Well sounds like the Democratic leadership to aggressively court disgruntled voters and listening and addressing their concerns is off to a great start with this.

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    He gives his “final offer” as his opening bid, then continues to negotiate against himself from there.

    Normally I would agree with you, but shooting high with demands largely just leaves the right being unwilling to even talk about negotiating. This is what they did with the original 10 demands Democrats made.

    https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/ridiculous-republicans-reject-dems-10-demands-for-dhs-reforms

    Proposals put forward have to be tempting enough to pull individual Republicans to negotiate.

    He thinks he’s safe from the jackboots.

    He’s gotten multiple threats on his life including bomb threats to his office in December. He is very aware he isn’t safe.

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      Threats from the rabble is different than the paramilitary rolling up at his door in the middle of the night