Why Is Daily Kos Railing On Joe?

[Mrs. Claw]

Joan McCarter lays into Joe. Says he betrayed black activists. I think she is misreading holding cards as long as he can. Why bet heavy on anything before the river card if nobody is raising you?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/22/2041312/-Biden-swings-and-totally-misses-on-filibuster-voting-rights

Except our own.

[lagomorph777]

1. I have no clue about the poker analogies, nor what story you're referencing...

...but Joe is scaring the shit out of many of us. By not pushing to reform the Filibuster, he's endangering S1 and the John Lewis act. If those sink, American democracy is sunk.

[Mrs. Claw]

2. I think he is trying to keep a fragile

coalition together and is not wanting to press the issue publicly just yet.

[PortTack]

3. This...we need to support our dem leaders..not bash them.

Negative arm chair politics is not helpful

[empedocles]

5. Of course

[Lovie777]

4. I might be naive when it comes to politics . . .

but there could be an ace up his sleeves.

[BannonsLiver]

6. It's the same lame-o purity argument.

[stillcool]

7. when there's no explanation

for what other people are doing, we make it up by weaving together a bunch of suppositions. We are so smart we know what complete strangers are thinking, saying, and doing. Unless someone has an agenda for what they are creating, I guess they get a feel-good out of being critical of others. These days, I really don't give a shit about anything that isn't real. And what someone says someone else is doing, thinking, or saying, is not real.

[JohnSJ]

8. Because it is the Daily Kos, and they are intentionally ignoring the fact that it is up to the

Senate, not Joe Biden who determines the Senate rules

Why some think if Biden said a few choice words at Manchin, Sinema, etc. would make them change their position on the filibuster is beyond me.

A little while ago Manchin said there is no possibility that he would change his view on the filibuster, or weaken it.

Some may not recall when during the primaries for president, Manchin said he would not vote for Sanders if he became the Democratic nominee, and vote for trump

I am convinced No one will be able to change manchin’s view on the filibuster

It will be up to voters in 2022 to make him irrelevant

[ChrisF1961]

9. Because Biden has super powers

to overturn the constitution to change Senate rules.

He also has Jedi mind powers to get Manchin, Sinema and others to change their position on the filibuster.

[Budi]

10. Because Biden knows a fking shitload more FACTS that KOS opinion writers

That's why.

Who ya gonna believe?