Keith D Johnson on Nostr: 2/ "The job of an opposition party is to impose political pain. The point of ...
2/ "The job of an opposition party is to impose political pain. The point of political pain is to make the president unpopular. By driving up the president’s unfavorable numbers, you make him a millstone for his party’s congressmen and senators as they prepare for midterm elections. To the extent that the president becomes an electoral liability for members of his party, it curbs the ability of his coalition to govern. Which, in turn, takes his marginal agenda items off the table."
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