I am getting so very weary. We have the WH, the Senate and Reps. It is GD time

[demtenjeep]

to start F'n acting like it!



Joe-stop being nice and kick them into gear!

[Texaswitchy]

1. Yep.

What you said.

You have to fight fire with fire.

Our side comes with a water 🔫.

[Demsrule86]

10. I am tired of folks acting like we have a huge majority...we don't...we are limited in what we can

get. We need more Democrats...a bigger majority.

[3Hotdogs]

19. As Carlin said, "It's a big club and you and I ain't in it."

[betsuni]

21. Carlin didn't vote. That's a big part of the problem: people who can vote, don't.

Republicans are the problem, not the Democratic Party.

[Texaswitchy]

20. The thing is we can try.

The Republicans never give up even when they are in the minority.

We have to get meaner and tougher.

Playing by the old rules is not working.

Voters want someone who tries.

[JohnSJ]

2. Not much Biden can do at this stage. The framework is posted. It is up to the Democrats to

agree

[Hortensis]

4. :)

[msongs]

3. makes one think there is an attempt to throw the VA election to the repubs nt

[SergeStorms]

5. We have the White House.....

a tie in the Senate with VP Harris casting a deciding vote IF THERE'S A TIE, but we have two Democratic Senators who you couldn't even call moderates, they're "right-wing" Democrats and the filibuster (which no one wants to change) that prevents practically anything from getting done, and in the House we have a razor thin majority that leaves no room for error.

"We" don't control shit. "We" are at the mercy of two Senators who care far more about themselves than the people they supposedly represent.

Sorry, but without an asshole and filibuster proof majority in the Senate, we're going nowhere fast.

[JohnSJ]

6. Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

[C Moon]

16. Thank you!

[elleng]

7. Barely,

so not much room for attitude, imo.

I certainly wish 'nice' weren't such big a part of Prez Biden (and Dems generally.)

[Demsrule86]

8. We have a 50 50 majority which means we need every vote...it is a miracle we are going to get what

we get.

[Nixie]

14. It seems like the resistance is to one senator's talking

points that have already lost nationally twice, so it’s giving the moderates a way out. It’s really a shame Biden has to deal with this.

[Poiuyt]

9. We have the presidency, the majority in the House and the Senate (with Harris), yet

conservatives control the country. The majority in America are left leaning people based on the popular vote in national elections. Democrats have won the popular vote in 7 out of the last 9 presidential elections, but because of the Electoral College, we have won only 5 of those 9 elections. During that time span, Republican presidents have put 6 of the 9 SC Justices on the court. Gerrymandering is used to greatly impact the House and many of the state legislatures. There is a structural bias towards Republicans in the Senate because rural states are sparsely populated but are largely Republican, but highly populated states are usually Democratic. They are given the same number of Senators.

Most of America is left leaning, but Republicans control much of the government.

[hamsterjill]

11. It's absurd.

That two jerks are keeping the country from moving forward. It’s sickening that it’s being allowed to continue for as long as it has.

And please don’t respond with “well what would YOU do”. I’d kick their asses one way or another and make them get in line. Legal, illegal, moral, immoral. Too much is at stake for two grandstanders to be farting around.

[Bayard]

12. Two jerks on, "our side",

And a whole bunch on the other side that don't seem to care about their country anymore. I'm wondering if there might be a few yet that may come over from the Dark Side. How is it, that Mitch keeps such a stranglehold on them, and we're herding cats?

[hamsterjill]

13. I keep asking what Mitch would do we're the tables reversed.

And then I get scolded because Dems evidently would rather be known as being “nice” instead of fighting fire with fire and winning once in a while.

[SoonerPride]

15. No we don't.

We have the WH
And house.

That’s not enough

[KG]

17. can't play 3D chess if you don't keep your powder dry. wrong hill to die on.

[Dave says]

18. Biden might as well play super hardball.

It otherwise is 2010 all over again (it might already be to late). Back then, the country watched the Democrats stumble all over themselves, eventually resulting in the ACA. It looked like the height of chaos and disorganization. It wasn’t. It was only politicking. But it was in public, highly visible. The result was stupendous losses in the Senate (6 seats, but we retained the majority) and House (64 seats and our majority was lost). At this point Biden and Democrats have nothing more to lose and everything to gain.

Money in politics. Citizen’s United. Putin picked candidates. “Greed is good” and “only the little people pay taxes”. It’s no wonder we can’t have nice things.

[betsuni]

22. How do you know Joe is being nice? Do you know what went on in his private meetings?

The bully pulpit is a myth. It sometimes backfires.