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Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
Reading all the pieces about how the Democrats failed and what they should have done, and what strikes me is that for two decades since Gingrich became the Speaker and found new ways to hit below the belt, the Democrats have failed to make the Republicans pay a price for their obstructionism. The impeachment of Bill Clinton, governments shutdowns, abuse of the filibuster, refusal to give Merrick Garland a hearing or a vote -- Democrats have failed to find a strategy to counter, instead usually trying to take what's left on the table. I blame Obama for this as much as anyone. Republicans have decided to keep government from working when a Democrat is in the White House, and voters do not hold it against them. With a Republican back in the White House, their commitment to deficit reduction and opposition to Keynesian stimulus are about to be forgotten, in favor of tax cuts and spending (infrastructure, the military) that will blow holes in the budget. Whatever else the Democrats do, they have to find a strategy to counter this.
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“It was fortunate that so few men acted according to moral principle, because it was so easy to get principles wrong, and a determined person acting on mistaken principles could really do some damage." - Larissa MacFarquhar
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