Dems all the way in and to the hilt.
Via The Hill:
Democrats are confident that they can turn the GOP’s big victory on taxes against Republicans next fall and use President Trump’s signature legislative achievement as a wedge issue to win back the House majority.
Boosted by polls that show the tax bill is unpopular and that they enjoy tail winds headed into next year’s elections, Democrats say this December’s tax win for the GOP will come back to haunt Republicans.
“The ads pretty much write themselves: Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress raided our budget to line their own pockets and the pockets of their big donors while most Americans won’t see a dime of relief. Does that sound like government that’s working for you?” Democratic strategist Christy Setzer said.
Republicans believe that as withholding tables change and taxpayers see their paychecks grow next year, the tax bill’s popularity will increase.
While many in the GOP acknowledge the party faces headwinds next year, they argue the tax bill will ultimately offer the party some protection.
“The results are going to make this popular,” House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said at a news conference this week.
The Republican National Committee is planning to launch a multimillion-dollar effort early next year aimed at targeting Democrats who did not support the bill.
“We’re going to remind every voter that Republicans gave the American people a historic pay raise while Democrats stood in the way,” Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel told The Hill earlier this week.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned incumbent Democratic senators in North Dakota, Montana and Indiana, among other red-states, that they will rue voting against the tax bill.
Some observers believe Democrats need to be a little careful with their attacks.
Grant Reeher, the director of the Campbell School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University, said Democrats have benefitted so far from positive press coverage. He also said that it could be harder to attack the bill if taxpayers start to see some benefits in their paychecks.