One of the bigger problems that Democrats face when they're actually doing their jobs is that the media is pretty firmly owned by cynical interests at best. Any thoughts on how they could be managing that better while respecting free press etc.?
Has anyone seen a public whip count/or gotten the remaining Dem senators on the record that they’ll vote to remove the filibuster if they have the numbers to make Manchin/Sinema moot after the midterms?
I know publications sometimes collate those sorts of things.
Has anyone seen a public whip count/or gotten the remaining Dem senators on the record that they’ll vote to remove the filibuster if they have the numbers to make Manchin/Sinema moot after the midterms?
I know publications sometimes collate those sorts of things.
Senators say it's 48, I don't trust Chris Coons personally and would feel better if we had 53.
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Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
Oh the other indication we have is a special election in Nebraska yesterday. Dems lost 53-47 in an R+11 (remember this means average we would expect is 61-39) district.
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Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
One of the bigger problems that Democrats face when they're actually doing their jobs is that the media is pretty firmly owned by cynical interests at best. Any thoughts on how they could be managing that better while respecting free press etc.?
There's been lots of stories over the last however long its been for Biden's administration of the White House declining invitations to to sunday show circuit
And even if it didn’t, you still have the issue that without a packed Court, SCOTUS will just pull the “not a traditional right, power reserved to the states, fed can’t say shit” card again
The problem with the "vote" position is that the Senate system basically requires a presidential landslide for Democrats to get a bigger majority and I don't see that happening. Biden won the nationwide vote by 4.4% and barely won the presidency. That's only going to get much, much worse.
The problem with the "vote" position is that the Senate system basically requires a presidential landslide for Democrats to get a bigger majority and I don't see that happening. Biden won the nationwide vote by 4.4% and barely won the presidency. That's only going to get much, much worse.
Yeah given they're pretty straightforward about not wanting to remove the filibuster they're telling us they need a super majority that voters cannot get them before they can do anything.
The problem with the "vote" position is that the Senate system basically requires a presidential landslide for Democrats to get a bigger majority and I don't see that happening. Biden won the nationwide vote by 4.4% and barely won the presidency. That's only going to get much, much worse.
Assuming they defend Georgia/Arizona/Nevada (tough but doable), Fetterman was already a favorite over Oz before SCOTUS made life easier for Democrats. So it really just comes down to Wisconsin (if you have Senator Coons).
And keeping the House.
Defeatist stuff doesn't help anyone.
Self-righteousness is incompatible with coalition building.
I'd respect the Democrats more if they said "fuck the Senate were gonna campaign to help take over the states to get things done" but they don't even want to do that
The problem with the "vote" position is that the Senate system basically requires a presidential landslide for Democrats to get a bigger majority and I don't see that happening. Biden won the nationwide vote by 4.4% and barely won the presidency. That's only going to get much, much worse.
Assuming they defend Georgia/Arizona/Nevada (tough but doable), Fetterman was already a favorite over Oz before SCOTUS made life easier for Democrats. So it really just comes down to Wisconsin (if you have Senator Coons).
And keeping the House.
Defeatist stuff doesn't help anyone.
I’ll just add again that Ron Johnson has only ever beaten Russ Feingold and I have no idea what that guy did to piss of Wisconsinites
The problem with the "vote" position is that the Senate system basically requires a presidential landslide for Democrats to get a bigger majority and I don't see that happening. Biden won the nationwide vote by 4.4% and barely won the presidency. That's only going to get much, much worse.
Assuming they defend Georgia/Arizona/Nevada (tough but doable), Fetterman was already a favorite over Oz before SCOTUS made life easier for Democrats. So it really just comes down to Wisconsin (if you have Senator Coons).
And keeping the House.
Defeatist stuff doesn't help anyone.
None of what I said is defeatist. I find it perfectly reasonable to say "the Democrats won't win by landslides in the future" given the current ideological split of the country.
The problem with the "vote" position is that the Senate system basically requires a presidential landslide for Democrats to get a bigger majority and I don't see that happening. Biden won the nationwide vote by 4.4% and barely won the presidency. That's only going to get much, much worse.
Assuming they defend Georgia/Arizona/Nevada (tough but doable), Fetterman was already a favorite over Oz before SCOTUS made life easier for Democrats. So it really just comes down to Wisconsin (if you have Senator Coons).
And keeping the House.
Defeatist stuff doesn't help anyone.
There’s a difference between defeatism and realism that suggests alternative paths within the power of the democrats, and being pissed when they don’t utilize those existing paths that they absolutely have the power of a collective to wield.
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Among others. Margin is pretty high but its probably there.
I know publications sometimes collate those sorts of things.
Senators say it's 48, I don't trust Chris Coons personally and would feel better if we had 53.
Feinstein will vote the way her staff tells her to.
Murphy being Murphy she'd probably fall over dead just in time to derail the vote.
There's been lots of stories over the last however long its been for Biden's administration of the White House declining invitations to to sunday show circuit
I'm expressing some concerns about counting on Feinstein's vote.
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And even if it didn’t, you still have the issue that without a packed Court, SCOTUS will just pull the “not a traditional right, power reserved to the states, fed can’t say shit” card again
Yeah given they're pretty straightforward about not wanting to remove the filibuster they're telling us they need a super majority that voters cannot get them before they can do anything.
Assuming they defend Georgia/Arizona/Nevada (tough but doable), Fetterman was already a favorite over Oz before SCOTUS made life easier for Democrats. So it really just comes down to Wisconsin (if you have Senator Coons).
And keeping the House.
Defeatist stuff doesn't help anyone.
I’ll just add again that Ron Johnson has only ever beaten Russ Feingold and I have no idea what that guy did to piss of Wisconsinites
None of what I said is defeatist. I find it perfectly reasonable to say "the Democrats won't win by landslides in the future" given the current ideological split of the country.
There’s a difference between defeatism and realism that suggests alternative paths within the power of the democrats, and being pissed when they don’t utilize those existing paths that they absolutely have the power of a collective to wield.