Thread by @ThePlumLineGS

1) Okay, I'm going to rant about this tweet from @GlennThrush.

Because it gets at something important.

It very well may be that Democrats are reacting this way to media's framing of the shutdown fight.

But this points to the deep asymmetry at the core of these standoffs.

https://twitter.com/GlennThrush/status/1086253210480844801

@GlennThrush 2) The basic imbalance here is that Democrats care a lot more about centrist media disapproval than Republicans do.

In my book, "An Uncivil War," I report a story that illustrates this well.

MoveOn's @benwikler personally experienced this dynamic.

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@GlennThrush @benwikler 3) As @benwikler recounts, during the last shutdown over the Dreamers, progressive groups privately appealed to Democrats to hold the line.

Here's what happened first:

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@GlennThrush @benwikler 4) The *reason* this happened is important, and gets at the problem here.

This is how @benwikler explained it. Please pay attention, he's smart:

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@GlennThrush @benwikler 5) The incentives in current shutdown are completely different, which is why Dems are holding firm this time.

But there will be a next time. And this deep asymmetry will come up again and again.

I tell this larger story, and suggest ways out, in my book: amazon.com/gp/product/B07…