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Budi

(15,325 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 10:36 AM Nov 2020

In a divided Congress, Biden needs to build his own coalition.-WaPo

Fighting stubborn McConnell for 4 years, Speaker Pelosi & President Biden will form another way around the Senate gridlock.

This is where Joe Biden's skillset comes into play, with or without the 2 Georgia Senate seats up for grabs.

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Forget McConnell. Forget Pelosi.
In a divided Congress, Biden needs to build his own coalition.

Party leaders and caucuses are deeply invested in maintaining unity and will not compromise. But with support from a new president....

Having escaped the hell that was the Trump presidency, it appears we have returned to the political purgatory of divided government, with Democrats in control of the White House and the House of Representatives, and Republicans holding on to a razor-thin majority in the Senate.

With two Senate seats from Georgia undecided but more likely to go Republican, speculation has already begun about how a President Joe Biden will be able to leverage his deep knowledge and personal ties on Capitol Hill to broker compromises between a cunning House speaker and a stubborn Senate majority leader to end decades of legislative gridlock and finally get things done.
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Without an assist from the 2 Dem seats in Georgia, this is exactly where Joe Biden's 48 years of coalition building in DC will show it's worth.


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