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The republicans can have 1 senator in the senate and they somehow shuck and jive to get their way. They never fucking lose in implementing their outright evil.

The republicans can have 1 senator in the senate and they somehow shuck and jive to get their way. They never fucking lose in implementing their outright evil. Break some rules, use strategy, set up some game pieces. Do something, anything. The democrats couldn’t even get a Supreme Court justice seated with 6 months to go for the next election.

xp84 5mo ago
> 1 senator… Oh, please, that’s not true. But yeah, you need 60 seats there in order to just ram things through. Right now Democrats don’t even have a plurality of the voting public so it’s not surprising that they are completely powerless. > Democrats couldn’t even get a SC Justice… On this one though I’ll fully agree with you, they were 100% ratfucked on Garland’s nomination. In no universe was that more than 0% ethically justified. That was a craven and cowardly scheme.
- bruce511 5mo ago
  The Supreme Court displays Democrat in abilities in a nutshell. Republicans ignored ethics to not-seat Garland. But equally RBG decided not to retire when democrats held the presidency and senate, despite her age. She is not the first person to put personal ambition ahead of country. There are plenty other examples, on both sides of the isle.
- amanaplanacanal 5mo ago
  51 votes can get rid of the filibuster. You don't need 60.
  - xp84 5mo ago
    Democrats don’t have 51 either, because they don’t believe in persuading voters anymore, just performing for their most dedicated fans.
    - amanaplanacanal 5mo ago
      It flips back and forth. We'll what happens in a few months. Could go either way.
pkulak 5mo ago
The last time Democrats had a full majority they passed the most consequential climate legislation ever. The time before that, health care reform. Republicans couldn’t do anything to stop it. It’s how the system works. It’s not some movie script.
- gacgacgac 5mo ago
  Pretty tepid health care reform, pretty tepid climate change legislation. These things are described as hard fought victories, and "the biggest ever". But they still are pretty mediocre capitalist, corrupt systems driven pieces of legislation that stop far short of actual wellbeing for the governed. The Dems are excited to move .01% further than they ever have before and call it "consequential". Dems are the party of "we won't say gay marriage is good, but we'll offer domestic partnerships... in some states" as if it's some grand gesture. The party needs to wake up, stop accepting these garbage barons, and starting building policies that inspire people.

xp84 5mo ago

> 1 senator… Oh, please, that’s not true. But yeah, you need 60 seats there in order to just ram things through. Right now Democrats don’t even have a plurality of the voting public so it’s not surprising that they are completely powerless. > Democrats couldn’t even get a SC Justice… On this one though I’ll fully agree with you, they were 100% ratfucked on Garland’s nomination. In no universe was that more than 0% ethically justified. That was a craven and cowardly scheme.

bruce511 5mo ago
The Supreme Court displays Democrat in abilities in a nutshell. Republicans ignored ethics to not-seat Garland. But equally RBG decided not to retire when democrats held the presidency and senate, despite her age. She is not the first person to put personal ambition ahead of country. There are plenty other examples, on both sides of the isle.
amanaplanacanal 5mo ago
51 votes can get rid of the filibuster. You don't need 60.
- xp84 5mo ago
  Democrats don’t have 51 either, because they don’t believe in persuading voters anymore, just performing for their most dedicated fans.
  - amanaplanacanal 5mo ago
    It flips back and forth. We'll what happens in a few months. Could go either way.

pkulak 5mo ago

The last time Democrats had a full majority they passed the most consequential climate legislation ever. The time before that, health care reform. Republicans couldn’t do anything to stop it. It’s how the system works. It’s not some movie script.

gacgacgac 5mo ago
Pretty tepid health care reform, pretty tepid climate change legislation. These things are described as hard fought victories, and "the biggest ever". But they still are pretty mediocre capitalist, corrupt systems driven pieces of legislation that stop far short of actual wellbeing for the governed. The Dems are excited to move .01% further than they ever have before and call it "consequential". Dems are the party of "we won't say gay marriage is good, but we'll offer domestic partnerships... in some states" as if it's some grand gesture. The party needs to wake up, stop accepting these garbage barons, and starting building policies that inspire people.