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And according to The Hill, on

artappraiser — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:20:49 +0000

And according to The Hill, on the Sunday talk shows and in a Tweet, Republicans Hurt, Wenstrup and Gowdy of the House Intel Committee disagreed with Trump's statement that the memo vindicated him.

they're thinking about

artappraiser — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:09:21 +0000

In reply to Don't reply to the Memo

they're thinking about replying, according to WaPo home page now:

Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo as Democrats fight to rebut

As four GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee disputed that the document has a bearing on the Mueller probe, Democrats on the panel were gearing up for a possible vote on their party’s response.

By Elise Viebeck and Shane Harris

worth re-visting: Ezra Klein

artappraiser — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 05:25:42 +0000

In reply to Yeah. But later.

worth re-visting: Ezra Klein interviews Joe Trippi on what really happened in Alabama on the Doug Jones campaign.

the intro; after which one can either read an edited transcript or listen to the full interview. My underlining:

“The day before the Washington Post story came out, we were behind by one point, 46 to 45,” says Joe Trippi. “And the day before the election, we were ahead in our own survey by 2 points. We ended up winning by 1.8.”

This, Trippi says, was the reality of the Alabama Senate election. It was a dead heat when it started. It was a dead heat the day it ended. And a lot of what the media thinks they know about what happened in between is wrong.

Trippi, who managed Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign, was the chief media strategist on the Doug Jones campaign. And in this conversation, he tells the inside story of that effort. The sexual abuse allegations against Roy Moore, for instance, played a more complex role than many realize — the Jones campaign found that they often re-tribalized a race they were trying desperately to de-tribalize, and would occasionally boost Roy Moore’s numbers.

Trippi says the central insight of the Jones campaign was that many voters, including many Trump-friendly Republicans, are already exhausted by the chaos and hostility of Trump’s Washington, and they're open to alternatives. That was the opportunity Jones exploited, and it’s a lesson Trippi thinks is a model other Democrats could learn from in 2018.

Also too

artappraiser — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 05:01:36 +0000

In reply to so far the whole thing is

Also too

Vulnerable House Republican says he is “telling my colleagues to be very careful on how they proceed here" https://t.co/78hwbV5kiW
— Robert Costa (@costareports) February 4, 2018

so far the whole thing is

artappraiser — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 04:56:38 +0000

In reply to Don't reply to the Memo

so far the whole thing is working out in a very strange way

The president is tweeting that the FBI influenced the election he won ... https://t.co/iNRTb9QiMy
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 4, 2018

Yeah. But later.

Flavius — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 04:16:25 +0000

In reply to P.S. His approval rating went

Yeah. But later.

"The House of Lords, Throughout the War Did nothing in particular and did it very well

P.S. His approval rating went

artappraiser — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 04:15:54 +0000

In reply to After thinking on it a bit, I

P.S. His approval rating went up a bit after the SOTU where he tried hard to play grownup to the point of improving his body language (he's currently crowing about it on Twitter). We know he isn't constitutionally capable of keeping that up and will keep tweeting crazy stuff full of narcissicism.

Meanwhile, it's evidence of a hunger for grownup behavior....certainly not Nunes type behavior...

He's also hypocritically tweeting about how the FBI should be a non-partisan enforcer of the law. Because he knows that sells. Therefore, that's what Dems should be seen as: defenders of the law. More passionate partisan hackitude is the last thing people need or want to hear on this topic.

Edit to add: don't forget that a lot of those who voted for Hillary did so holding their nose because by them she was also seen as playing fast and loose with politico stuff. I just don't think partisan fighting is the way to go with this, keep it about Russians attacking our country. You buy into making this one about Dems. vs. Republicans, both sides lose. Whining that the other side is being unfair, insane, acting illegally or whatever is exactly what Putin wanted to happen. Mueller sure ain't doing that.

Democrats are more likely to

rmrd0000 — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 03:57:50 +0000

In reply to After thinking on it a bit, I

Democrats are more likely to take the high moral ground. Democrats still lose.

After thinking on it a bit, I

artappraiser — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 03:52:49 +0000

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After thinking on it a bit, I believe your general idea is sound, Flav, it's just that "keeping quiet" isn't exactly the right wording. It's:

Be the growunps with measured, thoughtful, calm responses. Don't feed the trolls. Be the troll fighting team. A troll fighting team of measured rational grownups is what voters are going to be looking for after this Congress under this president is done. I dare say even some who don't think that badly of this president all of the time might cotton to having a grownup rep in Congress to counter him when he gets too crazy.

Democrats will lose if they

rmrd0000 — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 03:17:45 +0000

In reply to Whatever might have been

Democrats will lose if they keep quiet. Keeping quiet is weakness. Ed Gillespie in. Virginia and Roy Moore in Alabama were trying to be Trump-light. Vigorous pushback against these candidates was the only path to victory. How is keeping quiet going to encourage GOTV? If Democrats stay silent their base will lose enthusiasm. How exactly, do you expect silence to work? The Nunes memo is in the public sphere. Democrats have to respond or Nunes wins the day.