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It's doubtful I was the only one shocked by the hollow announcement that the Democrats were springing their “new” policy initiatives on the nation last week.

A mish-mash of recycled proposals, none of which have a chance of passing a Republican-dominated Congress with Donald Trump in the White House, their “Better Deal” wound up garnering a small article on the back pages of most newspapers. Given the rolling disaster of the Trump presidency and the confused and unproductive Republican Congress, one might have hoped for a new and vibrant vision for our future from the Democrats. But that's exactly what we didn't get.

It's certainly not news that the Democrats seem far more intent on bashing Trump than actually getting anything done for the nation. Bashing Republicans has been their modus operandi for many years, culminating in the losing candidacy of Hillary Clinton last November. But here's the real tragedy — even though Trump has the lowest approval of any recent president at this point in his term, Hillary Clinton has even lower approval ratings.