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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,882 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:45 AM Nov 2020

Joe Biden is already showing he is the right president for the moment

As ugly as this election has been, a win is a win: Come Jan. 20, Joe Biden will be our 46th president.

Biden’s victory, which he claimed when Pennsylvania tipped into his column, was a solid one. His popular vote margin will rank somewhere around historic averages. He and his running mate, Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), got more votes than any ticket in history.

But former vice president Biden will enter office with a specific set of challenges: a deeply polarized and intensely passionate electorate; a Senate that appears likely to remain in Republican control, with a majority leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who will be as determined to thwart Biden’s agenda as he was Barack Obama’s; a graceless predecessor who is trying to foment unrest by hurling baseless charges that the election was “stolen.”

No one will be surprised if Donald Trump refuses to even show up for Biden’s inauguration. The bigger question is whether his Republican enablers are capable of turning their attention to the interests of the country as it turns the page.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/07/joe-biden-is-already-showing-he-is-right-president-moment/

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Joe Biden is already showing he is the right president for the moment (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Make sure every bill that the house passes is tracked in the Senate. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2020 #1
No doubt the President Elect will face tough challenges. But I've faith Hoyt Nov 2020 #2
I don't know if Mitch and pals will be able to count on the same intense hostility toward the POTUS. regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #3

OAITW r.2.0

(24,446 posts)
1. Make sure every bill that the house passes is tracked in the Senate.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:51 AM
Nov 2020

Make Mitch and his marginal majority pay for their votes.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. No doubt the President Elect will face tough challenges. But I've faith
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 01:54 AM
Nov 2020

Biden will handle them as well as possible considering the circumstances.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
3. I don't know if Mitch and pals will be able to count on the same intense hostility toward the POTUS.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 02:21 AM
Nov 2020

...after all, Biden is white.

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