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The Democratic Party is failing to persuasively explain why the Senate shouldn& #39;t even consider Amy Coney Barrett, and it& #39;s failing to make a persuasive case against Barrett herself. Republicans are clearly winning this battle. Democrats are blowing it. https://morningconsult.com/2020/10/07/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-polling/">https://morningconsult.com/2020/10/0...
Two weeks ago, I was told that Senate Democrats would not discuss court expansion because they preferred to fight Barrett& #39;s confirmation first. But they& #39;re barely doing that. And now they& #39;re poised to blow the hearings. Democrats& #39; approach to Barrett has been a complete disaster.
Here& #39;s the thing: The Democratic base is mad. They& #39;re scared of Barrett. They& #39;re still mourning RBG. They& #39;re furious about Garland. And they& #39;re outraged by McConnell& #39;s rank hypocrisy.
Senate Democrats have failed to channel this anger into anything productive. It& #39;s appalling.
Senate Democrats have failed to channel this anger into anything productive. It& #39;s appalling.
The political malpractice we are seeing among Senate Democrats right now is one of the greatest gifts the party has ever given to the GOP. They aren& #39;t fighting Barrett. They& #39;ve privately given up. They& #39;re just tweeting resistance bait. ActBlue donations aren& #39;t going to stop this.
In response to @marty_lederman and others: A big problem here is that Democrats haven& #39;t figured out how to lose bitter battles over the Supreme Court and then turn those losses into a subsequent victory by mobilizing the grievance they generate. The GOP has perfected this.
Democrats assume that there& #39;s no point in fierce engagement unless you can "win." If you assume that premise, then sure, Dems probably can& #39;t "win" right now. But the whole point is to lose in a way that sets up the next battle. And you don& #39;t do that by going through the motions.
This is what surrender looks like. Why are @SenFeinstein, @SenatorLeahy, @SenatorDurbin, @SenWhitehouse, @amyklobuchar, @ChrisCoons, and @CoryBooker legitimizing this confirmation process? Why are they letting Barrett use them to launder her reputation? https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1313952203590246409">https://twitter.com/seungmink...
