Biden and McConnell have a long history – but can they really work together now?
The two maintained a strong working relationship in the Senate – but now it will face a new test when Biden is sworn as president
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Biden and McConnell have a long history – but can they really work together now?
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McConnell ain't there to make friends. He dgaf. He's just going to exploit Biden's selling point of being "bipartisan" to squeeze him for all he can. I can only hope whatever Biden is doing here is all for show.
We already know the answer to this question. It's honestly starting to feel a bit insulting how some people don't understand what McConnell's purpose in the senate is.
1) Biden will try.
2) If there's anyone who *could* get the other side to work with them, it's Biden.
3) I doubt it will happen.
2) If there's anyone who *could* get the other side to work with them, it's Biden.
3) I doubt it will happen.
I could see McConnell being a little more easy to work with given that Biden isn't black but overall that piece of shit will be the same as he ever is.
No.
The GOP sold out the never give up, never surrender way of governance since Newt Gingrich, pressured by Limbaugh, Grover Nordqvist, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, rich donors, and think tanks. The party is completely taken over by those interests.
The GOP sold out the never give up, never surrender way of governance since Newt Gingrich, pressured by Limbaugh, Grover Nordqvist, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, rich donors, and think tanks. The party is completely taken over by those interests.
My hope is that they do understand and this is a ploy to put pressure on them for the midterms. There are stories from the new Obama memoir where he says that McConnell basically told them to their faces that he didn't give a fuck about how their policies would help people. I think it's more likely they remember that but can't say, "fuck that guy" out loud until popular opinion starts to turn.
mcconnell exists to further his own goals and consolidate power, he doesn't care about anything else
"Working with Republicans" is a terrible idea in the first place, as they've spent the last few decades (and especially the last four years) proving they want nothing to do with actually helping anyone but themselves. The party itself shouldn't be catered to in the least bit, but Biden spent most of his campaign focusing on exactly this.
What if McConnell was just angry at the bromance between Biden and Obama, angry to see his once close friend pine for another man, and now that he finally has the chance to once agian be bestest buddies with Biden, he will totally change his entire political outlook and make the GOP into a center-right party that will actually cooperate on most issues that the majority of Americans actually want solutions for. McConnell and Biden, as brothers in arms, will make America whole again.
Sorry, I just accidentally copy-pasted the summary of my political fanfic. The answer is no, of course McConnell wont change his actions one bit.
Mcconnell is an evil piece of shit. And voting Republicans have shown him the last four years that they want their leaders to be openly vile.
It is going to be at least two years of the senate blocking every single piece of legislation from Biden and other Democrats.
It is going to be at least two years of the senate blocking every single piece of legislation from Biden and other Democrats.
Clearly not but we're obviously going to waste large amounts of time and energy on this so hooray
Besides obama being in office being one of the main catalysts to fully radicalize the party, McConnell gains nothing from a successful Biden presidency and will probably work to undermine everything to make it easier to take everything back in the next election cycle. Even if he did, the party as a whole does not want to work together and would rather try and burn everything down than work together.
Hey, maybe after we've seen McConnell work with a Democratic president, we can all go out on the lake and float some cannonballs.
I don't understand who the audience is for this kind of reporting. Like who's tuned in enough to follow politics this closely but still like, "oh man, what a pickle. They're gonna work with each other like a buddy cop movie!". Baffling.
Those Georgia elections are important, if Dems win both, Biden will need McConnell a lot less and will have more leverage.
I mean we can keep saying Biden getting played by Mitch or whatever but if the balance of power is 52R 48D then it's kind of hard not to engage the other side.
I mean we can keep saying Biden getting played by Mitch or whatever but if the balance of power is 52R 48D then it's kind of hard not to engage the other side.
These articles get made because Biden keeps extolling his skill in getting the fascists to come to the table and work with him. And enough people believe him.
Just recently, Biden was crowing about getting a call from a couple Repubs.
So articles like these then talk about the merits since Biden ran on this in the first place - it's why he prides himself on being the only man who could've beaten Trump, and why he's the guy to rescue the GOP from themselves.
It's all horseshit of course, and Biden is probably the biggest mark in politics. I wonder if Harry Reid was holding back laughter when he was quoted for this piece.
I think Biden will have somewhat more success than Obama in that regard, but probably not a whole lot.
Republican obstructionism flows up from Republican voters to the politicians, not the other way around. My hypothesis is that the optics of Republicans "working together" and "compromising" with Biden are not as politically toxic as working with Obama was. Spot the difference between the two.
Republican obstructionism flows up from Republican voters to the politicians, not the other way around. My hypothesis is that the optics of Republicans "working together" and "compromising" with Biden are not as politically toxic as working with Obama was. Spot the difference between the two.
I can't tell if the media is actually genuine in these reads, or just needs to fill in content.
I get Biden falling for the okey doke since its personal, but this article better just be writers trying to fill in content quotas. Because if not, where the fuck have they been for the past decade?
I get Biden falling for the okey doke since its personal, but this article better just be writers trying to fill in content quotas. Because if not, where the fuck have they been for the past decade?
McConnell works for McConnell. That ghoul isn't going to do anything that would be even remotely considered a win for Biden or the Democrats.
