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13. The only way we have ACA was "backroom dealmaking" (compromise) because there were

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 02:20 PM

Mar 2022

only 60 filibuster-proof votes (no Republican votes), similar to now with a 50-50 senate. "Some bourbon and some smoke" -- forgot the canapés and "establishment."

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AOC's Warning for Democrats: 'We're in Trouble' [View all] brooklynite Mar 2022 OP

Nothing like the hubris of youth. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #1

I call foul Cartoonist Mar 2022 #2

She's just saying she's smarter than he is. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #10

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #18

I think you are misreading this Casady1 Mar 2022 #4

She thinks she's smarter than Biden. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #8

Yeah, I found that rather insulting PatSeg Mar 2022 #16

Biden DID get played by Manchin NickB79 Mar 2022 #41

Explain how he got "played"? nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #48

Manchin's incessant demands, vague promises and goalpost-moving. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #51

What could Biden have done to prevent that?nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #55

It was clear Manchin never intended to support BBB as a standalone NickB79 Mar 2022 #53

What makes you think he would have supported Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #58

He will vote for parts of it...they should work to get what can be agreed upon passed and come back Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #75

He will vote against anything that matters. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #100

It is easier to give up and not even try then not get exactly what you want for some. I suppose. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #103

It's easy to waste this year courting Mancinema. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #104

EO's are not the answer...the courts will not got along with it as it as the right owns the courts Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #105

I think Rebl2 Mar 2022 #64

President Biden & the rest of Dems. Snackshack Mar 2022 #45

Do tell how the Dems should go about getting rid of Manchin? nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #49

Can't do it right now, FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #54

If we lose Rebl2 Mar 2022 #67

This is not the... Snackshack Mar 2022 #69

"Put him out in the south 40" changes nothing. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #73

Manchins ego, Snackshack Mar 2022 #76

A definite possibility that would have cost us the majority. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #79

It changes everything...it is one more Senate seat that we will have to win for a majority...where Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #95

We can't kick him out of the senate. That's not how it works. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #99

If we didn't have Manchin, we wouldn't have any judges...and not for nothing there are parts of BBB Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #89

We are about to get a new SCOTUS judge...and have gotten many more lower court justices Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #77

A Justice? Snackshack Mar 2022 #80

I can't even believe this reply...like Lieberman you say...Connecticut is reliably Democratic state. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #90

Senate & House seats... Snackshack Mar 2022 #98

Does she offer any suggestions on how to get this legislation passed? Walleye Mar 2022 #3

Ocasio-Cortez and the other 97 members of the House Progressive Caucus are calling on Biden to issue Celerity Mar 2022 #7

I don't think she knows what can be done by EO treestar Mar 2022 #38

Huh Doremus Mar 2022 #61

Yes, we don't have an Executive treestar Mar 2022 #63

I figured that's what you meant. Not thrilled with the phrasing tho. Doremus Mar 2022 #70

See the border wall. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #101

non paywalled link Celerity Mar 2022 #5

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #6

What you call hubris I call sharp, future-forward, outside-the-box thinking. Celerity Mar 2022 #11

Using executive orders many of which will be tossed out by courts...I await Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #19

You do not know until you try. Celerity Mar 2022 #22

The use of too many executive orders PatSeg Mar 2022 #24

That's right, but the obstructionists block everything. Justice matters. Mar 2022 #50

The only way out of this mess is the same as always...elect more Democrats. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #74

I agree PatSeg Mar 2022 #85

Yes, I know PatSeg Mar 2022 #83

She does NOT represent the longstanding Democratic Progressive Caucus, Hortensis Mar 2022 #30

+1 betsuni Mar 2022 #34

Disagree profoundly, other than I do admire Lauren Underwood (her last name is not Underhill). Celerity Mar 2022 #35

Legislation AOC has sponsored or co-sponsored Arazi Mar 2022 #44

Hm, looks like there are 9 pages full Doremus Mar 2022 #62

If one followed congress he'd never know it. Check these out Hortensis Mar 2022 #72

Goalpost moved again Arazi Mar 2022 #78

I'm talking about character and goals. The Tea Party types and Hortensis Mar 2022 #84

I like this. All Dems should do this like AOC Arazi Mar 2022 #88

+1 betsuni Mar 2022 #15

Maybe start criticizing Republicans mcar Mar 2022 #9

she does a shedload of that already Celerity Mar 2022 #12

Really? mcar Mar 2022 #14

You must not be looking very hard. nt Celerity Mar 2022 #17

I'm pretty up on news and social media. nt mcar Mar 2022 #25

I don't get it. demmiblue Mar 2022 #26

It sure doesn't make DU that often treestar Mar 2022 #39

How could you have missed it? FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #57

I'd love to see a few links mcar Mar 2022 #68

Try Google krawhitham Mar 2022 #86

I did try google...I saw all sorts of posts from AOC but none that really went after Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #91

You have a link to that? Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #21

Google is your friend. Celerity Mar 2022 #27

She seems to do that much more than the Duers who constantly come out to attack Progressives SunImp Mar 2022 #31

She seems to spend a lot of time promoting mcar Mar 2022 #36

That's only a small fraction of what she does. The news media & her haters tend to amplify & SunImp Mar 2022 #37

Why does she campaign against Democrats at all? treestar Mar 2022 #40

The only way we have ACA was "backroom dealmaking" (compromise) because there were betsuni Mar 2022 #13

Those days are done and dusted. nt Celerity Mar 2022 #20

The Democratic Party is a big tent and Manchin and Sinema betsuni Mar 2022 #23

Their 'compromise' so far was to eviscerate over 90% of Biden's Celerity Mar 2022 #28

That's the reality, though. betsuni Mar 2022 #33

Bookmarking for November. I won't say I told ya so. Just gonna bump this Arazi Mar 2022 #29

Well perhaps if we can't count on support from ...our Green Party friends and Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #94

She's 100% right budkin Mar 2022 #32

True..nt helpisontheway Mar 2022 #42

NO we are not! llashram Mar 2022 #43

...whose votes will be neutered by laws passed in Red States. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #59

Swell, guys, let's stand in a nice big circle, elleng Mar 2022 #46

Well said, Thank you. PdamnedQ Mar 2022 #47

The Republicans are only too eager to provide the guns an ammunition, too. n/t DFW Mar 2022 #66

Those living in the bubble think she's the one who's out of touch. jalan48 Mar 2022 #52

The country has moved right...where could AOC get elected in Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #96

I hope she runs for the Senate. nt jalan48 Mar 2022 #97

Can't wait DownriverDem Mar 2022 #56

New Yorker WA-03 Democrat Mar 2022 #60

I'd say let's revisit this thread after the midterms, Doremus Mar 2022 #65

Yup. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #102

"... I was never under the illusion that we can bring Manchin along." myohmy2 Mar 2022 #71

If so, she'd better get moving doing everything she can to get out the vote for Dems gulliver Mar 2022 #81

Someday, she'll make an excellent leader relayerbob Mar 2022 #82

She's not wrong krawhitham Mar 2022 #87

Yes she is. Scar Tissue Mar 2022 #93

How much trouble would they be in if they didn't get either done Thrill Mar 2022 #92