite low, considering the almost complete lack of civics education many of them exhibit publicly. The conclusion is that they may be a reasonably accurate reflection of those who were polled, though what is actually being asked by the pollsters seems a bit vague and nebulous.

Question two is, if the data is close to an accurate reflection of public opinion, how did it fall so fast, and, considering what we are facing, what is being done to change that perspective.

[AltairIV]

1. Ask Chuck.

Ask our leader Chuck Schumer, if you can't find him check the board rooms of one of the wall street firms.

[progressoid]

2. The wind is in the favor of Democrats

The special elections show a massive anger and distrust of anything from the MAGA crowd. This is a time for bold positions and bold moves, not milquetoast appearances on Sunday Morning chat shows that no body watches.

[gab13by13]

3. The time for bold positions

Was the vote for the CR.
Senate Democrats gave Krasnov exactly what he wanted.

[lees1975]

10. The time for bold positions was in the first legislative session of 2021, when Democrats controlled Congress

and the White House.

Bold, and visionary, and based on the genuine conviction that Trump was an existential threat to democracy should have prompted Democrats to kill the filibuster in order to pack the damn Supreme Court, forestalling that unconstitutional immunity ruling, replacing it with one holding Presidents accountable to the law like everyone else, speed-tracking his insurrection and document theft trials right into the courts, and saving Roe at the same time. Dealing with the fallout would have been a piece of cake compared to the impact that bold move would have had, but there weren't any Democrats in leadership with the cojones to give it a shot. So here we are. And that's one big reason why their approval rating is 29%.

I don't think this country can produce that kind of personal commitment and willingness to sacrifice, everyone is too self absorbed and self interested.

[regnaD kciN]

4. The coming elections might be a windfall for Democratic candidates...

…but we should not be fooled: any such wins will be because they are “not Republicans,” not because they are Democrats. At this point, such candidates will win purely because of their opposition to Trump, not because they have a (D) following their name.

[Midwestern Democrat]

11. We've seen this happen twice before - 2006 and 2018 - which were anti-Bush and anti-Trump, respectively - and it had no

staying power - the 2006 House majority was lost in devastating fashion four years later and we came within a whisker of losing the 2018 House majority a mere two years later (despite Biden winning the presidential election), losing it two years after that. Over the last 30 years, we have not shown that we can hold a House majority for more than two terms - so far, we basically can win it only under the most politically favorable circumstances - during a bad GOP midterm and during the election of a new Democratic president.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. We have time to change that.

Favorability ratings can quickly turn around but we need to see some fire from ALL elected Democrats.

[ms liberty]

7. Welcome to DU, enjoy your stay. Do you like pizza?

[GP6971]

8. Interesting Username. Do you actually practice that?

[Cirsium]

9. Order pizza

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[bronxiteforever]

6. Pizza alert ☝️

[Gum Logger]

13. Marketing moxie may not be as important as policy and philosophy. But

Given all the Democrats in media, academy and entertainment, Democrats should rock at marketing. Some successes in the past could be revisited. Every anniversary, the"pussy hats" could be brought out. The Hand Maiden costumes could be paraded around Washington. ...ect

The bellicose nature of Grump resonates nicely with the bellicose nature of the Scotts-Irish.

FDR let it be known he was the entertainer-in-chief. On the words of Thom Hartmann, bordom is the enemy.