Warren: Americans didnt give Democrats majority support so we could play dead

[appal_jack]

2. One of the better posts yet posted in 2016 Post Mortem

This article is spot-on. Particularly:

Democrats have two set arenas in which to highlight, and constrain, the GOP agenda. The first is Senate hearings to confirm Trump cabinet appointees, from whom they must secure commitments to democratic norms and the rule of law. Nominees should also be required to state whether the world is round or flat. For example, Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions should state, for the record, whether the FBI's statistics or Trump's distortions about the crime rate are accurate. The hearings are an opportunity to bolster facts and undermine propaganda.

The second arena is the multi-stage transformation of the social contract through congressional legislation. The Democrats should treat this as the legislative Armageddon it promises to be (while hoping Trump's incompetence doesn't lead to the nuclear kind). The legislative dynamics are not yet certain but the agenda is: a vast increase in insecurity for struggling workers and vast tax benefits for the wealthy. All of this will take place while the Trump family pursues its goal of self-enrichment. Democrats will not have to look hard for an explanatory theme to tie these elements together.

My only reservation with Elizabeth Warren is her tendency to knee-jerk about Second Amendment issues. Hopefully, she is fully aware that talk of gun bans only loses more elections for Democrats, and that there are much bigger fish to fry for at least the next four years. I as a southern-state voter can do the same, and happily embrace and support her as the right opposition voice for this moment.

k&r,

-app