After Sen. McConnell’s pathetic, lying concession speech, we had this:
I would suggest we turn the page. –Sen. Schumer
No, don’t turn the page. Strike now, while the iron is hot! Cement Repbulicans’ murderous mendacity regarding health care in the public mind, now when their failure and cravenness is fresh and undeniable! Lead the Democrats and spend two weeks speaking with one voice to cement in the public mind the viciousness of Republican nihilism and the utterly catastrophic meaning of their morally bankrupt ideology.
Do not let this moment pass, like you and your cohort did after the 2011 Republican-led government shutdown and federal debt default threat. Back then you had the chance to lay absolute waste to the Republican Party for directly hurting the country and holding it hostage. That should’ve been the end of Republican national electoral viability for a generation. But no, you let it slide. (And then the hubbub over some stupid slip-ups in the PPACA website roll-out finished off the moment in feebly sad fashion.)
I implore you, Democrats, thunder in unison with righteous anger over the Republicans’ relentless striving to rip people’s medical lifelines away, over the Republicans’ attempts to let many of us suffer and die in bankruptcy so that undeservedly rich political contributors could further stuff their already-overflowing coffers. Flood all media with fire and brimstone over the Republicans’ deceitfulness and cravenness amidst the well-deserved collapse of their attempt to foist their vile policies upon us.
A rather resourceful California politician liked to say:
Power unused is power abused. –Willie Brown
Take the giant opportunity arising out of this passing of a moment of great danger to our country. Persuade.
P.S. This is not encouraging:
There are some things we can do rather quickly, including moving a whole lot of nominations [...] –Sen. Schumer
No, don’t move Herr Donald’s nominations. There can be no constructive cooperation with the tyrant, only a choice between co-option or opposition. Resist.