Quote (bogie160 @ 10 Jan 2022 20:32)
OP is directing misplaced frustration on Biden. Biden / his aides would be happy to push through gargantuan social spending packages and immigration "reform", but they simply lack the votes, and continue to be bamboozled by the Courts.
A president's task is to find votes and compromise. Yes, Biden was dealt a tough hand in Congress that made big bold progressive change impossible from the get go - but he squandered whatever opportunity for change there might have been with his utter lack of leadership and skill.
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Biden can't play hardball with Manchin because Manchin doesn't care, he's the only Democrat who can get himself elected in West Virginia, and Biden knows it. He's at the tail-end of his career, in any case, and has very little in common with the Democrat left. Sinema doesn't care because she knows that the real threat is to her right, if Democrats think they can replace her with someone to the left, they'll lose Arizona.
Quote (Sioux @ 10 Jan 2022 21:18)
Mark Kelly was elected in the same election as Sinema
It will be really interesting to see how Mark Kelly does in 2022. He has been a cookie-cutter establishment liberal and was a reliable party soldier. He happily voted for any bills and nominees put before him by Schumer and Biden.
Arizona is a rare case study into a situation where two senators from the same state and party are making dramatically different bets on the electoral future of their state. Sinema seems to think that AZ will stay a purple to light-red state for the forseeable future while Kelly seems to assume that AZ will continue to trend blue at the rapid pace from 2016-2020, so that he can get away with votes for sweeping progressive legislation.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jan 10 2022 02:33pm