Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

If you interact as a journalist with Dem staffers, either on the Hill or in primary campaigns, it's obvious that they actively seek and value coverage that frames their proposals as "bold," "sweeping," or "historic" rather more electorally friendly ones framing them as moderate. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 19, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The bug in how the leftwing tilt of both the Dem staffer class and the media interacts with practical politics, is that both the NYT and Hill Democrats probably see this "largest expenditure" framing as friendly boosterism, when they'd be better off with a moderateframing. https://t.co/FUcDw69hlI — PolitiTweet.org

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What the public will like about the BBB climate provisions is that it's a very moderate, all-carrots no-sticks approach that balances the aims of lowering emissions with making energy cheaper, even though that meets it doesn't hit activists' full climate goals. — PolitiTweet.org

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