Best of Luck in 2022, Democrats.
Oh, and 2024.
I’ve spent a lot of time writing about my growing frustration with Democrats and their inaction. It’s been difficult to even stomach the growing flimsiness of the excuses, and the complete and total unwillingness to flex the exact same type of political muscle Joe Manchin is using against him. But can we really be surprised, considering a handful of Democrats reportedly support his antics? I and many others have been saying for quite some time that Manchin was merely the face of a broader obstructionist movement within the Democratic party that has chosen to act in this manner to preserve the interest of their donors, but it’s interesting to consider what this means for the party in upcoming elections.
How much longer do Democrats continue to believe they can hide behind the veil of the pursuit of bipartisanship, while the American people witness on a near constant basis that Republican lawmakers have no interest? What do the Democrats expect to happen when their inaction is a slap in the face to every single organizer and volunteer on the ground who delivered the states of Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, only to have Democrats abandon virtually everything they promised once they got elected? What do they expect those organizers to tell the voters when they go back to knock on doors a year from now, and — as Joe Biden…
