MSNBC columnist notes coming ‘bloodbath’, urges Dems not to abandon their agenda

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An MSNBC opinion columnist urged Democrats to ram through as much of their agenda before the midterm elections regardless of “political backlash” because he predicts they won’t be able to after they lose seats in the “bloodbath” they will likely endure come voting day.

“I have some bad news for Democrats: As bad as things seem now, they’re almost certainly going to get worse,” Michael Cohen wrote in Friday’s column.

He blamed the “ugly” inflation numbers for creating his predicted red wave in the November election.

“The Labor Department released its latest Consumer Price Index report this week, and the numbers are ugly,” Cohen told his readers. “Inflation hit 8.5 percent — the fastest one-year surge in prices since Ronald Reagan’s first year as president.”

“It’s precisely the kind of news that will compound the Democrats’ political woes in November, which already looked dire,” Cohen asserted.

At this juncture, many people might reflect on how they might turn the ship around, in order to retain as many voters as possible, but not Cohen. Instead, he pressured Democrats to double down on the very same policies that got them into this mess in the first place.

“Rather than fight the prevailing political winds, Democrats would be better off acknowledging the reality that the midterm elections are going to be a bloodbath and focus instead on accomplishing as much as possible before then — the politics be damned,” he said.

“With the political situation looking increasingly bleak, Democrats have only one real option: pass their agenda,” the author of the political newsletter Truth and Consequences wrote.

“While there may be some political upside, the bigger and more important reason is that it’s the right thing to do. After all, it’s the reason voters elected them in November 2020,” Cohen said, perhaps not realizing that the anticipated rise in conservative voters could be due to voter remorse.

Although he called Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and  Kyrsten Sinema (D-Az) “congressional sticks in the mud” for putting a spoke in the wheel of the progressive left machine, he argued that “Democrats should basically push to pass any legislation the two recalcitrant senators are willing to support.”

Among the options he believes should be on the table include President Joe Biden taking “a litany of executive actions” including declaring a climate emergency, ending all drilling and mining on federal lands, seizing patent licenses for prescription drugs, wiping out student debt, and tearing down Trump’s border wall.

“All these measures would be controversial — and likely spark a political backlash. Some may not survive judicial review or could be overturned by a future Congress. But at this point in Biden’s presidency, his back is to the wall, and his dreams of having an FDR-like presidency are fading away the closer we get to November,” Cohen explained.

Cohen assured his readers that “[Biden]might as well try to achieve what he can now — and do so before Election Day in the fleeting hope that it might minimize his party’s midterm losses.”

“But Democrats would also help themselves by remembering why most of them ran for office and got elected in the first place: to get things done,” he wrote. “If they aren’t passing legislation and trying to lower drug prices, increase access to health care, save the planet from the ravages of climate change, raise families out of poverty or help the middle class, then what is the point of electing Democrats in the first place?”

“Spending the next 6½ months pushing a progressive policy agenda may not save the party come November, but sometimes there are bigger considerations than just the next election. And it’s not as if they have much hope anyway,” he concluded.

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21 thoughts on “MSNBC columnist notes coming ‘bloodbath’, urges Dems not to abandon their agenda

  1. Cohen really has a lot of gall to question the motives behind his parties members. He knows better than anyone they don’t get elected to Make America Build Back Better they got elected to Make America Funnel Money Into Their Pockets. He knows about Maxine Waters, Clyburn, AOC, Obama, Omar, etc. What have any of them done other than increase their finances?

  2. See, it’s ALL about them, not the people they represent. It’s like a pilot hired to supposedly ferry a group to Hawaii, who tries to take them to Siberia. Instead of changing course the pilot decides to crash the plane.
    The “I’m a proud Democrat” sticker is actually saying, “I am a complete idiot.”

