Charlamagne tha God on the shutdown: 'Dems still haven't figured out how to message'

Political Messaging & Public Perception - Republicans are perceived as more effective at messaging than Democrats, leading to blame for the government shutdown being disproportionately placed on Democrats [1] - The public's primary concern is receiving their checks, and Republicans have successfully framed the Democrats as responsible for the disruption [4] - Democrats' messaging, framing the shutdown as a defense against healthcare price increases, is not resonating and is causing harm to many [4] Government Shutdown & Healthcare - The government shutdown is attributed to a failure of bipartisan effort [3] - One proposed strategy was to allow Republicans to increase healthcare prices and then directly blame them, but this was not pursued [3] - The current shutdown has muddied the waters, making it difficult for the public to understand the reasons behind it [3]