It's Not Collusion, It's Corruption
RUSSELL BERMAN at the Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/its-not-collusion-its-corruption/562634/
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The idea, Sarbanes said, is to combat growing voter cynicism about the possibility of achieving progressive policies.
“What we realized is that in order for people to begin to invest in our economic agenda we had to have an accompanying reform agenda that said, ‘Ok, we get the fact that you don't believe these things can happen, and you're largely right under the current broken system,’” Sarbanes told me. “That's why we're going to go fix the institutions. That way the economic agenda and any other agenda that we're pursuing for you can actually happen.
“The reform message can caffeinate every other message that we're presenting to the electorate,” he continued. “It gives it a little extra oomph. It gives people a little extra hope that you can actually achieve that.”
Democratic strategists unaffiliated with the party leadership praised the anti-corruption focus, citing polls that have found voters already see the GOP tax law as a gift to wealthy donors. “People view it as a corrupt deal,” said Stan Greenberg, a veteran Democratic pollster.
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