Sorry, but working with Trump on key legislation would serve two purposes [View all]
This may not be popular, but think of it as strategic.
If Trump, the Democrats and moderate Republicans put through legislation that advances our causes, here's my prediction of what happens.
Specifically, let's look at infrastructure. We preserve Davis-Bacon (pro-union prevailing wage policy). We vote to spend $1 trillion over 10 years. We preserve the public sector ownership of roads, bridges, tunnels, etc. We have a deal.
Then we agree on tax reform that is weighted toward the middle-class. We work together to get a public option on health care and Trump insists that the Republican Governors accept the Medicare expansion that they have refused, up to now.
What's Trump's incentive? He gets "wins", which is all he wants. We get favorable legislation, while splitting his base.
Just like when Papa Bush made the tax deal with the Democrats, he was vilified by his own and lost the next election, this is a strategy that would be a twofer.
No one hates Trump more than I do, but we could lure him into the quick sand by playing to his own ego. "You can't win legislation without us."
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