It was more of a mixed back. Dems couldn't win the mayoral races in Fort Worth and Arlington and McAllen even flipped to Republicans (though the former Dem mayor endorsed him). It's still gives Dems a path by giving progressives some experience first.
Jesus christ
Is this the first time he's explicitly said he would not vote for the For the People act?Manchin: "I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act. Furthermore, I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster."
EDIT: You dense mothefucker that's not going to pass either
Of course they don't. Democrats are worthless--I only vote for them because the alternative is significantly worse.Not nuking the filibuster would be a monumental mistake that will give Republicans free reign to dismantle democracy at the state level.
I'm not sure Biden and his handlers understand what's at stake here.
Not nuking the filibuster would be a monumental mistake that will give Republicans free reign to dismantle democracy at the state level.
I'm not sure Biden and his handlers understand what's at stake here.
It's actually good news in Fort Worth:
Since the city uses a city council system, Dems gained control of the city.
We still don't know what he's going to do after he finds out he can't get 10 Republicans on anything.Yup. Just pack it up now. Many of us said this for months. They don't give a shit. Good luck getting people to turn out in elections
Like here, I'm trying to imagine what's going to happen after Murkowski votes against it as well. Everything is headed for filibuster buzzsaw.My Republican colleague, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, has joined me in urging Senate leadership to update and pass this bill through regular order.
Guess it's gonna be all hands on deck next year. I hope Democratic voters understand how disastrous not voting in the midterms would be.
We for sure know. He'll put out a strongly worded statement highlighting his shock and exasperation but noting how he remains confident that the Senate still works and that the filibuster must remain.We still don't know what he's going to do after he finds out he can't get 10 Republicans on anything.
Like here, I'm trying to imagine what's going to happen after Murkowski votes against it as well. Everything is headed for filibuster buzzsaw.
Is there a summary of what is in the For The Prople voting act and then one for the John Lewis Voting act? What is it about the former that Manchin doesn't support but does for the latter?
Is there a summary of what is in the For The Prople voting act and then one for the John Lewis Voting act? What is it about the former that Manchin doesn't support but does for the latter?
John Lewis Voting Act is reinstatement of the Voting Rights Act that addresses the issues the Supreme Court had issues with and struck it down.
For the People Act is a larger, more complex series of changes including addressing gerrymandering.
This is why I have really cut down coming to this thread anymore. Just instant reactions to everything and no actual information or helpfulness.
Not nuking the filibuster would be a monumental mistake that will give Republicans free reign to dismantle democracy at the state level.
I'm not sure Biden and his handlers understand what's at stake here.
However did flip city council in Denton and Plano so it's not that bad . The only problem with the mayoral races is low turnout but the gpa barely won the mayoral race for forth worth ,anyways . Second , the mayor has to compromise her agenda to democrats which in likelihood put her power within executive command .It was more of a mixed back. Dems couldn't win the mayoral races in Fort Worth and Arlington and McAllen even flipped to Republicans (though the former Dem mayor endorsed him). It's still gives Dems a path by giving progressives some experience first.
I'm not seeing it much here, moreso in OT, but let's not conflate this with "guess I just won't vote for Democrats anymore". The solution here is to elect more Democrats so that we don't have to deal with these shitstains.
I'm not seeing it much here, moreso in OT, but let's not conflate this with "guess I just won't vote for Democrats anymore". The solution here is to elect more Democrats so that we don't have to deal with these shitstains.
I'm not seeing it much here, moreso in OT, but let's not conflate this with "guess I just won't vote for Democrats anymore". The solution here is to elect more Democrats so that we don't have to deal with these shitstains.
Yeah lets just vote for the party that has complete control of the Federal Government and can't pass the most basic thing that needs to be done to protect our Democracy.
I'm not saying thats what I'm thinking but I'm not going to fault the general public for looking at this situation and thinking that. People worked their fucking asses off to give Democrats a majority and this is how they repay us.
Can you blame people when the Dems hold all the control but can't pass anything to protect voting rights?
I don't believe that's true. I don't think Manchin and Sinema are the only ones against changing or removing the filibuster. I don't know if Dems from red states would be for doing it either.
Tester, the Dem Senator from Montana, said he would if Republicans block everything (which they are), and Brown has always been pretty progressive so he would definitely do that. Because of that, we don't need to define "Democrats" as what 4% of their caucus wants.
All talk. I need to see them act on it. Put it to a vote and see if they will do it. I'm not sure you'd get all Dems, outside of Manchin and Sinema, to vote for it.
I was also referring to Dem senators from red states that would get elected from voting for them more.
We'll see what happens once HR1 is on the Senate floor, but it has 49 cosponsors so I would expect it gets 49 votes.
New avatar, thanks! Rick Santorum needed to go.
Yeah I get that for sure(and OT threads are super over-reactionary and lacking nuance, yes), but I think what has people in a sour mood is that we broke records trying to elect Democrats in the last cycle and it still wasn't enough.I'm not seeing it much here, moreso in OT, but let's not conflate this with "guess I just won't vote for Democrats anymore". The solution here is to elect more Democrats so that we don't have to deal with these shitstains.
That's sort of the X factor to the whole Trump thing, honestly. If you really, sincerely believe that any day now Trump is going to be given the White House, that voting is pointless because Democrats collaborate with the damn Italians or whatever... why would you bother?A lot of Republicans are now tuning out. I see it with my own family. With Trump as president, it was nothing but "GODDAMN DEMOCRATS" all the time. Now, they just don't want to talk about politics. I feel like after another year passes, this is going to be the case even more so.
I'm hoping Republicans have a huge enthusiasm problem in 2022 because Trump is not on the ticket. There is a chance we hold the House.