I think you're wrong. We want to get blamed. That means we have enough power to swing elections, and even though rhetorically they'll say we're the bad guys for not bending the knee, we still hold the power to win them or lose them the elections, which is one step closer to having them listen.

Realistically they'll still rather eat the loss than let the left dictate what policies we want, but that will only sharpen the contradictions anyway. I see this as an absolute win.