By his own definition is already governing like a dictator.
Now I understand that 13 of them were to counter act Emperor Trump's EOs, but that still leaves 29 in the Executive Over Reach category.
And then the DEMs seem fine with passing another Massive COVID Spending measure without GOP votes.
No wonder GOPers are beginning to say that Biden and the DEMs are doing there election work for them.
I like this heading... Biden's centrist words, liberal actions or GOPs view of Biden so far
Just Think: Only 21 Months until the mid-terms !!! :-)
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Americans say they want bipartisanship. They’re wrong.
Bipartisanship: so precious, yet so elusive in politics today. Why can’t we all just roll up our sleeves and solve the country’s problems together? Wouldn’t that be better?
People seem to think so. According to a new Monmouth University poll, the American public not only desires bipartisanship, it’s weirdly optimistic that it might break out in Washington.
But they’re wrong on both counts. Bipartisanship isn’t going to happen, and it isn’t something they should want anyway.
Here’s what the poll found:
Most Americans (71%) would rather see Republicans in Congress find ways to work together with Biden than to focus on keeping Biden in check (25%). The desire for bipartisan cooperation is higher than it was just after the November election (62%), and includes 41% of Republicans (up from 28% in November) as well as 70% of independents (68%) and 94% of Democrats (92%).
The poll finds that 6 in 10 Americans have at least some confidence that Biden will be able to get Washington to be more cooperative, although just 21% are very confident while 39% are somewhat confident. Still, this is slightly better than in November (13% very and 38% somewhat confident).
Obviously, Democrats would rather see Republicans work with President Biden, because that means bills will pass, governing will occur and Biden will win the bulk of whatever political benefit is to be had from all that productivity. But even many Republicans express a desire for it, since bipartisanship is one of those things that sounds good in the abstract. It’s when you get to the particulars that so often it becomes distasteful.
So maybe it’s time we stopped pretending that bipartisanship is an unalloyed good, an end in itself that all responsible legislators (and presidents) should pursue.
Unfortunately, we hear that message all the time, from journalists, from commentators and from politicians in both parties. Those who promote it are praised, while those whose eschew it are scolded. When one side wants to rebuke the other for some initiative they don’t like, they say, “Now, now, you’re not being very bipartisan!”
But really, why should we care? Isn’t the result — the content of the legislation and the effects it produces out in the real world — what matters?
Some would respond that in the past, many pieces of important, popular legislation garnered the votes of both Democrats and Republicans, and therefore only bipartisan legislation will wind up being popular and important. Like Medicare, for instance.
But if you asked a hundred Americans what the congressional vote was on Medicare, 99 of them would neither know nor care. They like Medicare because Medicare gives seniors secure health coverage, not because 13 Republicans in the Senate voted for it in 1965.
That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with bipartisanship per se. If a really good bill gets support from both parties, that’s great — it might even help build some cross-party relationships that could bear fruit on future legislation. But there’s no reason at all to think that having a bill crafted by members from both parties produces better policy.
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What the rest of the public cares about is results. Is the pandemic over? Did the economy get better? Did I get health coverage? Did they fix the roads in my area?
Do those things, and nobody will care whether it was bipartisan. It’s a lesson Democrats should keep in mind for the next couple of years.
Well they got this part correct...
"Is the pandemic over?
Did the economy get better?
Did I get health coverage?
Did they fix the roads in my area?"
No mention of deficits or sending the costs to the kids... :-) :-(
We are simply a terrible selfish society... We apparently deserve what we are going to get.
If Republicans benefit from measures, does it really matter if they support them?
--Hiram
Republicans want to go back to the status quo ante. They want to return to the time when they could tell America that they were the smart ones, the ones ruled by logic, not emotion. The ones who stood for the constitution. The moral ones. They want to go back to the rhetoric if never the reality of fiscal responsibility and "balanced budget". The party of vote recalculation, wants us to forget that and believe their lip service about "election integrity', and if you can believe it, voter ID as a panacea for all that's wrong with America. Given a chance, there might even be an investigation or two into Benghazi and Hillary's emails.
Ah, the good old days.
--Hiram
Congressional Republicans right now are letting Marjorie Taylor Green spout her nonsense with no penalty, they routinely flout House rules and walk through the metal detectors with weapons, some of them encouraged the January 6 insurrection and some of them may have been active collaborators, and Senate Republicans are still slow-walking the organizing resolution to reflect the Democratic majority.
But the real problem as to why we can't find "bipartisanship" is Joe Biden? Cut the malarkey, man!
It's precious how your definition of "bipartisanship" is "Democrats should do what Republicans want them to do".
Actually this is about Biden's hypocrisy...
"I have this strange notion, we are a democracy ... if you can't get the votes ... you can't [legislate] by executive order unless you're a dictator. We're a democracy. We need consensus." Joe Biden
I sure am not the defender of the GOP lately... :-)
But most of the things that aren't just reversals of Trump aren't things that any President would need to go to Congress for under normal circumstances. He doesn't need an act of Congress to have the director of HUD review previous administration policy on fair housing or to direct OSHA to issue rules on COVID-19 (as examples) or to require negative COVID tests before entering the country -- that's strictly executive branch functioning.
Actually this is about Biden's hypocrisy.
It's impossible to be a Democrat, and not be a hypocrite. It is our natural state. Since there is nothing we can do that wouldn't generate accusations of hypocrisy and/or double standards from Republicans, it is best just to ignore them. We need to do our best, and then just learn to live with the shame of our hypocrisy.
--Hiram
Sean,
So did he just write these Executive Orders to annoy and alienate GOPers?
It seems he could have just told his personnel to do their jobs.
Hiram,
Sometimes your comments are puzzling.
"So did he just write these Executive Orders to annoy and alienate GOPers?"
Part of this is clearly communicating priorities -- not just to the executive branch, but to the public as well.
In the spirit of "bipartisanship", we should note that it has now been one week since the Senate power-sharing agreement was agreed to by Schumer and McConnell, yet it still hasn't been voted on. Thus leaving Senate committees with chairs from the minority party.
Is that normal. This indicates Schumer is okay with their progress?
And that the progressives are going to be frustrated.
There's no quote from Schumer in that article after January 27.
I don't see any more recent comments from him either way.
It looks like he has a lot on his mind.
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