Yes, the filibuster...
Option A) Leave things the way they are, so meaningful election reform, infrastructure improvement, existentially necessary legislative responses to climate change (the elephant in the room), police reform, common sense gun and immigration laws, reinstatement of the fairness doctrine, fairer wealth distribution v…
Option A) Leave things the way they are, so meaningful election reform, infrastructure improvement, existentially necessary legislative responses to climate change (the elephant in the room), police reform, common sense gun and immigration laws, reinstatement of the fairness doctrine, fairer wealth distribution via more progressive taxation, eventual elimination of the Electoral College (and the list is very long given how little good governance we have had since, well, LBJ) WILL NOT HAPPEN under this administration, leading to significant GOP gains in the 2022 mid-terms. End of American democracy.
Option B) Eliminate the filibuster (or return it to the Jimmy Stewart model, though why we would do that - except to save face for a few Demopublicans - I can barely imagine) and pass all of the above or even just a few of the above and take it to the voters in 2022. Joe Biden will be a national hero in the mold of FDR and Kamala Harris will carry on in the same vein in 2024. The GOP will either change or disappear. Trump will die in prison.
We have seen that government by reconciliation and presidential decree cannot do enough and causes even greater political division than the already unsustainable variety we have now.
This is not the moment to try to return to a Reaganesque-Clintonesque "normal". No, it is time to live up to our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and institute - finally - government of, by and for the people.
I’m with option B as well, I say Game On, we didn’t flip the senate here in GA and rid ourselves of the insipid occupant of the WH only to watch it fritter away, the just passed recovery bill is only the beginning, of the changes we need to make to reorient this nation so that it benefits all of us, not just the people that will never be able to spend the money they already have.
I'm with B. We have the chance to govern...Let's do it! Let's not let this opportunity slip away. Stacie Abrams pulled off a miracle in Georgia. We cannot squander the hard work and hard won votes of Democrats and Progressives. Let's start burying fascism and greed and protect the vote. Is there a risk if we abolish the filibuster? Yes, but a greater risk if we achieve nothing in the next two years. Offense is very often the best defense.
WE need to fix this NOW! You all know that if...or when...Republicans gain control of the Senate again, the filibuster will be gone in a New York minute!
Yes, the filibuster...
Option A) Leave things the way they are, so meaningful election reform, infrastructure improvement, existentially necessary legislative responses to climate change (the elephant in the room), police reform, common sense gun and immigration laws, reinstatement of the fairness doctrine, fairer wealth distribution via more progressive taxation, eventual elimination of the Electoral College (and the list is very long given how little good governance we have had since, well, LBJ) WILL NOT HAPPEN under this administration, leading to significant GOP gains in the 2022 mid-terms. End of American democracy.
Option B) Eliminate the filibuster (or return it to the Jimmy Stewart model, though why we would do that - except to save face for a few Demopublicans - I can barely imagine) and pass all of the above or even just a few of the above and take it to the voters in 2022. Joe Biden will be a national hero in the mold of FDR and Kamala Harris will carry on in the same vein in 2024. The GOP will either change or disappear. Trump will die in prison.
We have seen that government by reconciliation and presidential decree cannot do enough and causes even greater political division than the already unsustainable variety we have now.
This is not the moment to try to return to a Reaganesque-Clintonesque "normal". No, it is time to live up to our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and institute - finally - government of, by and for the people.
This may be our last chance.
I'll take option B. We The People, All Of Us This Time, Every Time, For All Time.
I’m with option B as well, I say Game On, we didn’t flip the senate here in GA and rid ourselves of the insipid occupant of the WH only to watch it fritter away, the just passed recovery bill is only the beginning, of the changes we need to make to reorient this nation so that it benefits all of us, not just the people that will never be able to spend the money they already have.
Option B for me too.
I'm with B. We have the chance to govern...Let's do it! Let's not let this opportunity slip away. Stacie Abrams pulled off a miracle in Georgia. We cannot squander the hard work and hard won votes of Democrats and Progressives. Let's start burying fascism and greed and protect the vote. Is there a risk if we abolish the filibuster? Yes, but a greater risk if we achieve nothing in the next two years. Offense is very often the best defense.
WE need to fix this NOW! You all know that if...or when...Republicans gain control of the Senate again, the filibuster will be gone in a New York minute!