Firstly you are destined for the inferno for inserting such a blasphemous mental image into my spotless innocent mind.
Secondly what you say is predicated on the democrats ability. They have to persuade people outside the partisan true believers that a) that what they saying isnt just tribalistic hackery and b) they could do a better job. Well as I mentioned they're awful at both, they spent 3 years crying wolf again and again so a) is shot to hell and b) has to contend with the democrats propensity to self harm, as the stimulus bill fiasco is but the latest example;
Yes, there is a strategy in packing things you dont care about that you can conceed to the opposition in exchange for preserving what you actually want, trump did dictate a book about it after all, but they picked the worst bill optically to do it on. Now they look like they thought it was a good idea to hold hostage a handout during an epidemic.
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