Subject: Democratic senators fear getting ‘hammered’
Democratic senators fear getting ‘hammered’ after ‘No Kings’ for ending shutdown
https://thehill.com/homenews/s...
Some Democrats skeptical about their leadership’s hard-line stance against reopening the federal government privately acknowledge that they fear getting “hammered” by their liberal base if they vote for a Republican funding bill.
Survey in the article:
To what extent do you approve or disapprove of the job congressional Democrats are doing on this issue?
Strongly disapprove: 49%
Based on 806 responses
Listening to a pod yesterday, one gave the idea that Democrats will vote to reopen after getting a promise of a vote on ACA subsidies, which will fail, and then run on the issue in the midterms.
Best we can hope for?