And one more thing: the reason MAGA beats you people is because when they win they declare victory, when they lose they declare victory, and when it’s a draw, they declare victory. And even when their own people and the mostly unaffiliated population don’t believe them, you do.
They live in your head and you (not you personally, but base Democrats) need to throw them out. You keep looking around at this leadership vacuum and wondering where the fighters are. They aren’t going to fight until you people fight. They aren’t going to act like winners until you act like winners and start treating victory, not policy, as the basis for making political choices and choosing candidates. You only get to win on policy when you win on Election Day.
You didn’t get the policy you wanted because *you* haven’t won enough goddamn elections. But what you did get was an opposition successfully throwing sand in the gears.
Opposition is defined by how much shit you can get away with fucking up.
Democrats managed to break the commercial aviation system while not taking the blame for it and SWEEP elections while they were shutting down the government. You think that’s not terrifying John Thune right now? You think he wants to do this again in February?
You want more policy wins? Do what @Pancho said he’s going to do: get pissed off enough at this to get involved. Otherwise enjoy the moment and look forward to the next time. This is OK.