2. Trump is going to be so awful in so many different ways that it's important to step back & know which attacks to make.
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3. The goal of picking fights is to diminish Trump's overall power, so should be areas where wedges can divide his coalition.
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4. There's an uneasy fit between Trump's economic populism and the austerity agenda of congressional & Senate GOP.
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5. That's why I think Medicare privatization is a good issue to go after Trump on:https://newrepublic.com/article/138721/democrats-need-pick-big-fight-medicare …
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6. But aside from popular issues, the other big consideration is norm violations: Stuff where Trump goes against democratic values.
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7. The democratic norms violations always deserve push-back not because they are popular (often aren't) but to mitigate damage.
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8. Finally, there's the matter of personnel. If there is a particularly egregious nominee or staffer, that's worth a fight.
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9. Personnel is good terrain to fight on because if someone has serious flaws, it can transcend partisan loyalty of GOP.
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10. Bannon is a good fight to pick, for reasons explained here: https://www.facebook.com/lawrence.glickman/posts/10207145784594502 …
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A fight over Bannon makes political sense, but that position does not require Congressional approval. Cabinet positions do.
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Right --I meant a political fight.
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