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Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
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Do you believe this? I do?
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
Do you believe this? I do?
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
Do you believe this? I do?
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
Do you believe this? I do?
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
Do you believe this? I do?
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
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I respect that conclusion. However, there are many democrats that will not be willing to see 2010 happen again. Despite the rhetoric, I believe Democrats will be more moderate than Bernie liberal.I think Biden is personally closer to G.W. Bush than Sanders. But that the Democratic congress, especially if they regain the senate will push Sanders extreme far left agenda. That Biden doesn't have the guts to stand up to a Democratic congress and say no.
Hence, I will vote for old Joe, but I will also vote Republican in the two Georgia senate races. The only way to have a check on the Democratic House, to keep them more mainstream than way out there on the extreme fringes is to have the senate remain in Republican control. On the other hand, I want the Democrats to retain the House, so I'm voting for David Scott, my current Democratic congressman just in case Trump wins.
My idea situation for 2021 would be Biden as president, the GOP in control of the senate and the Democrats in control of the House. With that, we have checks and balance. If one party controls all, checks and balance goes out the window as I'm positive since the Democrats were the first users of the nuclear option, they'll do away completely with minority party rights in the senate. Ironic isn't it. The party that pushes minority rights, at least rhetorically, were the ones who do away with minority party rights in the senate.
I think Biden is personally closer to G.W. Bush than Sanders. But that the Democratic Congress, especially if they regain the Senate will push Sanders extreme far left agenda. That Biden doesn't have the guts to stand up to a Democratic Congress and say no.
Hence, I will vote for old Joe, but I will also vote Republican in the two Georgia senate races. The only way to have a check on the Democratic House, to keep them more mainstream than way out there on the extreme fringes is to have the senate remain in Republican control. On the other hand, I want the Democrats to retain the House, so I'm voting for David Scott, my current Democratic congressman just in case Trump wins.
My ideal situation for 2021 would be Biden as president, the GOP in control of the Senate and the Democrats in control of the House. With that, we have checks and balance. If one party controls all, checks and balance goes out the window as I'm positive since the Democrats were the first users of the nuclear option, they'll do away completely with minority party rights in the senate. Ironic isn't it. The party that pushes minority rights, at least rhetorically, were the ones who do away with minority party rights in the senate.
It is fine if you want to think that way, but a divided Congress is ineffective for tackling partisan issues. Often a bill is passed by the full House of Representatives or Senate, then fails on the other side. It is much easier to repair the damage if both sides of Congress are blue. I will vote straight Democratic.
It's only ineffective if both side refuse to compromise and play the game of give and take. How anyone votes is an individual decision and each individual have their personal reasons which I think should be respected. Reagan got a lot accomplished with 8 years of the Democrats in control of the house. Tip O'Neal and Ronnie working together, compromising are stuff of legends. Bill Clinton also got a lot accomplished with the GOP in control of congress his last six years. So compromise and playing the game of give and take can work if both sides are willing.
The problem today is neither side are willing. Each side would rather get nothing if it means even giving the other side 10%. They hate each other.
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
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Since Joe is proposing to spend $2 trillion to fight climate change, I doubt it.
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Bernie Sanders wants to do more than Joe Biden for climate change.
"The goals of the task force were to move the Biden campaign into as progressive a direction as possible, and I think we did that," Sanders told NPR. "On issue after issue, whether it was education, the economy, health care, climate, immigration, criminal justice, I think there was significant movement on the part of the Biden campaign."
The document recommends that Biden commit to eliminating carbon pollution from power plants by 2035 and to zeroing out net greenhouse gas emissions across the entire economy by 2050. The task forces call for funding universal prekindergarten across the country, expanding Social Security, raising the national minimum wage and eliminating cash bail, among many other long-sought progressive stances.
My idea situation for 2021 would be Biden as president, the GOP in control of the senate and the Democrats in control of the House. With that, we have checks and balance.
Leaving the GOP with any power to deliberately sabotage the economy again to hamstring a Dem president just guarantees another painful decade. How many times do we have to keep making the same mistake?
Then we have basically a dictatorship, not as in an individual, but with a political party who can do anything it wants with no checks and balances. Nothing to stop them or make them moderate some. Isn't it one of the most ironic things that happened is supposedly the party who pushes, who believes in the rights of the minorities were the ones to strip away those rights in the senate.
Besides compromise is always available. If senate leaders like Daschle and Lott, Mitchell and Dole, Byrd and Baker can play that game, why not Schumer and McConnell. If Tip O'Neal can work with Reagan to get things done, if the Republican congress can work with Bill Clinton to give him a very productive last six years, why not now?
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
Do you believe this? I do?
Joe is closer to Bush than Joe is closer to Bernie?
Do you believe this? I do?
Do you have a source for that?
Bernie Sanders wants to do more than Joe Biden for climate change.