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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Dems in Disarray",
What the media relishes calling "disarray" is the Democratic Party being . . . . . well . . . . . democratic. They debate things. They take votes in formal and informal ways. You know . . . . democratic votes.
The "Disarray Dems" are, indeed and in fact, acting well within the norms of political activity. Bottom up politics.
Why is it no one ever seems to say "GQPee on Lockdown" when they are *always* monolithicly in lockstep. Top down politics
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PortTack
(32,750 posts)Bev54
(10,044 posts)They have been receiving their marching orders for years from the top down. No need for free thinking in that party.
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)brooklynite
(94,452 posts)POLITICO, THE HILL, AXSIOS, even (gasp!) THE NEW YORK TIMES report on political developments. One is the fact that there are profound policy disagreements between the Democratic progressives and moderates. Those policy disagreements put President Biden's policy agenda at risk. That it turn puts the Democrats ability to hold the House at risk. That makes it (gasp!) NEWS.
If you need to stay in a bubble of safe, positive stories, you probably shouldn't be reading most media sources.
stopdiggin
(11,285 posts)paid a price the last time they farted around with a shut down and a debt ceiling. Any reason to think it's going to be any more popular this time around?
I know, I know - the rubes and sh*tkickers. But business is certainly not going to have any part of this ...