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22 Jun, 5 tweets, 4 min read
Just finished an interview with the great @NormOrnstein. It was one of the most thorough and compelling discussions I've heard about the threat a radicalized GOP pose to our democracy.

It is very much worth your time. You can find it below.

ndn.org/talks-Norm-Orn…
Here's a writeup of our interview today with @NormOrnstein from @ThePlumLineGS and @brianbeutler.

Norm's ideas for reforming the filibuster are very very good ones, and deserve more attention.

Thought this was a really interesting part of my talk w/@NormOrnstein today. Big rethink is needed for way media uses today's ideological terms - progressive, liberal, conservative.....GOP clearly no longer a conservative party. What words to use?

Here's a writeup of our interview today with @NormOrnstein from @ThePlumLineGS
and @paulwaldman1 (corrected tweet).

Norm's ideas for reforming the filibuster are very very good ones, and deserve more attention.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Via @_silversmith's adept editing skills, here's part of my exchange with @NormOrnstein about the need for us to new and better words to describe the Democrats and Republicans today:

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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
17 Jun
So, I've built a presentation around the graph below.

It tells a story about American politics since the end of the Cold War.

The story is about a modern, effective Democratic Party which has repeatedly made things better; and a GOP which has failed to do its part. (1/x)
This story

Dem = modern, successful
GOP = reactionary, failed

Needs to be better understood by all, and repeated, and repeated again.

Come watch this presentation - June 18, 25 and July 16, 30.

It will change you understanding of US politics. (2/x)

ndn.org/WithDemocrats
The data is this presentation is also critical we think to helping Dems win the big economic argument this year.

Biden has created more jobs in 4 months than the last 3 GOP Presidents over 16 years.

Clinton Obama = 34m jobs
Bushes Trump = 2m jobs

(3/x)
ndn.org/biden-more-job…
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15 Jun
This piece from @ThePlumLineGS gets at something important - Ds cannot repeat the mistake of 2009, and must spend a great deal of time and money making clear to voters how what we've done has made the recovery happen.

We need to get much louder about our economic achievements.
I get a bit more into the "Dems need to get louder about economic achievements" strategy here.

simon-rosenberg.medium.com/a-summer-to-do…
Let me give you an example of getting louder on the economy -

Joe Biden has created more jobs in 4 months than the last three Republican Presidents did in 16 years.

ndn.org/biden-more-job…
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7 Jun
Have appreciated the interest in our new econ graph below, one that shows that in just 4 months Biden has already seen more jobs created on his watch than the last 3 GOP Presidents combined, over 16 years.

So gonna share a few more graphs.....(1/x)

Here's one showing booming stock market gains under Clinton and Obama, only modest/zero gains under recent GOP Presidents (2/x). Using the Dow here.
Here's one showing average job gains per month. Note that over 16 years GOP Presidents AVERAGED only 10,000 jobs created per month, 120k per year.

Biden is averaging averaging 500k a month, which = 4-5 years of recent GOP per month (3/x).
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3 Jun
This point is critical, and needs to be fleshed out by center-left commentators.

Despite repeatedly winning more votes in national elections small state bias makes it hard for Dems to wield Congressional power; when they do they have to get to 60 (1/x).

Rs exploitation of some of our democracy's design flaws has meant despite regularly losing popular vote GOP has been able to block sensible progress on climate, infrastructure, guns, immigration, etc.

Opportunity costs for US so immense (2/x).

ndn.org/blog/2021/05/e…
Critical that we establish GOP's radicalization extends to entire governing agenda - taxes, climate, infrastructure, guns, COVID, race, immigration - not just democracy.

Their views are all extreme, and have been holding nation back for decades. (3/x).

ndn.org/learning-talk-…
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27 May
Been enjoying the weekly @YouGov/@TheEconomist. A thread with some interesting data from this week's poll:

docs.cdn.yougov.com/pxuc7wjg52/eco… (1/x)
Right track/wrong track

18-29 46%-38% incredible
30-44 55%-31% more incredible
45-64 33%-58%
65+ 41%-54%
Total 43%-47%

(2/x)
State of economy is poor 25%
Personal finances worse than year ago 25%
Unhappy in job 7%

Six months from now more jobs 35%
Six months from now less jobs 20%

Country is feeling the recovery.

(3/x)
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17 May
Appreciate the always insightful @ThePlumLineGS citing my work around the need for the GOP to start finding "off-ramps,"and begin a purposeful de-radicalization effort from MAGA.....(1/x)
While it is my hope the Rs begin to walk away from MAGA and its mad leader, if they don't Democrats need to use the opening this savage attack we are seeing on our democracy gives us w/R voters to label rest of agenda just as crazy.
As I write in this piece, opening Dems have now is to label R positions on the economy, climate, guns, health care, race, etc just as radical and dangerous as its position on our democracy itself. (3/x)

ndn.org/blog/2021/05/e…
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