In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston takes on the Democrats’ leverage strategy in the ongoing government shutdown. From the column:
But despite losing the support of one of the most powerful unions in the country, the Democratic leadership seems to be sticking with their leverage strategy, voting Tuesday against the clean CR for the 13th time. In response to the AFGE statement, Democratic Senate Whip Dick Durbin said, “I’m not seeing any change in position at this time.”
Losing labor unions, particularly this one, is a significant shift that Democrats ignore at their peril. But obviously, at this point, Democrats believe that their leverage strategy will produce a partisan win, and that the problems of suffering families can be overcome with Democratic messaging. Polls aren’t showing the strategy is working for them.
Read the full piece here.
