Democrats Have a Turbocharged Midterms Message

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00:00By losing the shutdown fight,

00:02Democrats won a bigger and more important political fight,

00:06one that could set them up for success in the midterms.

00:10The government shutdown fight

00:12was both a political and policy fight,

00:15but it was also a messaging fight.

00:17And Democrats certainly won the messaging fight.

00:20If you look back at last week's election

00:22and even last year's election,

00:24it was won around affordability.

00:26In painting Republicans as the party that doesn't care

00:31about the price hikes around healthcare

00:34and the cost of living more generally,

00:37Democrats set themselves up as the party

00:40that cares about affordability.

00:42The shutdown deal, which was around healthcare,

00:45just turbo charges the affordability fight.

00:48You have Republicans who now have to sort of scramble

00:52and figure out what is their approach.

00:54Progressives are mad at Schumer,

00:56particularly in the House.

00:58I don't think Schumer is going anywhere.

00:59Part of it is Democrats actually in the Senate

01:02are fine with Schumer.

01:04There is no alternative to Schumer.

01:06The party that cares about affordability more

01:09will certainly, I think, be successful in the midterms.