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28 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
After a decade of GOP obstructionism/policy nihilism, Democrats are on the verge of having tackled a host of unaddressed challenges - COVID, climate, health care, infrastructure, an economy for all..

2021 = Dems meeting challenges, overcoming obstacles

ndn.org/2021-year-Dems…
GOP obstructionism/policy nihilism on display this week needs to become something far better understood in our politics.

It is the central reason America is not further ahead, lags in key areas.

GOP now a party of national decline.

GOP extremism we're seeing now on COVID, our democracy no different from debt ceiling, stealing SCOTUS judges and where they've ended up on the economy, health care, immigration, climate, guns....

Radicalization, recklessness is GOP brand now.

ndn.org/blog/2021/05/e…
GOP = more COVID, more climate change, more debt, more uninsured, more gun deaths

GOP = Less jobs, less health, less democracy, less security

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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
29 Sep
Been amazing to watch the flood of polls hitting the center-left ecosystem this year.

What remains common, and arguably dangerous, is the failure of many to distinguish between what is popular and what is popular AND important, meaning that it could drive someone's vote. 1/x
Let's use latest @NavigatorSurvey data on what Dem voters want Biden/Congress to focus on:

COVID 75%
Jobs/Economy 51%
Climate/Weather 48%
Health Care 41%
Social Security/Medicare 28%
Afghanistan 25%
Natl Security 21%
What the clear dominance of COVID in the issue environment right now means that any poll testing Biden's agenda which does not test elements against COVID and the ARP-led recovery are painting a very incomplete picture, and may in fact be misleading. 3/x
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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
28 Sep
Know that progressives believe they are helping Biden right now but voting down a major bi-partisan bill that the President said was critical to showing the world that American democracy can work doesn’t seem to be all that helpful.
Don’t know what’s going to happen, but if progressives vote down a core plank of Biden’s agenda not sure most voters are going to see it as helpful to the POTUS.

It also likely means they lose leverage over reconciliation process.

I remain optimistic.

ndn.org/2021-year-Dems…
The issue with reconciliation is all about Manchin and Sinema. We should be able to get a robust and good package out of the House.

I am not as pessimistic as many but I may be wrong - perhaps Manchin and Sinema are trying to kill all reconciliation bills. But I don’t think so.
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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
26 Sep
Big week for Dems, and the Biden agenda.

As I review in the thread below, what Dem voters want most from Washington is defeating COVID (by far and away most imp issue), creating an economy for all, tackling climate and improving health care.

We need to do all these things.
A lot of noise now but I don't believe there is a lot of data that voters knew about and voted for Biden because of his economic agenda.

It really was all about defeating COVID, and that needs to be our focus.

My analysis of the data here is below:

simon-rosenberg.medium.com/a-stronger-res…
I think people are exaggerating the potential electoral impact of not passing BBB. It is only a small part of how folks will see Dems next year. What matters is what parts of it pass, whether COVID is defeated, and whether the economy is doing better.

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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
24 Sep
A reminder that Biden's domestic agenda is ARP + infrastructure + reconciliation + annual budget + more to come.

It's about defeating COVID, pivoting from Afghanistan, tackling climate, improving health care, modernizing our immigration system, creating prosperity for all...1/x.
In this recent @NavigatorSurvey poll, Dem voters wanted Biden/Congress to focus on:

COVID - 75%
Jobs/Economy - 51%
Climate/Extreme Weather - 48%
Health Care - 41%
everything else is much lower 2/x

navigatorresearch.org/wp-content/upl
As I show in this analysis of recent polling, Biden's approval rating is heavily dependent on his COVID performance. It is the #1 issue. It is what Democrats should be talking about, incessantly. 3/x

simon-rosenberg.medium.com/a-stronger-res…
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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
22 Sep
Clear that dealing with FB and Insta the next great American public health crisis after COVID.
There are a lot of ways to look at the problems FB/IG are creating but I’ve always felt that the public health angle would be among the most powerful.

It’s time. Things must change now.
More on that @TIME article….
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Simon Rosenberg Profile picture
16 Sep
As we’ve been saying it’s important that Democrats learn how to make the GOP’s radicalization a kitchen table issue. Seen a lot of progress in this regard in recent weeks. Important political development here in the US. washingtonpost.com/politics/democ…
Here’s a recent essay where I lay out why leaning into the GOP’s dangerous radicalization has to be central to who Dems are now. It’s part of how we defend our democracy.

ndn.org/blog/2021/09/m…
And I think it sets up the essential 2022 contrast - Dems taking pragmatic steps to tackle the big challenges we face - COVID, economy for all, climate, health care, immigration - and Rs going bat shit crazy, not doing their part.

Pragmatism vs extremism.
ndn.org/blog/2021/05/e…
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