You have it in a nutshell Dan: " why is the opposition of ten percent of Democrats a bigger story than the opposition of 100 percent of Republicans? " Why isn't the CNN headline: "Republicans obstruct Dem agenda in every way?" The only way around this, to my mind, is for Biden give a prime time speech (not a freaking news conference) about his agenda, why it is important to the American people and asking people who support it, to call their Reps and Senators. I wanted Obama to do this...now I want Biden to do this.
For god's sake who the fuck worth listening to is saying that republicans aren't partly to blame, everyone knows they're comically evil and don't want to do anything good. The difference is the fact that there are plenty of executive decisions that bind CAN DO and HE REFUSES. I don't care if you feel hurt that people know that there is PLENTY YOU CAN DO WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER. There is zero fucking reason to hold water for Biden past his first 100 days, come the fuck on.
Point taken: being President is hard, possibly impossible. It seems to me that implies those of us who do the work on the ground have to make it clear to the occupant of the moment that pressure from the left can be as annoying as pressure from the GOPers and our own rightwing.
ok fine, i hear you, but trump did almost everything he wanted because he used leverage and wasn’t afraid of confrontation. biden is playing footsy with manchin. he’s coming off soft and unable to convince anyone of anything. dems are quickly losing their grip on power yet they hold majorities. dem voters are already jumping shit noticing nothing is getting done. the DOJ is a disgrace up to this point. barr and garland are the spider-man meme.
You have it in a nutshell Dan: " why is the opposition of ten percent of Democrats a bigger story than the opposition of 100 percent of Republicans? " Why isn't the CNN headline: "Republicans obstruct Dem agenda in every way?" The only way around this, to my mind, is for Biden give a prime time speech (not a freaking news conference) about his agenda, why it is important to the American people and asking people who support it, to call their Reps and Senators. I wanted Obama to do this...now I want Biden to do this.
For god's sake who the fuck worth listening to is saying that republicans aren't partly to blame, everyone knows they're comically evil and don't want to do anything good. The difference is the fact that there are plenty of executive decisions that bind CAN DO and HE REFUSES. I don't care if you feel hurt that people know that there is PLENTY YOU CAN DO WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER. There is zero fucking reason to hold water for Biden past his first 100 days, come the fuck on.
Point taken: being President is hard, possibly impossible. It seems to me that implies those of us who do the work on the ground have to make it clear to the occupant of the moment that pressure from the left can be as annoying as pressure from the GOPers and our own rightwing.
ok fine, i hear you, but trump did almost everything he wanted because he used leverage and wasn’t afraid of confrontation. biden is playing footsy with manchin. he’s coming off soft and unable to convince anyone of anything. dems are quickly losing their grip on power yet they hold majorities. dem voters are already jumping shit noticing nothing is getting done. the DOJ is a disgrace up to this point. barr and garland are the spider-man meme.