Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

To my eye the “apology” totally failed to meet that bar, it read like a six year-old apologizing because his parents made him. Of course I can’t read minds, apologies that seem insincere can be sincere and vice versa. But faced with a tough persuasion task he barely tried. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023

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Under that circumstance, you face an unusually high bar if you want to genuinely persuade people that you have genuinely changed your mind rather than that you are just giving in to the exact dynamic you described right from the get-go — it’s a tough problem. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023

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Imagine if instead of passing the Affordable Care Act in 2010 (too controversial and unpopular!) Democrats had waited until 2019 at which point they threatened a government shutdown unless Trump & McConnell agreed to a big Medicaid expansion. That would be weird behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

What is the non-cynical explanation of why congressional republicans only push hard for spending cuts when there’s a Democratic president?

Posted Jan. 16, 2023