While the media fixate on partisan blame, Russ Vought and a hard-right GOP faction are quietly using the shutdown to sidestep Congress and reshape government.
My guess is still internal polling suggests this is the most popular message with centrists and independent voters, or something to that effect. But I agree with you, it’s nuts that they still don’t get that messaging fails overall.
I feel like it is complacency poison, and habituation of what the important issues and messages are. It’s like, it can’t be that bad. They can’t just be killing people. And they can’t be planning what they are clearly planning.
My guess is still internal polling suggests this is the most popular message with centrists and independent voters, or something to that effect. But I agree with you, it’s nuts that they still don’t get that messaging fails overall.
The recent polls on immigration suggest otherwise, Americans overall don’t like this.
And it seems very unlikely that any of the ones who do like what’s happening, are potential Democrat votes.
I feel like it is complacency poison, and habituation of what the important issues and messages are. It’s like, it can’t be that bad. They can’t just be killing people. And they can’t be planning what they are clearly planning.