Subject: Re: Democrat Surrender Monkeys
You've already made the political point (people are aware of the ACA subsidy expiration) you wanted to make

Highly doubtful. Lots of people aren’t as plugged in as you are. Some were just finding out that their benefits were about to stop. Benefits “officially” ended November 1, barely a week ago. I out many of them felt any pain at all, and pain is what it will take in the face of the relentless propaganda coming at them from Washington.

But now you're in the phase where a ton of people are going to start getting hurt very badly, and you don't have that much more incremental possibility of political gain.

Sure you do. ore than a third of independents had yet to be convinced. Nearly all Republicans, which means that those in rural areas didn’t feel the sting at all - yet. Those low income, low information voters need more than a couple articles in the New York Times to get the message.

I don't think it's a winning strategy to signal that the Democrats are very willing to let people get hurt - the "Yes, sorry about that" position - in order to get the same amount of nothing, just a few weeks later.

Yet it seems to work astonishingly well for Republicans, even as they plumb the depths of despair. (Saw a piece on CBS Sunday Morning with a farmer on the verge of bankruptcy because - he’s lost his biggest customer for his soybeans. Farm been in the family for 200 years. Sure hopes Trump can “get a good deal” before he loses it all. Sorry dude, it’s 2x4 time, or you’ll never learn.)

Sometimes you need to hear the bear growl to run faster. Sometimes, it’s true, you don’t run fast enough. Democrats just told Republican voters “Hey, it’s OK to walk. We’ll cave, even if they never will.”