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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Costa: Pay close attention to what this administration is doing...
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Pay close attention to what this administration is doing...
1. Weekend talks with Democrats were futile. Dems there frustrated that Rs didn't have budget numbers ready and OMB had to rush to compile them. Mtgs. instead focused on admin's bleak presentation on border situation
2. POTUS, encouraged by friends on right, increasingly sees a nat'l emergency declaration as a way to rattle empowered Dems and show his core voters he's going to the brink for wall
3. Instead of trying to negotiate to reopen the gov't with a wall-less bill, the admin spent Monday continuing to make its case of a border crisis to reporters and need for $5.7B. VP and @SecNielsen briefed. Laying foundation ahead of POTUS's Tues. speech to nation.
4. My top Trump admin sources say they see little downside to going "all out" now on the wall. Rallies their voters, tests Dems' mettle, and gives POTUS a chance to be seen as fighting on his signature issue ahead of a likely rough year of probes and battles w/ House Dems
5. The only caveat to all of this is that WH knows GOP holding together is critical. That's why POTUS and VP are phoning mbrs. That's in part why there is a speech to nation and trip to border. Direct msg to skittish Rs that this is the line, this is a crisis, so hold on tight.
1. Weekend talks with Democrats were futile. Dems there frustrated that Rs didn't have budget numbers ready and OMB had to rush to compile them. Mtgs. instead focused on admin's bleak presentation on border situation
2. POTUS, encouraged by friends on right, increasingly sees a nat'l emergency declaration as a way to rattle empowered Dems and show his core voters he's going to the brink for wall
3. Instead of trying to negotiate to reopen the gov't with a wall-less bill, the admin spent Monday continuing to make its case of a border crisis to reporters and need for $5.7B. VP and @SecNielsen briefed. Laying foundation ahead of POTUS's Tues. speech to nation.
4. My top Trump admin sources say they see little downside to going "all out" now on the wall. Rallies their voters, tests Dems' mettle, and gives POTUS a chance to be seen as fighting on his signature issue ahead of a likely rough year of probes and battles w/ House Dems
5. The only caveat to all of this is that WH knows GOP holding together is critical. That's why POTUS and VP are phoning mbrs. That's in part why there is a speech to nation and trip to border. Direct msg to skittish Rs that this is the line, this is a crisis, so hold on tight.
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Robert Costa: Pay close attention to what this administration is doing... (Original Post)
demmiblue
Jan 2019
OP
Yes, it is a manufactured crises..Trump is a manufactured president, by Putin..
Stuart G
Jan 2019
#2
we need to crash the boards and pressure Republicans to cave and ours to hold.
TeamPooka
Jan 2019
#8
babylonsister
(171,079 posts)1. Except it's NOT a crisis and the gop know it. It's
a manufactured crisis. So obvious.
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)2. Yes, it is a manufactured crises..Trump is a manufactured president, by Putin..
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)6. manufactured by Putin, GOP, and the tv
spanone
(135,861 posts)3. All the more reason not to give him one fucking penny.
HEY DON...
demmiblue
(36,875 posts)4. I hope the Dems stay strong.
It is a really hard place to be, that's for sure.
watoos
(7,142 posts)5. No it's not,
the last election was 2018, more than 9 million people voted Democratic than voted Repug. Democrats rejected Trump, rejected his fucking wall. Democrats have a mandate and we need to shout that to the roof tops.
I have seen no Democrats bend. In Speaker Pelosi I trust.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)7. So bottom line ?? This seems so muddled imho
Strikes me Acosta not the brightest bulb. B
TeamPooka
(24,248 posts)8. we need to crash the boards and pressure Republicans to cave and ours to hold.