Biden: McConnell decided to withhold all cooperation even before we took office

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24. Two reasons

1) Even if you knew they were going to scumbag douchebags, you have to TRY to work with them because that is what you need to do. People expect it, and even if the Rs get very little held against them for being the jerkoffs they are, you have to TRY because it is the right thing. Beyond that, it proves out who is trying to be reasonable and who is not.

2) The Ds, unlike the Rs have almost no capacity to operate as one single entity. The fact is, the middle exists on the right flank of the democratic party. From a simple numbers standpoint, in order to get anything passed, you need SOME Rs to get it done - first for the numbers to get there in the senate alone, second to give cover for the right flank of the democratic party to do the right thing. We can bemoan blue dogs all we want, but they exist, and if there are no Rs on board, you lose most of the Blue Dogs.

Fact is, HCR passed only because the Ds had the majority in the House, and by a fleas hair, ONE VOTE, it passed the senate on reconcilation. Everything else has been pretty much stoned - the jobs bill, ect ...