task0778
Diamond Member
... How do the Democrats in charge convince their voting base that they are worth keeping in office come November? [Much less anybody else]
Should they float more ambitious pledges and hope their base of Bernie bros and Squad sisters will fall for the freebie pipe dreams one more time? After all, politicians promising free stuff has worked wonders before. Mix that in with a hefty dose of fear-mongering about Republicans destroying democracy and boom — you have some takers.
[They doubled down after the loss in Virginia, will they do that again?]
Another option is for the Democrats to break up their bills and try to achieve a series of small wins. President Biden alluded to this at his disastrous press conference on Wednesday.
“I’m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the Build Back Better law signed into law,” he said. Senator Elizabeth Warren endorses this approach. “We need to get as much as we can across the finish line,” she told Politico on Wednesday night. “So we need to do what it takes to get every vote.”
[Most likely plan going forward IMHO]
There are some bills Biden and his fellow Democrats could pass on a standalone, bipartisan basis to secure some wins by November.
Take the 1887 Electoral Count Act. According to Axios, the idea of reforming how Congress tallies Electoral votes has “garnered support from some of Congress’s most conservative members, as well as leading House Democrats.” Biden’s more moderate supporters might appreciate if Democratic leaders found a way to work across the aisle and pass bipartisan legislation.
Passing anything won’t be easy. Keep in mind that most Republicans think there’s no reason to hand the Democrats a win of any kind. Even if the Dems in DC did want to pass legislation with the help of Republicans, that process requires time, patience and compromise. Today’s celebrity politicians are much better at grandstanding, tweeting and going live on Instagram.
Of course, the Democrats could just wallow for ten months. They could blame their failures on Republicans. They could point their fingers at Trump, Sinema and Manchin. They could play the victim all the way up until November.
If they choose this route, they will get pulverized in the midterms. After that, I have a feeling a familiar trope might resurface.
Biden offered a teaser during his Wednesday presser. When discussing the importance of his stalled “voting rights” bills, the president said of the upcoming midterms: “I’m not saying it’s going to be legit. The increase in the prospect of being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these reforms passed.”
spectatorworld.com
Don't know how the democrats can claim the mid-terms were stolen, what can they base that allegation on? It's not like people didn't vote before there were drop boxes and early voting.
It looks like the democrats are going to try to pass whatever they can get help with from the GOP, like reforming the 1887 Electoral Counting Act. Basically small ball. They might be able to pass a smaller BBB bill if they can get Manchin and Sinema on-board, but the question is will whatever they give up to get all 50 senators to vote for it be acceptable to the progressives in the House? Some doubt about that.
Should they float more ambitious pledges and hope their base of Bernie bros and Squad sisters will fall for the freebie pipe dreams one more time? After all, politicians promising free stuff has worked wonders before. Mix that in with a hefty dose of fear-mongering about Republicans destroying democracy and boom — you have some takers.
[They doubled down after the loss in Virginia, will they do that again?]
Another option is for the Democrats to break up their bills and try to achieve a series of small wins. President Biden alluded to this at his disastrous press conference on Wednesday.
“I’m confident we can get pieces, big chunks of the Build Back Better law signed into law,” he said. Senator Elizabeth Warren endorses this approach. “We need to get as much as we can across the finish line,” she told Politico on Wednesday night. “So we need to do what it takes to get every vote.”
[Most likely plan going forward IMHO]
There are some bills Biden and his fellow Democrats could pass on a standalone, bipartisan basis to secure some wins by November.
Take the 1887 Electoral Count Act. According to Axios, the idea of reforming how Congress tallies Electoral votes has “garnered support from some of Congress’s most conservative members, as well as leading House Democrats.” Biden’s more moderate supporters might appreciate if Democratic leaders found a way to work across the aisle and pass bipartisan legislation.
Passing anything won’t be easy. Keep in mind that most Republicans think there’s no reason to hand the Democrats a win of any kind. Even if the Dems in DC did want to pass legislation with the help of Republicans, that process requires time, patience and compromise. Today’s celebrity politicians are much better at grandstanding, tweeting and going live on Instagram.
Of course, the Democrats could just wallow for ten months. They could blame their failures on Republicans. They could point their fingers at Trump, Sinema and Manchin. They could play the victim all the way up until November.
If they choose this route, they will get pulverized in the midterms. After that, I have a feeling a familiar trope might resurface.
Biden offered a teaser during his Wednesday presser. When discussing the importance of his stalled “voting rights” bills, the president said of the upcoming midterms: “I’m not saying it’s going to be legit. The increase in the prospect of being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these reforms passed.”
What the Democrats do next
There are ten months until Americans cast their votes in the midterms. So the question becomes, how will the Democrats spend that time?
spectatorworld.com
Don't know how the democrats can claim the mid-terms were stolen, what can they base that allegation on? It's not like people didn't vote before there were drop boxes and early voting.
It looks like the democrats are going to try to pass whatever they can get help with from the GOP, like reforming the 1887 Electoral Counting Act. Basically small ball. They might be able to pass a smaller BBB bill if they can get Manchin and Sinema on-board, but the question is will whatever they give up to get all 50 senators to vote for it be acceptable to the progressives in the House? Some doubt about that.
