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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight
He might not at this point. And that's OK!
A competent and involved White House will negotiate with the leadership of both parties in Congress. And with individual Senators and Representatives who have issues that they want addressed. And also with folks in Congress that will want to attach pet projects to this "must pass" legislation. And, after negotiations, they will likely come to an agreement that does not give everyone what they want, but that satisfies enough people that it can pass both houses of Congress and get signed by the President.
That's how this shit is supposed to work.
We had 8 years of a congressional GOP that cared more about obstructing President Obama than anything else followed by 4 years of a White House that lacked both the competence and desire to negotiate with Congress.
We've forgotten that things don't need to be that dysfunctional. That give and take and a mix of back room and public negotiations is just the process working.
I'd love to get back to that.
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You have more faith in Biden negotiating with McConnell than I do.
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I tried, it worked!
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