Both wings of the party know they’ll likely face questions at the end of the first year of total Democratic control in Washington about why they still couldn’t pass a massive climate and social spending bill and major voting rights legislation…

Republicans argue that the difficulties passing Build Back Better through both chambers will negatively impact Democrats with voters.

“They were kind of in a position where they were damned if they did, damned if they didn’t,” said one national Republican strategist.

“Their base is going to be depressed because they didn’t pass their multi-trillion spending boondoggle,” the strategist said. “They ended up doing the worst of both worlds by passing it through the House and putting their members on the record, supporting the unpopular aspects of that bill, then not actually getting it done.”