General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'It doesn't break through': Democrats worry about grip on House as Trump overshadows agenda
Washington PostThat narrative has been fueled by Trump, who has used his Twitter feed and interviews to lambaste Democrats as the Do Nothing Party, when in fact they have spent the first five months of their House majority to tick through agenda items they highlighted in the midterm campaign, addressing matters from lowering health-care prices to political corruption to background checks for gun buyers.
But voters arent paying much attention, party leaders are finding, leading them to redouble their messaging efforts including by placing a target on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has blocked consideration of the Democratic bills.
In recent weeks, Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has briefed fellow House leaders in private meetings about focus groups the committee commissioned in three key political battlegrounds. The upshot, according to four Democrats familiar with the findings, is that the publics impression of the new House majority is bound up in its battles with Trump, not in its policy agenda.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Because there's quite a bit going on from the Democratic side that has nothing to do with battles with Trump. There are literally hundreds of bills the House has passed that are languishing in the Senate. Is that the lead story each day in the Post and the Times, on the network evening news? No, it's not. The Democrats can't seem to "break through" in the major media, which seem to be addicted to stories of battles with Trump.
The Poor People's Campaign is holding a live session today with some terrific speakers who aren't wrapped up in Insider Beltway concerns; where is the coverage of that? Page D6 of the Post?
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)This article paints Dems as weak. So tired of it.
brooklynite
(94,684 posts)...unless you believe the head of DCCC is lying to her members.
How do you proposed to deal with it?
AJT
(5,240 posts)the Republicans in the Senate are going to block everything and the media is not going to report on it. Start impeachment investigations, at least those will make the news.