Swammerdami
Squadron Leader
I give KS a very wide understanding here. She's in a difficult spot. She represents an area that is to the right of the party that she is in. Furthermore, she (and Joe) are taking the blame for the difficulty in passing democratic policies. But the real problem for the dems is the razer thin margins that we have to deal with. If democrats want to pass democratic legislation that the right hates, then bust your ass and increase the democratic majority congress and the senate. The real problem here is that our tent isn't big enough. And to try to exclude people at the edge of the tent, is crazy!
Yes, But ... If the R's had a majority this razor-thin do you think they'd have any problem coming together and passing an agenda that their leaders wanted? You don't have to wonder: you can look at the record. Betsy DoVos was confirmed as Secretary to Destroy Public Schools despite that many Rs understood she was an incompetent criminal who wanted to use that post to serve her friends' agenda of greed and brainwashing kids. This was even formalized into the "Hastert Rule": Every GOPster must vote for a motion that a majority of GOPsters support.
I'll guess that there are two GOP Senators who would vote in favor of democratic elections or in favor of a path to citizenship if they could vote secretly. But they can't, so they vote as instructed by their party leaders. To counter this, wouldn't it be nice if DINOs like JM or KS had similar party loyalty?