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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (left) looked on as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke to reporters during a new conference on the GOP health care bill.

After railing against Republicans for years for being the party of no, Democrats these days are proudly wearing that label -- and members of the Democratic grassroots are demanding their leaders keep saying it.

And so it is. No to repealing Obamacare. No to practically everyDonald TrumpCabinet nominee. No to Trumps Supreme Court nominee. No to Trumps travel ban and whatever changes he makes to it. Over the weekend former US attorneyPreet Bhararaof New Yorkwas even praised by liberals because he said no, hewouldn't stop working for Trump.

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Democrats are united around no. Politically, no is an easy organizing principle. It is certainly easier than getting more people to say yes.

Just consider Obamacare. It was easy for Republicans to unite in opposition toit for years. (It was even difficult to get enough Democrats to pass the bill at the time.) It is much harder for Republicans now to craft a replacement bill that will have enough in their party saying yes.

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In fact, Democrats have little choice but to be the party of "no." First, they have no power in Washington to enact anything anyway. Second, the Democratic Party has become decentralized, without a major leader or a key issue to push. In other words, there is no consensus on what Democrats should say yes to, much less any power to do anything about it if they did.

So, "no" it is.

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Democrats wear the 'Party of No' label proudly (not that they really have a choice) - The Boston Globe