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Oskoui noted, however, that even if Democrats succeed in stopping the GOP push for health care reform, they still face a messaging problem.

“Democrats have a bigger problem,” he said. “They don’t have a message. You know, they can talk about Russia and Trump, they can talk about Trump’s coarseness of speech, but the problem is … they don’t have have a message as to why I should vote Democratic.”

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A new Washington Post-ABC News revealed that 52 percent of respondents believe that Democrats stand “just against Trump,” rather than standing for a positive and cohesive message of their own. And this, Oskoui warned, could cause Democrats to suffer severe consequences in the 2018 midterm elections.

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“They’ve got to actually think about how they’re going to come up with a message that will still win the day, and I think that’s their biggest problem. Instead of giving Trump all this air time, I think they need to start coming up with a message that makes sense to everyone,” he said. “We would’t be in this position if they hadn’t screwed it up in 2009. So that’s a double-edged sword.”

“I wouldn’t be laughing too hard,” Oskoui added. “I think that that’s like running into a brick wall. I don’t think that’s going to help them. I think they’re going to look like obstructionists, and it will be easy to frame them that way.”

“Unfortunately, I think the American people lose, I think the congressional Republicans lose big, and I think the next group that loses is — I think the Democrats aren’t able to monetize this, because then they still own health care, which is good for Trump, which is good for everyone but them. We’re here because of you,” he concluded.[lz_pagination]