Will Democratic Attacks on Ideology Work?

[DonViejo]

January 19, 2017By Taegan Goddard

Rick Klein: “A president-elect without any apparent fixed ideology would have himself a Cabinet full of ideologues – at least according to the Democratic strategy to define them. Rather than focus their energy on sinking one or two Trump nominees, to make a statement about their potential power even in the minority, Senate Democrats have used a scattershot approach that involves going deep into briefing books on virtually all of his picks. At Education, Justice, the EPA, Health and Human Services – point by point, the focus has been on how nominees would stray policy from the mainstream. (Energy, with Rick Perry’s hearing Thursday – after reports that he thought he’d be in charge or oil exploration, and is only now learning about the nuclear stockpile – might offer a twist on this script, but not much of one.)”

“Yet with only 48 Senate votes, Democrats are unlikely to block any nominee unless questions of ethics or financial irregularities make confirmation untenable. That makes this a battle for the long haul, going at the ideological underpinnings of the incoming administration. It may pay off. But it may also misunderstand the source of Trump’s power: His base gravitated to him despite his ideology, not because of it.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/01/19/will-democratic-attacks-ideology-work/

[2naSalit]

1. Hmmm, sounds so familiar

[Charles Bukowski]

2. I don't get this argument at all.

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Take away Gump's high Q rating and bank account and there's virtually no difference between him and the nutjobs who listen to Alex Jones and Rush Limbaugh. He's OVERWHELMINGLY right-wing, particularly on social issues. It's a big reason for his deep unpopularity.

[msongs]

3. trump supporters care NOT about facts. challenges on merit and ideology are useless nt