Are the Democrats failing or doing well as an opposition?

[Maxwell]

Mixed, leaning bad. Internal strife within the Democratic party is boiling over, the party structure is still very strongly resistant to any idea that their loss is because of a failed watered down agenda and political class rather than MUH RUSSIA, and too many congresscritters are too eager to find one bit of area to compromise with the Regressive Republican agenda. In addition, I believe Democrats have not done nearly enough to identify what they are for beyond impeaching Trump - they never made a big stink about the expiration of THE premier accomplishment of the Clinton era (CHIP), their new message of a "Better Deal" is downright uninspiring, and have bickered back and forth over whether to back a single payer healthcare message (which isn't a remotely far left idea as some right-wingers abroad will let us know)

That being said, I think Pelosi and Schumer, like Boehner and McConnell throughout the Obama years, have done a fairly solid job mobilizing the clearly in pain moderate wings of their party into shape and voting completely against big ticket items - namely the defeat of Trump's healthcare bill. And it looks like Schumer will do it again in the Senate, where the tax bill might be a tough sell considering the boy Rand Paul already seems like he's going to oppose and Bob Corker has notably complaining about the potential deficits that may arise from such a tax bill.

The problem is both parties are stuck thinking they are a natural governing (Democrats) and natural opposition (Republican) parties.