>I was a bit disappointed to see him join up
>with Murphy on the happy clappy "we're reaching across the
>aisle to improve the ACA" thing. If it works, maybe that'll be
>gold for him and I'll be wrong. But it seems like another try
>at the classic Democrat mistake of thinking the GOP is capable
>of acting in good faith.

its a political calculation too.

ralph northam made an ad where he said he was willing to work with trump when it benefited virginia. 'the resistance' got pissed, said he was demoralizing his own base, and said it would cost him the election. he went on to win by almost 10pts partly due to that ad. undecideds and independents started breaking towards him in polls after that. center right and center left moderates still wanna see bipartisanship.

doug jones in alabama is pulling some republican support (particularly women) by running on a platform of bipartisanship ("i can work with republicans better than roy moore can work with anyone").

some people dont realize that the majority of voters arent progressive activists. the majority of the democratic party isnt even progressive activists lol.