  3. Stuff like this is voter suppression by the left. They think if they say the GOP is going to win in a landslide many lazy GOP voters will just stay home-and Democrats will do better than expected – and then report on that. They did this with Trump is 2020. For a true Red Wave to take place-EVERY GOP voter has to go and vote in person – no mail in ballot that can be thrown away, no electronic voting, ask for a paper ballot-Democrats and all their operatives in high tech, social medias, mainstream media , TV, Cable, and ALL our corrupt and partisan government and state agencies – have voter fraud down to a science- DO NOT Let them steal these mid-terms also.

  4. A day of reckoning is coming . So the DNC ship is going down and their struggling to get that last breath before their demise. This is a flash in the pan and their about to be fried. But it will be remembered. All of the political communist in our nation have had their 5 minutes of fame and the clock is running down. Granddaddy Soros is going to have to pay the piper. Same goes for Pelosi and her bunch including her family. Biden and Harris are going tobe in there also. The communist have workeda long time lputting people into high positions . This will be their only chance at procreating their beliefs. But the baby is about to be aborted.

    1. HOPE you are right but EVERY GOP voter has to vote in person for that to happen, and an awful lot of Republicans do not vote, just whine and complain-hope this time is different

  5. News flash to Cohen – the “prevailing political winds” reflect the opinions of voters. But he wants to circumvent the will of voters because he arrogantly thinks what he wants is “right”. He favors Biden using executive orders, bypassing Congress. Sounds pretty anti-democracy to me.

    1. It was proven at least one year ago that, for leftists, “democracy” is what happens if and only if the majority thinks like they do. It’s only natural, then, that Cohen would go along and say the popular will, being out of tune with their agenda, should be foiled while there’s still time to do so.
      “Getting things done” is what they were elected for, only means “realizing certain goals was why they were selected by other leftists”. Newspeak and double-talk are just two tools (or modes, or whatever) of political correctness, and often overlap.

  6. Well he’s right about one thing. Joey is definitely FDR, Fu*king Demented Retard. The only thing worse than his being in office is that American voters put him there.

    Let’s go Brandon, and take your corrupt regime with you!!!

    1. American voters did not put Biden in office! The corruption among democrats and the far left media put Biden in the WH! They have an agenda and Biden is perfect for the job that the far left democrats wants done. Biden is brain dead, and can not fight back giving them all control they need to accomplish their goals to end the United State’s as it’s been for decades. They hate freedom! Banning our civil liberties is their primary goal!

    2. We didnt put him there. They stole the election. Poll watchers put him there per the orders from Nasty Nancy the Wicked Witch of the West, and the DNC.

  7. We needed Biden and the four looney broads to eradicate this party from the face of the earth. Next time around…they’ll just have to come back as Communists.

    1. Like Bernie Sanders. It’s telling that Bernie keeps getting voted back into office. You have to wonder about Vermonters, they have been putting this communist in office since 2007! Guess none of them are old enough to remember the old USSR and what a disaster of a government that was. Guess you can’t fix stupid!!!!

  8. yes, keep up the agenda. If it is bad enough we will have a veto proof majority to reverse them all.

  9. Inflation isn’t the reason democrats are going to get a shellac… it’s because that based on their insane policies ( pronouns, trans, defund Police etc).

    1. Come on now, they are the party that supports women.

      They support Lia Thomas, fastest female 500 meter freestyle swimmer.

      Dr. Rachael Levine, first female four star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

      Amy Schneider, top Jeopardy female winner

      Judge Jackson, first black female Supreme Court justice. Of course we don’t know if she’s really a woman, she admitted under oath that even she doesn’t know what a woman is so maybe she really isn’t one. She will have to recuse herself if a court case involving women comes up since she doesn’t know what they are.

  10. Their agenda is hate. They are the party of sexual harassment; the party of racism; the party of infanticide as they support abortion directed towards minorities; they’re the party of low wages; the party of inflation; the party of high unemployment.

    1. They are indeed all those things because they are also the party of satan! He is their leader and enabler without doubt.

  11. All of us Conservatives urge them not to abandon their agenda. It is the thing that will vote them out of office.

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